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Kregg Hetherington

@krether.bsky.social
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Environmental anthropologist and director of the Concordia Ethnography Lab. Latest book: The Government of Beans: Regulating Life in the Age of Monocrops.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 14/01/2026
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François Legault set out to bridge Quebec’s divides. He ended up widening them
The Quebec Premier’s resignation marks the logical conclusion of his dramatic fall from grace
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/09/2025
If a social media addicted billionaire says “The left is the party murder,” it’s an indisputable fact. If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
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How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf. If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Judith Butler's response to their name being turned over to the federal government by UC Berkeley as part of a Trump administration antisemitism investigation is well worth reading: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Kafka-land at UC Berkeley
The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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A Time for Climate Justice: A Response to David Suzuki’s interview with iPolitics — Concordia Ethnography Lab
JONATHAN WALD This post responds to a recent iPolitics interview with David Suzuki where he expresses that “it’s too late” for climate change. Instead of arguing for optimism, this post argues that c...
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
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Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society @tapuya.org · 10/03/2025
📒[Cluster Article] in Tapuya Vol. 7 Read “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜 By Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social At 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093 #GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
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The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place
This paper is a reflection on the growth and decline of Paraguayan scientific institutions associated with the Green Revolution. Paraguay had almost no scientific infrastructure in 1943, when Ameri...
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David H. Price @dhprice.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.
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James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65
James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
So happy to share our recent bilingual series with Cultural Anthropology on "Rethinking Facts from Latin America." Thanks for valiant co-editors @aballes2.bsky.social and @edenmedina.bsky.social, and our partners over at @tapuya.org @vivavivette.bsky.social.
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Necessary but Never Sufficient: Rethinking Facts from Latin America
This collection is a reflection on the changing nature of facts, written by authors who do their thinking from Latin America. Conceived during a ...
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Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society @tapuya.org · 16/12/2024
⭐ Cluster Introduction "Los hechos nunca andan solos: The Future of Facts in Latin America" by Andrea Ballestero, Kregg Hetherington & Eden Medina Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2421655 #FutureofFacts #OpenAccess #Tapuya7 @aballes2.bsky.social @krether.bsky.social @edenmedina.bsky.social
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Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society @tapuya.org · 16/12/2024
Cluster Article “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜 By Kregg Hetherington (@krether.bsky.social) Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093 #GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Tomorrow at EHESS Raspail, with Birgit Muller, Le lien alimentaire: la gouvernance des semences au Paraguay et au Canada. Rm AS1_23
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina 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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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Check out this special issue of Tapuya! Edited by @aballes2.bsky.social, @edenmedina.bsky.social and myself, along with a bunch of fabulous contributors.
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Publications – Future of Facts in Latin America
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
À Paris vendredi!
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This great conversation I had with Sophie Chao about our respective plantation books is now up on ESTS. Thanks to Sophie for leading the chat and seeing this publication through! estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
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Storying Monocrop Infrastructure: A Conversation on Governance, Scale, and Failure | Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
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Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Finding you all in here is an unexpected gulp of fresh air!
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