Five Years of Undisciplinary! - Undisciplinary We celebrate five years of Undisciplinary by reflecting on our journey and the changing academic landscape since our podcast began in July 2020.• Chris and Jane discuss recent conference experiences, ...

Undisciplinary turns FIVE today!
Thank you to all the guests and listeners over the past five years. It has been a joy and pleasure; marked by sadness and gratitude for Courtney.
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After USAID: what now for aid and Africa? Seize this opportunity to reframe aid and centre local health needs The Trump administration’s shocking decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) overnight ...

We also discussed this editorial Seye co-authored with Catherine Kyobutungi and Ebere Okereke
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The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437) | Un éditeur pour le développement The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437)

Here is a link to "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health" and the incredible cover.
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Decolonizing Health: Why "Global" Health Is a Problematic Concept with Seye Abimbola - Undisciplinary A/Prof Seye Abimbola explores how global health as a concept reinforces colonial power structures and argues for decentering Western institutions in health governance. His critique reveals how aid flo...

Latest episode with @seyeabimbola.bsky.social discussing:
- decolonial politics of USAID
- the problem of "global" health
- journal gatekeeping
- Seye's new book "The Foreign Gaze" and more! www.buzzsprout.com/1104002/epis...

And now the full listing... we are recruiting for a PhD scholarship to conduct ethnographic research on net zero in nth Australia, based at Deakin + working with me, @karidahlgren.bsky.social + @chrismayes.bsky.social. Apps close 20 Sept. Spread the word + details: www.deakin.edu.au/study/fees-a...

We are recruiting for a PhD candidate to join us on the "Embedding Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Northern Australia" ARC Discovery Project + conduct their own Anthropology project (pref. starting late 2025). Full CfA + scholarship details coming soon @karidahlgren.bsky.social @chrismayes.bsky.social

Illustrated book cover showing a person in a pond surrounded by lily pads and trees under a starry night sky. The title reads, “Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis,” edited by Kelly Hayes.

In addition to my excitement about Kelly's forthcoming book, I am so happy that my friend and comrade @ollycostello.bsky.social created the book cover. It's beautiful. You can pre-order the book here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

Dumped cabinet minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for his demotion Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".

Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".

We’ve hit 100% student participation in our online tutorial discussions - inconceivable! Quality chat too! All it took was: increasing the participation mark & adding a tutorial reflections journal; pouring hours into being present online; yet more hours poured; all poured out now, running on fumes

It’s a problem. I believe booktopia is back up and running but the new owners aren’t acknowledging the $150 in books the old owners owe me, so they’re dead to me. I have used Nile. I know nothing about them but I gave them money and they sent me the book, so that’s a plus!

Why do we fear fat? - ABC listen For most of history, body size has been about more than just health — it’s been a tool of control. From colonial ideals of “discipline” to modern-day diet culture, our ideas about fatness and thinness...

Undisciplinary's @janewilliams141.bsky.social was on a panel with @thebodzilla.bsky.social, @kathrynmackay.bsky.social and Tess Royale Clancy discussing fat liberation, healthism, and resisting fatphobia inside & outside healthcare. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Latest episode [link in bio], discusses how almost all healthcare professionals now agree weight stigma is "bad", but for different reasons & offering different "solutions". Need to critique pathologization of bodies, not just stigmatization.
#weightstigma #bodypositive #fatacceptance #bioethics

Beyond the Scales: Obesity Ethics and Weight Stigma - Undisciplinary Chris and Jane kick off 2025 discussing their recent publication in the British Medical Bulletin titled "Obesity: Ethical Issues" and exploring how conversations about weight stigma have evolved in re...

First Episode for 2025!
Discussing obesity ethics, Ozempic, and importance of critiquing pathologization of bodies that justifies and enables weight stigma.
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Rediscovering Wilfrid Sellars - ABC listen The American thinker Wilfrid Sellars died in 1989, and has been remembered as a primarily analytic philosopher. But today, Sellars is being rediscovered by a new generation of Continental philosophers...

I've produced a new episode of The Philosopher's Zone for RN on the curious renaissance of Wilfrid Sellars in continental philosophy.

Huge thanks to our guests and especially to @greatcathy.bsky.social for making all this possible!

I’m on the latest Philosopher’s Zone with a bunch of interesting people discussing Sellars. Thanks Pat and Cathy for all your work in putting this together.

Simon & Schuster imprint will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

‘Authors feeling obliged to write blurbs for their friends can create “an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent”, he added.’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Cover photo of “Metaphysical Animals” by Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman.

Enjoying reading this. Fascinating history that also speaks to current debates about what is philosophy, who gets to do it, and what is the role of the philosopher in a world on fire.

Love, Grief, and Empathy: Undisciplinary reflections on 2024 - Undisciplinary **Below is AI generated**This episode explores the complexities of grief during festive seasons, focusing on the interplay between love, loss, and holiday traditions. Insights from bell hooks highligh...

End of year reflections on bell hooks, love, & grief in interpersonal & global relations. undisciplinary.buzzsprout.com/1104002/epis...

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Volume 21, issue 3 Volume 21, issue 3 articles listing for Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Our latest issue is officially out! Thanks to all the authors, editors and contributors.

You can check it out now or save this link to your 2025 reading list:
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I have talked to the pharmacy and your insurance again. Insurance is now saying they will not cover it until tomorrow as tomorrow will be the 24th day since your last refill. The fact that your dosage has increased did not matter, they would not budge.

Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.

Divide or unite?
My @smh @theage cartoon.