A view of the historic center of my hometown, Salvador, Bahia.

I needed to get vaccinated today, so I had to go there. I love this building. The first medical school in Brazil (1808), originally a school of surgery, is located in my city, Salvador.

🆕Just published #OpenAccess
Digital Health Data Regulation in a Neoliberal Era: Lessons from the Global South
Includes: #PublicHealth #DataProtection #ethics #DigitalInequalities #OpenSource #DataGovernance #HealthApps #bias #telemedicine
🔗 lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/150

Exactly! I was reading the last few chapters and I was like, what??? what kind of mind could come up with this? and she was just a young British lady

Just finished Wuthering Heights, still amazed that two of the most disturbing and brilliant stories of the 19th century, along with Frankenstein, came from the imagination of two young British ladies.

And many congrats on your participation in the panel! I feel lucky to have ended up in your room, it’s always so inspiring to listen to you.

Yes, thank you! it's always great to see you!

A messy desk after two days of intense discussions on Science and AI, with the best relaxing music 🎧. A wonderful workshop by @datasociety.bsky.social!

Many thanks and congrats to @chicanocyborg.bsky.social and the team!! 👾 🤖

Thank you @chicanocyborg.bsky.social !! It was a wonderful experience. I hope you enjoy Friday and the weekend :)

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Obrigada, Ju!!

It’s out! 🎉 A new article published right in the middle of Brazil’s Carnival season.
So happy to be part of this amazing special issue on digital health in the Global South!

Speaker spotlight: Bolun Zhang studies infrastructure where material systems meet political–economic regimes, with a focus on China and Global China and computational methods in social science. Panel 2 (Feb 18) uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#Infrastructure #STS

This is going to be quite an STS year, I guess. Time to return to the classics: Latour in Portuguese.

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Bom dia, Bahia

What Not To Do If You Are Accused Of Harassment: The Case Of Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus In this text, we intend to revisit the well-known case of the Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Souza Santos, following its unfolding since the accusations that surfaced after the publication of th...

What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia.

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Donna Haraway has been awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize, and she calls us to “relearn how to think with each other.” 🗫

🌎Read her acceptance speech here tapuya.org/news/
#ErasmusPrize2025 #DonnaHaraway #TapuyaLASTS

📢 Hello #STSers!

The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).

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Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!

If I weren’t already contributing to another blog, I would definitely apply!

Great opportunity to be part of such an engaged and dynamic community, always curious and open to new ideas!

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Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT

I just found out that Victor Frankenstein published in @thelancet.com #Frankenstein #GuillermodelToro

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Guillermo del Toro is about to release his film adaptation of Frankenstein, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m completely in love with this beautiful and timeless story, and I can’t wait to see its characters come to life on screen! 🧟‍♂️

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There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.

📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
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🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.

Happy to be in this beautiful first pic! First on the left (brown top, back facing the camera) — that’s me 😄