Reposted by Thiago P Barbosasouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026What a year this week has been. 302010302 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026You can see the chapter in the open access book "The Order of People: Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications" here: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...transcript-verlag.deThe Order of PeopleHuman classifications: An examination of underlying epistemologies, ambiguities, and politics that reveals how concepts such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry are employed in the life sciences today. 051 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I highlight how recent population genetic research, while aiming to separate science from politics, can inadvertently reinforce existing inequalities and (Hindu) nationalist ideologies, urging for a more thoughtful engagement with these complex issues. 132 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026(New Publication Alert) 🧬❗ In this chapter, I discuss the intricate relationship between population genetics and politics in India, focusing on the making of the categories "Ancestral North Indian" (ANI) and "Ancestral South Indian" (ASI). 162 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaSimone Pfeifer @simonepfeifer.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Read this in preparation of the roundtable of the task force anti-racism of the @dgska.bsky.social By @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social Sina Emde @mihiress.bsky.social & @cwhittaker.bsky.social Join the roundtable: nomadit.co.uk/conference/d... Tuesday, 30 September, 2-3:30 & 4-5:30 pmnomadit.co.ukP057: Who is afraid of anti-racism? Intersectional justice and inclusive futures in anthropologyRenewed calls to address racism within anthropology have often been met with resistance. This roundtable discusses how the discipline could be better aligned with anti-racism, tackle the rise of racis... 053 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025so happy to have been reunited w/ my co-author, living legend and friend Umi Deshpande in Berlin, the city where we met for first time and the story of our book "Iru" began. Thanks FHXB Museum for hosting us + Manuela Bauche & Lisette Jong for the conversation! 🤍Fotos: Mike Bielski & Feven Keleta. 030 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaManuela Bauche @manubauche.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Fr 12.9., 18:30 h im Museum FHXB: Lesung u Diskussion mit Urmilla Deshpande, Thiago Pinto Barbosa u Lisette Jong über „Iru“ - die Biografie von Irawati Karve (1905-1970), indische Anthropologin zwischen Ausbildung in „Rassenanthropologie“ u feministischen Perspektiven. @thiago-barbosa.bsky.socialfhxb-museum.deLesung mit Urmilla Deshpande und Thiago Pinto Barbosa - „Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve“ 141 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaInstitute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 29/08/2025BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online) A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong. 131 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaMara Dicenta @mdicenta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods by Thiago P. Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social & Amanda Domingues @mandadomingues.bsky.social This article examines the enduring legacies of colonialism and... www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...at-commons.comThe Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods 131 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I’ve been thinking a lot about ghosts and racism in anthropology. See what colleagues and I wrote on the topic of ghosts in these short pieces : 020 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaInstitute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 26/08/2025We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025. See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio). 1106 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025so nice to be in conversation about my new book “Racializing Caste”. You can listen to the podcast below. We talked about the hauntings of German scientific racism in India, the shortcomings of biological anthropology, and the problems of geneticists researching on the so-called “Aryan migration”. 051 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India? In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧 1/5 1216 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025My full support and solidarity to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin 172 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️ 053 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaInstitute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 06/05/2025We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death": "A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. 122 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaInstitute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness". Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea. 111 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Call for papers extended until May 10th :) 001 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025📢 Last Call for Papers! Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online 🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice Deadline: May 3 Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607 #WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacismwaucongress2025.orgPanel – World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 011 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025 More information and updates on: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...gkr.uni-leipzig.deLecture Series: Matters of life and death 000 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death 🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm 📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig University + Zoom Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies at Leipzig University, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived. 152 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025❤️ My first academic book is finally out 🙌🏼 See thread below 👇🏼 140 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaMaria Framke @mariaframke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Thanks to Svenja van Jan for her insightful review of Iru by Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social for @hsozkult.bsky.social 111 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Thank you for this! 💫 this is actually very insightful, also for us. 010 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaShalini Andrews @drshaliniandrews.bsky.social · 23/02/2025@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social ‘s book is truly an excellent introduction to the first female Indian anthropologist, Irawati Karve (1905-1970). Her work challenges both colonial academia and the current Hindutva view. I look forward to learning more. 011 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Bangalore, our last stop in this beautiful trip: join our book talk at Champaca bookstore this Saturday 💫 010 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Kochi: Join our book talk today at the Kerala Museum 🧡 040 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Bombay: Join our book talk this Monday 💫 051 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025- Pune: 13 Feb (Thu), 4pm, University of Pune - Mumbai: 17 Feb (Mon), 4:30pm, Asiatic Society of Mumbai - Auroville: 19 Feb (Wed), 5:30pm, Bhumika Hall - Cochin: 21 Feb (Fri), 6pm, Museum of Kerala History - Bangalore: 22 Feb (Sat), 5:30pm, Champaca Bookstore 030 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025After our official book launch in Delhi, my co-author Urmilla Deshpande and I will be having book talks in five other Indian cities, accompanied by the musical performance of Tissa Khosla and various discussants. Feel free to join our talks on the following dates: 130 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Writing “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” was as joyful as it was hard. How can one fit a whole life, with all its contradictions, into a few hundred pages? Now, I am looking forward to talking about our book with readers, friends, and scholars in India. 131 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Brave New World. The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy. 22400151 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaArmanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Check the hot new piece by @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social and Urmilla Deshpande. Such a good read on the dark history of German anthropology! 041 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaRohan Venkat @rohanvenkat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Some may know Irawati Karve for Yuganta, her remarkable essays on the Mahabharata. Others, for her pioneering work in anthropology. In 'Iru', Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social sketch out a compelling portrait of Karve's achievements and complex legacy. 122 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaCenter for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In this CASI Deep Dive INDIA IN TRANSITION Interview, Managing Editor @rohanvenkat.bsky.social speaks to authors Urmilla Deshpande & @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social about "the Complex Legacy of Pioneering Indian Scholar Irawati Karve" casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/rohan-ve...casi.sas.upenn.eduCASI Deep Dive: Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa on the Complex Legacy of Pioneering Indian Scholar Irawati KarveIrawati Karve, regarded by many as India’s first female anthropologist and certainly the first woman to occupy a university position in the discipline, ought to be a household name. While some may kno... 132 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Invitation to the launch of our book “Iru” in New Delhi ✨ 020 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025और अगर पहुँच भी गये तो वहाँ से दिखने वाला दृश्य उनके श्रम के सापेक्ष होगा भी या नहीं। इरु की ज़िंदगी वस्तुतः विलक्षण, सच ही उल्लेखनीय थी। और उसे सिर्फ़ समाजशास्त्र और नृतत्त्वशास्त्र के विद्यार्थियों के लिए सीमित कर देने से जो सामाजिक विस्मृति ऐसे व्यक्तित्व के साथ घटती आयी है, 100 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025‘बाद में आने वाले लोगों के लिए रास्ता आसान न भी सही पर अनचीन्हा-अनजाना नहीं रह जाता, पर जिन्होंने सबसे पहले-पहल चढ़ाई शुरू की थी, उन्हें उन बीहड़ रास्तों पर चलते हुए इसका अंदाज़ा भी नहीं होता कि जो राह पकड़ी है उससे शिखर पहुँच भी सकेंगे या नहीं, + 100 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Beautifully written review of our book "Iru" in Hindi: nayapath.in/review-of-ir...nayapath.inएक उल्लेखनीय जीवन की कहानी / अदिति भारद्वाज - Naya Path‘बाद में आने वाले लोगों के लिए रास्ता आसान न भी सही पर अनचीन्हा-अनजाना नहीं रह जाता, पर जिन्होंने सबसे 110 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Thanks BBC for this piece about our book on Irawati Karve 💫 0106 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617: Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel. Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art. 18995061773 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Haha!! “Living is dangerous” is my classroom catch phrase! I wonder if it would fit on a hat 010 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 03/01/2025📢Call for Papers: We invite submissions for our panel "Identity, identification, and the dilemmas of categorizing difference" at the #4S @4sWeb conference in Seattle (sept 3-7). Submit by 31 Jan. Details: 4sonline.org/meeting.php4sonline.orgMeetingSearchMobile Menu 020 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaThiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024📢 Call for Papers: We invite submissions for the roundtable "Who is Afraid of Anti-Racism? Intersectional Justice and Inclusive Futures in Anthropology" at the DGSKA Conference (Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025, Cologne). Submit by Jan 15. Details: tagung.dgska.de/en/workshops... @mihiress.bsky.socialtagung.dgska.deWorkshops · Roundtables · Labs | DGSKA Tagungswebsite 151 0
Reposted by Thiago P BarbosaMax Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024New "First Research Article” fellowships 🤩 Graduate students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions are invited to apply to Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" or "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life." 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2024 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #ResearchOpportunities 02026 0
Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Our book "Iru" was reviewed in "The Hindu", one of India's biggest newspapers. 🫀 www.thehindu.com/books/books-...thehindu.comBreaking glass ceilings: review of Iru — The Remarkable Life of Irawati KarveReview of Iru — The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve 010 0