We tried very hard to make sure that contributors came from different Ph.D. programs, work in different parts of the world, and have different methodological approaches. As a collection, it shows the diversity of what medical anthropology is and can be. I'm excited for people to engage with it!
@eyatesd.bsky.social, Chris Sargent, Michele Friedner, @ayowahlberg.bsky.social, Todd Meyers, @harrissolomon.bsky.social, Jocelyn Lim Chua, Duana Fullwiley, Gideon Lasco, Stefan Ecks, Michelle Pentecost, Denielle Elliott, T.S. Harvey, Paul Wenzel Geissler and Ruth Prince, and Mara Buchbinder
It's also full of some of my favorite medical anthropologists working today, including
It's too late to adopt for this semester, but we hope that you'll consider using it in the future in your courses. The chapters are short and all lead with a rich ethnographic or archival example that authors use to motivate understanding key concerns in medical anthropology.
We designed it for undergrads and interested grad students and advanced scholars who want to get into medical anthropology and might not know where to begin. It offers an overview of the field and a set of chapters from anthropologists all over the world writing about key ideas in the field.
Matthew Wolf-Meyer (a bald, middle aged white guy with glasses) holds aloft a copy of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century. He's standing in front of a window with blue skies behind him.
We're about a month away from the official release of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century, which was an effort made better by so many friends being involved, esp. @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka, who did so much work to make this volume from @rutgersupress.bsky.social happen.
We're so excited to have this out in the world! And so grateful to the contributors, peer reviewers, endorsers, and staff at @rutgersupress.bsky.social for helping it come into being! May it work its way onto many syllabuses and bookshelves...
I'm looking forward to 4S and another visit to Toronto! The 4S meetings are definitely my favorite "big" conference (and they aren't even that big), with lots of variety in content and opportunities to meet new people.
This happens tomorrow! I hope you can join us (it's free and open to the public): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The cover of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century. It features black, bold text that runs the course of the cover from top to bottom. Behind the text is a red, veiny image. Maybe it's a bent knee? Maybe it's some other joint? It's purposefully obscure and fleshy.
I'm so pleased to share the cover of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century. I've been working on this for the past few years with @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka for @rutgersupress.bsky.social, and it will finally be available in April 2026! Read more: bit.ly/46zEzOF
In a new series at PB, Systems & Futures section editor Matthew Wolf-Meyer (@mw-m.bsky.social) introduces “No Future”: A Lexicon.
Throughout the week, contributors will explore the question: Can we reject the future?
Anxiety about the future is nothing new. As @mw-m.bsky.social writes, “Rejecting future’s seeming inevitability has defined thought and practice around the world, likely for the whole of human history.”
Our new series “No Future”: A Lexicon, begins today:
"Offering distance and difference in vantage, the post-post-apocalyptic allows the imaginary lens to recenter its focus on a freed moment in time, along with its sovereign, mutable future.”
A new essay up at @publicbooks.bsky.social for a new series edited by @mw-m.bsky.social: shorturl.at/WdMDg
This piece in New City is an abbreviated version of the introduction of Proposals for a Caring Economy--it'll give you a sense of the tone and content of the book, which I hope is welcoming and provoking for readers from all sorts of backgrounds: nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
It's true! After a few years of work and waiting, this little book is here--suitable for use in intro anth and sociology classes, and a remedy for evidence-free policy proposals (I've been telling people it's like reading the @nytimes.com editorial page, but with actual evidence!).
Yesterday, I received a rejection on an article revision, which relied entirely on a peer review provided by a very cranky and mean Reviewer #2. Today, I wrote the editors of that journal an email encouraging them to exercise their editorial power and not send along useless and mean peer reviews.
I agree with all of what @rcolesworthy.bsky.social says here--and am also bad at it. I--probably like a lot of academic authors--am at war with myself about being more of a self-promoter, but I tend to blame it on my introversion rather than self-promotion squeamishness. Maybe they're the same?
I have a new piece in Lateral--on subjunctive grief. It started years ago when I was working on Unraveling and then languished during the early pandemic. But now it is here, thanks to generous peer reviewers and the editors at Lateral: doi.org/10.25158/L14...
Contributions from @audretaughtme.bsky.social, David Hughes, Stephanie Delise Jones & Damien Sojoyner, @ratnagiri77.bsky.social, Katy Overstreet, Michelle Parsons, Adair Rounthwaite, & @eyatesd.bsky.social. On: epidemiology, carbon-reduction, carcerality, sustainable ag, art access, open borders!
The image includes two copies of the book Proposals for a Caring Economy, one resting atop the other, askance in its orientation. The cover is crimson, with the text in white.
It's (nearly) officially here: Proposals for a Caring Economy. It's full of thoughtful and thought-provoking pieces that take centering care as the basis of social organization, from everyday institutions to geopolitical relations. Thanks @uminnpress.bsky.social!
On May 30-31, the Society for Disability Studies is hosting two author-focused events with @drrobertchapman.bsky.social, Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp (and diverse panels of commentators). Registration is open and free. www.patreon.com/posts/regist...
If you have a book proposal that might be right for them and I might be the right person to help you with it, get in contact: as an editor-at-large, I work with authors on developing their proposals, identifying the right editor to send it to, and provide support during the revision process.
If you need a dose of sincerity from me, this video has it! It's such an honor and pleasure to work with @uminnpress.bsky.social -- a press I idolized as a grad student (the THL series! posthumanities! theory out of bounds!) and have found so much support through as an author. Excelsior!
A new issue of Catalyst is out, including a piece from me on #bioethics and #disability. It draws on memoirs from #autistic authors and fleshes out a cybernetic theory of disability to argue against for more attention to atypical forms of communication. It's argumentative! doi.org/10.28968/cft...
You can request an exam copy here: www.upress.umn.edu/request-exam... (But it won't be out until late May/early June--still plenty of time to prepare to use it in the fall)
It's from @uminnpress.bsky.social and features @audretaughtme.bsky.social, David McDermott Hughes, Stephanie Delise Jones, @ratnagiri77.bsky.social, Katy Overstreet, Michelle Parsons, Adair Rounthwaite, Damien M. Sojoyner and @eyatesd.bsky.social. Recommend it to your friends and family!
"Proposals for a Caring Economy" would make a great inclusion in an #anthropology or #sociology class where you're trying to get students to think about social priorities and their consequences. It covers farmers, artists, women's and homeless shelters, immigration, energy transitions, and more!
"Proposals for a Caring Economy" comes out this spring. I often hope that a book will become irrelevant by the time it's published. Sadly, this little book is more relevant than ever. It offers a set of ethnographically-driven policy recommendations, suitable for any reader. bit.ly/4iS1tUS
Hey! I had a conversation with two fellow #microbial travelers-- Amber Benezra and Gloria Chan-Sook Kim--about our recent (and very different) forays into microbial worlds. Maybe you'll enjoy listening to it? It includes a lot of shit talk (for better and worse!) and feeling disgusted!
I wrote a piece for #anthropology news about middle theories of care as a way to advocate for diverse needs—maybe you’ll enjoy it? www.anthropology-news.org/articles/for...