Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026As someone who is often guilty about of lumping ‘mainstream’ cultural anthropologists into the category of postmodernism, I found this to be a very thoughtful perspective. It definitely makes consider why and how I use that label and its broader context for all that is going on in anthropology 021 2
Reposted by Kyle ClarkSiobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 22/01/2026All, We have sent a letter urging our personal Congressional Reps, the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, & the Assistant Director of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate to restore doctoral funding for social scientists (i.e., the DDRIG) at NSF.tinyurl.comAAA Urges Congress to Restore NSF Dissertation Research - American Anthropological AssociationDecember 18, 2025 The Honorable Ted Cruz, Chairman The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee 254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC, ... 1137 13
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I just added a similar class last semester and titled it ‘Evolution of Human Behavior.’ I prefer shorter titles and I can basically teach any evolutionary social science approach under that name 010 1
Reposted by Kyle ClarkSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Being a professor is so weird. You are constantly having to act like you know things. 2123911 239
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 22/08/2025It’s like the state of Indiana hates its own flagship university. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...indystar.com 000 0
Reposted by Kyle ClarkTaylor van Doren, PhD @taylorvandoren.bsky.social · 02/08/2025My new paper "Post-pandemic inequalities: Evolutionary anthropological frameworks for long-term impacts of the 1918 influenza pandemic" is now published in Evolutionary Anthropology! Please check it out at the link below! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.com 274 7
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This is an interesting piece on therapeutic tattooing complete with emic accounts of the power of tattoos for breast cancer survivors. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...rte.ieWhy are so many people getting therapeutic tattoos?Many cancer survivors get therapeutic tattoos to allow them to carve out a new interpretation of their changed bodies 020 2
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Wow. Public higher education in Indiana getting gutted one program at a time www.ipm.org/news-section...ipm.orgIndiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degreesPublic Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education. 010 1
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 13/06/2025It was a pleasure to give a talk and discuss my research at Universitas PGRI Pontianak. Afterward, I was presented with a tengkolok, a traditional Malay hat (seen wearing in the second picture) 020 2
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Depicted on the cover is an Iban ‘piring’—a ritual offering to god and the ancestors 000 0
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 08/05/2025We made the cover! Not as cool as it used to be with print runs shrinking, but I’ll take it 121 2
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Ridiculous.bloomingtonian.comIndiana GOP Slips Overnight Higher Ed Takeover into State Budget – Tenure, academic freedom, and governance at IU under assault as local political tensions rise - The BloomingtonianStaff ReportApril 24, 2025 BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Under the cover of night, Indiana's Republican supermajority inserted sweeping changes to the state’s higher education system into the budget bill, spark... 000 0
Reposted by Kyle ClarkSean Prall @sprall.bsky.social · 07/04/2025New paper exploring how cultural models of vaccines influence vaccine decision-making. Implications for the KAP framework, historical mistrust on healthcare decisions, & health promotion where formal education is rare. Share link: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... 083 8
Reposted by Kyle ClarkSiobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Tomorrow! #Disability in #anthropology. Join. Tell your friends. Register here: rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regi...rutgers.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Disability Anthropology Workshop Open Sessions (9-5 PST). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Disability Anthropology Workshop Open Sessions (9-5 PST). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 066 6
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Not a good look for higher education in this country when some of our best institutions are caving to this administration’s careless whims www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comUniversities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scopeSome of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive. 010 1
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 14/03/2025We find that we can detect some influence, but more work needs to be done. DM me if the link is paywalled. 110 1
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 14/03/2025While merely an initial test, I am proud of this paper. Rob Walker and I explore the extent to which we can measure ancestor influence on cooperative behavior in an Iban community. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comIban Kinship and Cooperation - Human NatureHumans often display extensive forms of prosocial behavior, frequently beyond what is predicted by inclusive fitness. This observation has led to various models attempting to explain the unique extent... 141 4
Reposted by Kyle ClarkKathy Wander @kwander.bsky.social · 03/01/2025How does iron nutrition affect risk for COVID-19? 🧪 Both anemic and iron replete healthcare workers in Nigerian hospitals were at elevated risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection This fits some - but not all - of the predictions of the optimal iron hypothesis: doi.org/10.1093/emph...doi.orgIron nutrition and COVID-19 among Nigerian healthcare workersAbstractBackground and objectives. The optimal iron hypothesis (OIH) posits that risk for infection is lowest at a mild level of iron deficiency. The exten 131 3
Kyle Clark @kjclark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I’ve found these starter packs really useful for finding a community here so I’m passing along a good one! 041 4
