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Laurie Denyer Willis

@ldenyerwillis.bsky.social

Anthropologist. I wrote a book about evangelicalism & right-wing populism. I also write & think about global health politics. Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology (EdCMA)

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Tricked & taken with only the clothes on their backs, Brazilians deported from the US were also subjected to physical abuse: handcuffed, shoved, slapped & punched.

The plane experienced multiple issues, with smoke coming from the turbines. Mid-flight, the AC failed, causing passengers to faint.

26.01.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted โ€” mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

26.12.2024 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20142    ๐Ÿ” 5456    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 149    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155

If youโ€™re in Rio right now, you should join us tomorrow for this talk. โค๏ธ

15.12.2024 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽตthatโ€™s me in the corner. thatโ€™s me in my sweatpants, eating my doritos๐ŸŽต

11.12.2024 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6194    ๐Ÿ” 509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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(in English too)

05.12.2024 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At our Feminist Cities CoLab Workshop in Rio we're hosting Sarah Ihmoud at IESP. Please share with anyone who might be interested in attending.

05.12.2024 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Looking forward to our exciting key note event with Sarah Ihmoud, hosted by the Feminist Cities Colab, in person in Rio de Janeiro 16th December!

03.12.2024 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This event is part of our British Academy funded project led by the awesome PI @ldenyerwillis.bsky.social

03.12.2024 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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are we posting cute selfies here on this app? I'm just going to pretend like we all decided it was ok.

24.01.2024 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Go with God Through deep attention to sense and feeling, Go with God grapples with the centrality of Evangelical faith in Rio de Janeiro's subรบrbios, the city's expansive and sprawling peripheral communities. Ba...

GUYS, I got all dressed up at 10pm Scotland time to zoom in to California time & talk about my book. And now I'm sitting here in my office all alone, but very cute. Thanks to Duana Fullwiley for inviting me into her methods classroom to talk about Go With God (www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...)

24.01.2024 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you like maps and photos and health, you should check out the storymap we made for my study, PHRAME (photographing health by rural adolescents in the Midwest US). This was a huge endeavor undertaken by Casey Allen, MPH during her year internship in my lab

wustl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

21.09.2023 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Call for Open Panels - EASST-4S 2024 Call for Open Panels The Call for Open Panels for EASST-4S 2024 in Amsterdam is now open. We very much look forward to receiving your panel proposals. Please submit these by 23 October (23:59 CEST). O...

Hi! The call for open panels for the next EASST-4S is out (deadline 23 Oct). If you are interested in presenting a panel, feel free to get in contact!
I work btw medical anthropology& humanities and am interested in gender, cancer, contested and uncertain conditions, mental health and neurodiversity

21.09.2023 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just got here. I hope it's nice. And funny.

14.09.2023 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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