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anthropologist studying industrial pasts and environmental futures // author of futures after progress: hope and doubt in late industrial baltimore // bingo enthusiast https://anthropology.cornell.edu/chloe-ahmann

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18.10.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Took Cheyfitz’s Class on Gaza. His Suspension Violates Academic Freedom. Nine students who took the course on "Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance" contextualize the dispute that led to the suspension of Professor Eric Cheyfitz. They argue that his treatment by the University am...

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12.10.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ Check out this provocative new collection of brief essays on β€œEveryday and Emergent Ecofascisms” that Chloe Ahmann and Zeynep Oguz co-edited for Society & Space. I contributed a piece on the banality of eco-fascism in the Philippines (and beyond). Thanks, Chloe & Zeynep, for the opportunity!

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in "'Just trust me, bro: The consummative mood of reactionary decarbonization' i think through the overlap between everyday tech bro masculinities and decarbonization advocacy.
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06.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

out now in @societyandspace.bsky.social, a volume of shorter interventions on new (and renewed) forms of reactionary environmentalisms around the world. my contribution below.

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Last but certainly not least, Alexander Menrisky reflections on the collection as a whole, and on the value of concepts like ecofascism despite all the interpretive disagreements that surround them:

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Then @radhikagovindrajan.bsky.social explores how ecofascist politics in India capture the popular imagination through particularly localized conceptions of what makes an enchanted ecology:

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Irus Braverman follows, scrutinizing the figure of the goat as one lens on the β€œecofascist dream” that animates the state of Israel:

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Yuka Suzuki's work comes next, on moral outrage promulgated in the name of #CatLivesMatter, showing how the animal becomes an alibi for blasting supremacist ideologies:

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Julia Leser then takes on the racialized fantasies of violence that animate β€œwolf politics” among Germany's far right:

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Up next, an essay by Zeynep Oguz explores how wildfires ignite nationalist paranoia in contemporary Turkey:

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Then in a lil piece by Devin Proctor and me called β€œThe Storm before the Storm,” we think about the incursion of far-right groups into post-disaster zones as a kind of disaster nationalism that seeks to undermine the US state:

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Troubled waters and no bridges: The ecofascisms of an imagined global middle class - Alexandra Cotofana, 2025 The article traces ecofascism in social-media commentary following a storm that affected the United Arab Emirates in April of 2024. This ecofascism is imagined ...

Work by Alexandra Cotofana follows, on the ecofascist atmospheres that congeal around cloud seeding efforts in the UAE:

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Next up, @noahtheriault.bsky.social interrogates the resonances between ecofascism and late capitalism's daily churn, as both shape ecotourism projects in the Philippines:

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Then, @kaibosworth.bsky.social takes on the green masculinity embodied by the β€œdecarbonization bro”:

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First up, we've got Mona Bhan writing on the fascistic undercurrents of India's β€œgreen transition” as it shapes extractive politics in Kashmir:

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05.10.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...normalizing the sense that some lives are environmental goods while other lives pose existential threats.” And we seek out β€œeveryday and emergent forms of antifascist care for each other and the planet that we share.” Hope you'll give it a read. Here are the πŸ”₯ contributions:

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πŸ“£ Friends, sharing a new collection on β€œEveryday and Emergent Ecofascisms” – edited with Zeynep Oguz for @societyandspace.bsky.social – that we hope folks find useful in These Times. Together, we β€œtend to the mundane ways ecofascist tenets organize the everyday...

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Collection introduction: Everyday and emergent ecofascisms - Chloe Ahmann, Zeynep Oguz, 2025

Read @chloeahmann.bsky.social & Zeynep Oguz’s intro to a collection on ecofascism: β€œWe must tend to the mundane ways” ecofascism β€œorganizes the everyday, normalizing the commonsense that some lives are environmental goods while others pose existential threats”. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

13.09.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
I pledge that I will not provide any service to Columbia University. I will not speak at conferences held at or organized by Columbia. I will not publish with Columbia publications or provide peer reviews for them. I will not provide outside tenure evaluations for Columbia departments. I will not contribute in any way to the institution until everyone who is responsible for this week’s shameful decision has resigned, retired, or been fired, and until Columbia repudiates their catastrophic choice.

I pledge that I will not provide any service to Columbia University. I will not speak at conferences held at or organized by Columbia. I will not publish with Columbia publications or provide peer reviews for them. I will not provide outside tenure evaluations for Columbia departments. I will not contribute in any way to the institution until everyone who is responsible for this week’s shameful decision has resigned, retired, or been fired, and until Columbia repudiates their catastrophic choice.

I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy.

This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading:

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26.07.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3099    πŸ” 777    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 60

when RFK says he wants to β€œend chronic disease,” what people hear is β€œhe wants to cure us” but what he means is β€œi want to cull the weak”

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There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture. These raids must stop immediately. 8/

11.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4230    πŸ” 851    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 10

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

22.06.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14427    πŸ” 3321    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 41

No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.
No more wars.

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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

22.06.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62540    πŸ” 13952    πŸ’¬ 812    πŸ“Œ 564
Email from the Anthropology Department Chair reads: 

Dear Chloe,
 
I am delighted to share that I have just been informed that the provost has approved your tenure case.  The final step is the board of trustees, but that is just a formality.  So you can count on being an Associate Professor with indefinite tenure as of July 1.
 
Congratulations, and good work!!

Email from the Anthropology Department Chair reads: Dear Chloe, I am delighted to share that I have just been informed that the provost has approved your tenure case. The final step is the board of trustees, but that is just a formality. So you can count on being an Associate Professor with indefinite tenure as of July 1. Congratulations, and good work!!

Ahem, may I interrupt all the unraveling to share a lil news

07.05.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
Email from the Anthropology Department Chair reads: 

Dear Chloe,
 
I am delighted to share that I have just been informed that the provost has approved your tenure case.  The final step is the board of trustees, but that is just a formality.  So you can count on being an Associate Professor with indefinite tenure as of July 1.
 
Congratulations, and good work!!

Email from the Anthropology Department Chair reads: Dear Chloe, I am delighted to share that I have just been informed that the provost has approved your tenure case. The final step is the board of trustees, but that is just a formality. So you can count on being an Associate Professor with indefinite tenure as of July 1. Congratulations, and good work!!

Ahem, may I interrupt all the unraveling to share a lil news

07.05.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024) - New Books Network

Had the total pleasure of speaking with @gilanthro.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about Futures after Progress (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). Interview up now! ✨

newbooksnetwork.com/chloe-ahmann...

30.04.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Futures After Progress - from Baltimore to the world! Listen for a teaser of this powerful read and a timely conversation with @chloeahmann.bsky.social on toxicity, politics, and the possible futures of our pasts 🌱

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Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024) - New Books Network

Had the total pleasure of speaking with @gilanthro.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about Futures after Progress (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). Interview up now! ✨

newbooksnetwork.com/chloe-ahmann...

30.04.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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