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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm honoured to be giving the first lecture for the HUGERA (Human Genomics without Racism) lecture series. The series is a must for anyone interested in how to understand and navigate the complexities and dangers of 21st century genomics.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Coming up next week, @deakinssn.bsky.social will host a #Melbourne book launch for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension," in discussion with @profemmakowal.bsky.social and Holly High on June 23. buff.ly/8MtYhF7

Cover of Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas by Nikita Kaur Simpson. The cover is a saturated image featuring fog in a valley between mountains in shades of yellow oranges and peachy reds. The trees and mountains peak through in purple. The title is centered on the cover in all caps in a pale yellow sans serif. The subtitle is centered at the bottom in a white serif font. The author’s name is centered at the top in an orange sans serif.

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Vivette García Deister @vivavivette.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Tarde pero seguro, les comparto este texto que escribí para el @anthrotheory.bsky.social. Planteo repensar lo “inquietante”/”haunting” como metodología para la investigación de la identificación de migrantes desaparecidos y las nociones de justicia. 🕯️ www.at-commons.com/pub/dbu8b0wc...

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

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stsindianetwork.bsky.social @stsindianetwork.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

An exciting start to the second day of the STS-IN Winter School with Prof. Emma Kowal, Deakin University (Former president of 4S), discussing the ins and outs of writing a monograph! @profemmakowal.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Next in our Institute's Colloquium series 2025/26 "Rethinking #Time in the History of Science": @profemmakowal.bsky.social on "Freezing Time: A Decade of #Cryopolitics" ❄️🕰️ 🗓️ Jan 27, 2025 (14:00 CET) 📍 Harnack Haus, Berlin 🔗 bit.ly/48w3WAR #HistSci #Anthropology @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Poster of the MPIWG Institute’s Colloquium. It features the titles of its five events below an image that shows a colorful mixture of liquids in red, orange, yellow, green, and violet.

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Last week I officially became a TEDx speaker. It's sooo different to giving an academic talk. It was a steep but fun learning curve. The video will be out in a couple of weeks!

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be at a @wennergrenorg.bsky.social seminar in Austria on 'Biocultural Anthropology for the 21st century'. Three days of wonderful conversation in a summer resort town imagining the future of biocultural anthropology @danilynrutherford.bsky.social

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I'm really excited to be in conversation with colleagues at Aarhus University very soon!

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Mara Dicenta @mdicenta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Ghostly Lessons: New Forum at Anthropology Theory Commons @anthrotheory.bsky.social led by Emma Kowal & Amanda Domingues Right on time before the 2025 AAA Meeting on "Ghosts" in November @americananthro.bsky.social Essays are short but deep (including mine)! www.at-commons.com/ghosts

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Ghostly Lessons · Anthropological Theory

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I wrote this short piece about the time when I was a ghost. Part of a special forum I edited with Amanda Domingues for Anthropology Theory Commons - thanks @mdicenta.bsky.social for the thread and for your awesome contribution!

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Delighted to learn that Dr Thao Phan is awarded the 2025 Max Crawford medal, Australia's major prize for early-career humanities researchers! Pleasantly surprised it went to an STS scholar for the first time too. Such good news! @thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS

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Dr Thao Phan wins 2025 Max Crawford Medal

Dr Thao Phan has won the 2025 Max Crawford medal for her work investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture.

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I'm very proud to be part of this groundbreaking publication just out in the Lancet, arguing for a bioethics as planetary health ethics. Includes seven practical steps for putting the 'bios' back into bioethics. #bioethics #planetary #STS

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Very much looking forward to hosting Aalok Khandekar from IIT-Hyderabad for a @deakinssn.bsky.social seminar on Community-based climate adaptation. With two fabulous discussants, Sujatha Raman and Robert Faggian. Join us in the city or online!

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Speaking on noise and the insurrection of subjugated unknowables.... or something like that. Hauntology and #STS. At @aussts.bsky.social 2025 meeting in Melbourne (Narrm). A very interesting meeting.... @tdneale.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Stephens @elizabethstephens.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Thanks to the @aussts.bsky.social team for the invitation and opportunity to share my work on the strange history of public incubator shows!

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Day 2 of #AusSTS25 is underway! If you can’t be with us at Deakin Downtown, you can listen along to @elizabethstephens.bsky.social’s fascinating keynote now on YouTube (link below)

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Workshop in the beautiful gallery of the National Communication Museum #AusSTS25

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

And our AMAZING co-convenors @carinatruyts.bsky.social and @blueskychris.bsky.social talking us through the next few days ahead

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Kicking off #AusSTS2025 is Wurendjeri Elder Uncle Tony Garvey welcoming us to country and NCM Artistic Director Emily Siddons welcoming us to the National Communication Museum☎️📶 You can follow along the highlights from the conference using #AusSTS2025 and #signalsandnoises

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Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com · 09/07/2025

Starting in a few minutes!

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Kari Lancaster @karilancaster.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Loving being back on home soil and with this excellent #STS community as @aussts.bsky.social 2025 kicks off today. A reminder that all the keynotes are being streamed live. Get amongst it 👇

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

✨ Good morning Narrm!✨ It's day 1 of #AusSTS2025 and we are looking forward to three days of conversations, workshops, performances, and other experiments with all things #signalsandnoises📡🎛️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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AusSTS 2025 Signals and Noises Program

AusSTS 2025 Signals and Noises Conference Booklet Conference-on-a-page Conference organising committee Conference Program AusSTS Day 1 (NCM), Wednesday 9 July AusSTS Day 2 (Deakin Downtown), Thursday ...

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Two sleeps until Doing Interdisciplinarity, the Deakin Science and Society Network's flagship event for 2025! Not too late to book for this in-person celebration and reflection on what works in interdisciplinary research @tdneale.bsky.social @carinatruyts.bsky.social @silk-tim.bsky.social

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

AusSTS is about to take off this week! Even if you haven't managed to get registered (it's totally full), you can access some of the STS goodness through our livestreamed keynotes and interact with the YouTube audience.

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Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com · 22/06/2025

On the 9th of July, at the National Communication Museum in Hawthorn, as a part of the @aussts.bsky.social 2025 conference, I will be talking about infrastructures of noise at the keynote panel along with Glen Berman, Dang Nguyen, Fabian Offert, and Kate Mannell. (3/4)

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Ms. Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au · 23/06/2025

Are you heading to @aussts.bsky.social #AusSTS25 #SignalsAndNoises in July in Melbourne? #STS If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Timothy Neale @tdneale.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Can't make it to #AusSTS25? We will be streaming keynotes, including the "Bodies of signal and noise" plenary w/ Warwick Anderson, Kari Lancaster + Chris O'Neill @wombatscholar.bsky.social @karilancaster.bsky.social @blueskychris.bsky.social Fri 11 July @ 1530 AEST www.youtube.com/live/dBNpkXI...

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AusSTS 2025 Day 3 Keynote "Bodies of signal and noise"

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IEHHS Augsburg @iehhs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday! We are excited to welcome @profemmakowal.bsky.social (Deakin University, Australia) for a talk on: "Ethics of Qualitative Research in Minority Settings" We warmly invite you to join us! 🔗 Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #bioethics

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The best part of this crazy academic life is reading insightful pieces on your work that reveal connections you didn't see before. Thanks @benjhegarty.bsky.social & @mgbevans.bsky.social for making it happen and Frédéric Keck, Beth Greenhough, Trevor Engel, and Ros Williams for their engagement.

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Great to see this forum published in TAJA, and newly grateful to @wombatscholar.bsky.social, Lynette Russell and David Trigger for their generous engagement with Haunting Biology.

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Haunting biology Book Review Forum

Book review forum featuring David Trigger, Warwick Anderson, Lynette Russell with a reply from Emma Kowal

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I’m speaking at UNAM (online) in an hour! Tune in on YouTube if you like!

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Deakin Science and Society Network @deakinssn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It's not every day that an interdisciplinarian & distinguished public analyst like Catherine Bennett sits down to share the inner workings and lessons gleaned from a collaborative public inquiry process. Join the SSN and @profemmakowal.bsky.social on Thursday www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ssn-semina...

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SSN Seminar: Catherine Bennett 'Traversing disciplines, government &policy'

Join the SSN for a seminar based on the Independent Inquiry into the Australian Government COIVD-19 Response by Professor Catherine Bennett.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We've published plenty of book reviews since our Nov 2024 issue. Playing catchup with some direct posts now... Paul Turnbull reviews 'Haunting Biology. Science and Indigeneity in Australia', by @profemmakowal.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Just one week until this event, register to join us in person at Deakin Downtown or watch online ✅

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Distinguished Professor Catherine Bennett will reflect on the Independent Inquiry into the Australian Government COVID-19 Response. Limited in-person places available, register to join us at Deakin Downtown on April 17th!

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

“Noise can be the buzz in the radio, or data that brings AI to a glitching halt. Instead of seeing noise as something to block out, this exhibition reframes noise as a signal in itself.” An exhibition curated w/ myself, Joel Stern & Emily Siddons for the NCM Melbourne! ➡️ ncm.org.au/exhibitions/...

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NCM is situated on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. We pay respects to them, especially their Elders and storytellers, as well as all First Peoples, nationwide. NCM acknowledges that communication technologies have a long history here, far longer than European occupation.

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Today is the last day to send in an abstract for the #AusSTS conference in July! The theme is 'Signals and Noises' but we are keen for quiet abstracts too 🤫 Whatever your research topic, if it engages with the social studies of science and technology, we want to receive it!

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Kari Lancaster @karilancaster.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Looking forward to being back home in July and honoured to be part of this keynote panel at @aussts.bsky.social. AusSTS has grown into such a vibrant scholarly community. Can’t wait!

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Deakin Science and Society Network @deakinssn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Anne Pollock going live with the SSN in 35 mins - at 15:30. You can jump on here directly! @profemmakowal.bsky.social is chairing and we are delighted to have Laura Foster joining via Zoom. youtube.com/live/TFyeaaj...

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SSN seminar: "Transforming the Pharmaceutical landscape from & for Africa" with Anne Pollock

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Join us on YouTube to hear from Jane Calvert on #STS!

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It was a pleasure to read and review Warwick Anderson's marvellous book Spectacles of Waste. Access my review here for a whiff of what to expect. www.academia.edu/127370770/Ha...

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Hail the Bog Roll

Review of Warwick Anderson's 'Spectacles of Waste' (2024, Polity Press)

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Amazing opportunity to lead a Diamond OA STS journal!

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

For the first SSN seminar for 2025, Professor Jane Calvert will talk about her remarkable new book that reflects on the value and the limits of interdisciplinary collaboration & the 'place' of science and technology studies (STS). Join us online on Feb 18th!

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Emma Kowal @profemmakowal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

CFP LIVE: #AusSTS2025 #SignalsandNoises hosted by Deakin Science and Society Network in collab with the brand-new National Communication Museum! No matter what your research site is, submit an abstract to think together about whether and how to tell 'signal' from 'noise'. Read the CFP & be inspired!

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks so much to @thaophan.bsky.social for putting together our AusSTS & friends starter pack - go.bsky.app/DR3Tptg

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Deakin Science and Society Network @deakinssn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The SSN is so excited to be co-sponsoring this - keep your calendars cleared (and plan a some Melb meet ups?) as we also have an interdisciplinary symposium that week 👀

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Deakin Science and Society Network @deakinssn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We're super proud to have supported Ben Pederick, Martin Potter and their team whose SSN project "The Adaptation Game - building climate resilience in Merri-bek" won the Local Government Award Category in last week's #ResilientAustralia awards. www.linkedin.com/in/ben-peder...

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

📣Save-the-date for #AusSTS2025! This year's theme is ⚡SIGNALS AND NOISES⚡ 9 - 11 July, 2025 Melbourne/Naarm Hosted by @deakinssn.bsky.social and @sthv.bsky.social Ful CFP coming soon!

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