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Anthropologist & Historian | Guatemala & Mexico | Colonial Indigenous Economies | 19c History of Statistics | History of Anthropology

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An example of how the language of "grants" can be used to deceive people about the relationship between universities and the government.

25.05.2025 17:11 — 👍 302    🔁 68    💬 14    📌 0

Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

14.04.2025 21:04 — 👍 13105    🔁 4314    💬 460    📌 338
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Harvard defies Trump's demands and risks $9 billion in federal funding Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to receive almost $9 billion in funding.

Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to receive almost $9 billion in funding.

14.04.2025 21:10 — 👍 857    🔁 125    💬 24    📌 22
¡Convocatoria abierta!
¿Eres estudiante de licenciatura, maestría o doctorado y quieres ser parte de un encuentro internacional en el corazón de Guatemala?

Postúlate como voluntaria/o para el Congreso WAU 2025 que se realizará del 3 al 8 de noviembre en Antigua Guatemala. 

Buscamos personas entusiastas y comprometidas para apoyar en:
- Sesiones híbridas
- Atención a participantes
- Logística y montaje de exhibiciones

Te ofrecemos hospedaje, alimentación, transporte terrestre, acceso libre a todas las actividades del Congreso, kit de viaje, kit de participante del Congreso WAU 2025 y capacitación.

El Congreso no cubre transporte aéreo, pero sí traslados desde Ciudad de Guatemala a Antigua y viceversa.

Y si eres estudiante de posgrado, te cubrimos también la inscripción al Congreso y la cuota de membresía IUAES.

Fechas clave:
- ¿Tienes disponibilidad del 31 de octubre (viernes) al 9 de noviembre (domingo)?
- Actividades previas en Ciudad de Guatemala: del 28 al 31 de octubre (opcional)
- Cierre de la convocatoria: 31 de mayo de 2025
- Resultados: 14 de junio de 2025 (vía correo electrónico)

Postúlate ahora llenando el formulario: https://forms.gle/HGFUuxWBAVX2cQyY8

¡Convocatoria abierta! ¿Eres estudiante de licenciatura, maestría o doctorado y quieres ser parte de un encuentro internacional en el corazón de Guatemala? Postúlate como voluntaria/o para el Congreso WAU 2025 que se realizará del 3 al 8 de noviembre en Antigua Guatemala. Buscamos personas entusiastas y comprometidas para apoyar en: - Sesiones híbridas - Atención a participantes - Logística y montaje de exhibiciones Te ofrecemos hospedaje, alimentación, transporte terrestre, acceso libre a todas las actividades del Congreso, kit de viaje, kit de participante del Congreso WAU 2025 y capacitación. El Congreso no cubre transporte aéreo, pero sí traslados desde Ciudad de Guatemala a Antigua y viceversa. Y si eres estudiante de posgrado, te cubrimos también la inscripción al Congreso y la cuota de membresía IUAES. Fechas clave: - ¿Tienes disponibilidad del 31 de octubre (viernes) al 9 de noviembre (domingo)? - Actividades previas en Ciudad de Guatemala: del 28 al 31 de octubre (opcional) - Cierre de la convocatoria: 31 de mayo de 2025 - Resultados: 14 de junio de 2025 (vía correo electrónico) Postúlate ahora llenando el formulario: https://forms.gle/HGFUuxWBAVX2cQyY8

¡Convocatoria abierta!
¿Eres estudiante de licenciatura, maestría o doctorado y quieres ser parte de un encuentro internacional en el corazón de Guatemala?

¡Postúlate como voluntaria/o para el Congreso WAU 2025!

Postúlate ahora llenando el formulario: forms.gle/HGFUuxWBAVX2...

28.03.2025 19:47 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

BREAKING: President Donald Trump aims to reshape the Smithsonian museums and zoo with an order targeting funding to programs with "improper ideology."

27.03.2025 23:41 — 👍 692    🔁 421    💬 240    📌 370
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Trump ordena purgar los museos Smithsonian de ideología "antiestadouniense" - BBC News Mundo La orden ejecutiva indica que las "narrativas divisivas" deben ser purgadas de los museos y centros de investigación operados por el Instituto Smithsonian en Estados Unidos.

Trump ordena purgar los famosos museos Smithsonian de ideología "antiestadouniense" - BBC News Mundo

Información: www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

28.03.2025 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Direct Attacks on Science/Social Science in Higher Education through Capping Indirect Cost Rates: Why Anthropologists Should Care - Anthropology News “Congress should cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities so that it does not exceed the lowest rate a university accepts from a private

Direct Attacks on Science/Social Science in Higher Education through Capping Indirect Cost Rates: Why Anthropologists Should Care
Anthropology News

11.03.2025 13:13 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dad of detained US tourist urges care on visa requirements Becky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a facility in Washington State and is desperate to come home.

We’re concerned about the welfare of R.E. Burke, a British comic artist detained by ICE while travelling through North America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.03.2025 15:13 — 👍 340    🔁 185    💬 9    📌 47
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Pionnières du monde funéraire Pionnières du monde funéraire ! La mort a changé leur vie  Juliette Cazes Éditions du trésor 31 octobre 2024 ISBN : 979-10-91534-92-5 Gardie...

Pionnières du monde funéraire
Historien.nes de la santé

08.03.2025 16:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Women Doing Fieldwork
Photo Contest

Info: filmfreeway.com/WAU2025Congr...

#iwd2025 #WomensDay #8m #8M2025

08.03.2025 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
Nature

07.03.2025 16:27 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Open repositories cannot ignore retractions and corrections - Impact of Social Sciences Repositories for academic papers often do not reflect retractions and corrections to published papers, can this be resolved?

Open repositories cannot ignore retractions and corrections
Impact of Social Sciences

07.03.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Nature

07.03.2025 01:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for members to the operational committees of the ISC Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean - International Science Council Join us in strengthening science for sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Call for members to the operational committees of the ISC Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean
International Science Council

06.03.2025 22:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heads Up, History Buffs: Most of Kent State’s Sanborn Maps Are Now in the Public Domain Heads Up, History Buffs: Most of Kent State’s Sanborn Maps Are Now in the Public Domain | Kent State Today, University Libraries, College of Arts & Sciences Research & Science, Community & Society,...

Heads Up, History Buffs: Most of Kent State’s Sanborn Maps Are Now in the Public Domain | Kent State University
OATP primary

06.03.2025 19:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Come ROR with us: Using ROR IDs in place of Funder IDs - Crossref Today, we’re delighted to let you know that Crossref members can now use ROR IDs to identify funders in any place where you currently use Funder IDs in your metadata. Funder IDs remain available, but...

Come ROR with us: Using ROR IDs in place of Funder IDs
Blog on Crossref

06.03.2025 16:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sexual harassment allegations linked to drop in citations But numbers remain steady for researchers who commit scientific misconduct.

Sexual harassment allegations linked to drop in citations
Nature

06.03.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens? The bibliometric infrastructure of citations has become an inescapable organising feature of academic life. Drawing on a range of evidence of the use and misuse of citations data, Stuart Macdonald …

Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
Impact of Social Sciences

24.02.2025 19:44 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trekking across Nepal to bridge its gender gap in the sciences Biochemist Babita Paudel strives to change Nepal’s standing as the Asian country with the lowest participation of women in science.

Trekking across Nepal to bridge its gender gap in the sciences
Nature

24.02.2025 16:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Will AI jeopardize science photography? There’s still time to create an ethical code of conduct Generative artificial-intelligence illustrations can be helpful, but fall short as scientific records.

Will AI jeopardize science photography? There’s still time to create an ethical code of conduct
Nature

24.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Les comparto un capítulo sobre cómo los índices de la Escribanía de Cámara y Sección de Tierras de Guatemala (ahora en el Ministerio de Gobernación) son guías de la geografía del territorio guatemalteco desde el siglo XVI hasta el siglo XIX.

El capítulo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

23.02.2025 18:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Understanding global anti-gender politics Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attack edited by Aiko Holvikivi, Billy Holzberg and Tomás Ojeda brings together analyses of anti-gender movements in count…

Understanding global anti-gender politics
LSE Review of Books

23.02.2025 16:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute.

The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.

This was the right and only appropriate response.

21.02.2025 14:42 — 👍 12098    🔁 3181    💬 108    📌 94
Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End | Ep. 51 Anne Applebaum
YouTube video by Decoding Geopolitics Podcast Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End | Ep. 51 Anne Applebaum

I spoke to the 'Decoding Geopolitics' podcast in Munich:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLDT...

20.02.2025 09:53 — 👍 632    🔁 128    💬 18    📌 10
KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

14.02.2025 23:47 — 👍 115195    🔁 34079    💬 1821    📌 983
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.

DEIA and Doing the Right Thing
The Scholarly Kitchen

12.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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• A growing archive of anthropologist interviews
• Transcripts & recordings that inspire students & researchers
• A shared history of our field

Thank you! Let’s keep going!

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12.02.2025 12:30 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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“We are a target”: scientific society under pressure after Trump DEI crackdown The American Society for Microbiology deleted terms such as equity from its website, sparking protests from members.

“We are a target”: scientific society under pressure after Trump DEI crackdown
Nature

08.02.2025 16:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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» Convocatoria - CIESAS Ichan Tecolotl, Revista de divulgación enfocada en temas de antropología, ciencias sociales y humanidades, con una periodicidad mensual y editada por el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores...

Convocatoria 2026
Ichan Tecolotl

08.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos
Nature

07.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0