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Joe Feldman

@jpfeldman.bsky.social
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assistant professor of anthropology at Metropolitan State University of Denver. politics, museums, Peru, Latin America. Memories before the State/Cuando el Estado elabora el pasado. mostly teaching now. 🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
really happy that our roundtable and session in honor of Florence Babb got accepted for #AAA2025NewOrleans :)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in DenverZoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
sifting through AI-generated discussion posts makes me feel like i'm in Macrodata Refinement at Lumon
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
first and only social media post about hockey: efforts to compare any of this to the miracle on ice are asinine
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Something I keep thinking about these days:
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place. The law states:

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.[1][2]
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Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
As an anthropologist, I can tell you than gender is not a binary. Every society in history has people who do not fit neatly into assigned-at-birth categories of "male" and "female," and many societies have specific genders for them.
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
someday i'll tell my anthropological grandchildren about the days when critiquing neoliberal multiculturalism and the politics of international development seemed like, really timely and important
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
there's no drama like gay volleyball drama
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Reminder: If you're in/around anthropology and want a warm, global Discord server for cowriting and coworking, please reach out! Started by the incredible Dada Docot a few years ago, it's a great space where we pomodoro thru writing (and emails + course prep), but other writing activities welcome!
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a cat is sitting on top of a laptop keyboard
Alt: a gif of a white and orangey-brown cat is sitting on top of a teeny tiny laptop keyboard
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Hugo Coya @hugocoya.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Porque la memoria no pertenece a los gobiernos ni a los congresos, pertenece a quienes se atreven a sostenerla viva, aunque duela, aunque incomode, aunque nos intenten convencer de que no vale la pena recordar. Mi columna de hoy en @elcomercio.pe elcomercio.pe/opinion/colu...
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La memoria que incomoda
“Borrar la memoria no equivale únicamente a olvidar: significa negar y justificar”.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"In the eyes of autocrats and plutocrats, the future is not a right but a commodity." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) hidinginplainsightbook.com
Excerpt from HIDING on climate change and vicious exploitation by plutocrats who want to depopulate the earth
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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Lo único sorprendente de la destitución de Manuel Burga es que, a pesar de la política hostil y filistea del gobierno, seguía desempeñándose como director del LUM, realizando una labor encomiable. Con su destitución, el Perú pierde uno de los pocos espacios de reflexión crítica.
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
and others are forums (Cameron 1971) 😉
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Just learned my essay on why people voted for #Trump was the most read piece in @us.theconversation.com in 2024 with over #4million clicks. Thanks to the readers for their engagement.
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Why so many people voted for Trump − 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking
An anthropologist who studies polarization asked people why they supported Trump. Here’s what they said about immigration, the economy and his ‘bull in a china shop’ style.
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
when your new year's resolutions amount to "make days 27 hours"
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
there's probably no *bad* time to read Jeanine Anderson and @jessacabeza.bsky.social's Care and Agency: The Andean Community through the Eyes of Children, but it was especially nice to do so this time of year @rutgersupress.bsky.social
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
imagining reviewer 2 as a shot blocker 🏀
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Matthew Wolf-Meyer @mw-m.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
For over a decade, I've been blogging about academic professionalization and running a seminar for graduate students that includes a lot about writing article manuscripts. You can now download "How to Publish an Academic Article in 6 Steps" as a free eBook here (I hope): bit.ly/3D9lnLG
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How to Write an Academic Article in 6 Steps.epub
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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
"There will be nothing left" Researchers in Argentina are facing massive budget cuts, with their projects also being evaluated on ideological grounds — for signs of "deviations" like communism — and rejected if they don't align with the government's political agenda. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
One year into Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.
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Joe Feldman @jpfeldman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
ok i'm here. i guess i pretend like it's 2018 academic twitter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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