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Covid Webinar- 17 days to go - Indonesia

Both Cristina and Oguz draw attention to the ways in which COVID amplified inequalities - in their cases, ethnic minorities (Romania) and people who are/identify as LGBTQI (Turkey). Linda Bennett from the University of Melbourne picks this theme up, 

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Covid Webinar: The shroud stealers

ADITYA BHARAWAJ, professor of anthropologyand sociology at IHEID Graduate Institute in Geneva, writes of the ‘shroud stealers’ in India - literally not metaphorically. Read his chapter in Viral Loads and hear his comments on 23 September

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COVID WEBINAR: racism in the UK

COVID-19 has consistently exposed inequality, structural violence, xenophobia and racism. Sahra Gibbon, Jennie Gamlin and Melania Calestani have written on the UK experience of racism and its effects on infection and the provision and receipt of heal

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Covid Webinar Post 7. Neoliberalism in Mexico

First day of spring (in the southern hemisphere) and 22 days to the webinar. Abril Saldaña-Tejeda (Guanajuato U) will speak on the Mexican state’s continual attention to individual bodies, diets, and genetic make-up - and approach which shifts respon
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COVID WEBINAR 6: 24 PAYS TO GO

Covid Webinar Post: 24 days to go! COUNTDOWN to webinar day is more useful than count-up. So, from now on – days to go! ELZBIETA DRAZKIEWICZ is Senior Research Fellow at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and works on foreign aid and development managem

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Covid Webinar Post 4. Who are speaking?

For the next many posts, I will be introducing you to the various speakers. The first is Nancy Burke, who will also be facilitating part of the webinar. As I noted yesterday, Nancy is Professor of Public Health and Anthropology and John D. and Cather

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Covid Webinar Post 3. Who are involved?

I will be moderating the program. I am Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and I hold appointments also with Brown University, US, and Monash

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Covid Webinar Post 2. What's it about?

Counting down to the Webinar. Let me explain how this program will proceed. I will be moderating, and I have five general questions. I will pose one question, and will invite a few of the authors from Viral Loads to comment; they’ll speak for about 3

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2022 PELTO INTERNATIONAL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

2022 PELTO INTERNATIONAL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

Nomination Deadline: October 2, 2021

Award Description

      As part of the SfAA’s international initiative, the Pelto International Award intends to strengthen and expand relationships between the SfAA an

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