Hannah Brown
@mamatommy.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @Durham University. Interested in care, development, health, livelihoods, animals, epidemics, Africa...
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Hannah Brown
@mamatommy.bsky.social
· May 8
Does One Health need an ontological turn?
One Health has gained global prominence in recent years. Alongside its emergence, there have been extensive social science critiques. In this contribution, we make the case for the value of recent ...
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Our latest plug for the value of anthropological theory in applied contexts. Writing led by my colleague Andrea Kaiser Grolimund @swisstph.ch with collaboration from the Alive Africa project team. Funding: @erc.europa.eu Does One Health need an ontological turn? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Want to do a PhD in social science at Durham? Are you interested in health and mental well-being? Or in environmental and planetary health? Our ESRC NINE DTP scholarships come w/ a range of pathways and perks: call now open for 2026-27! Get in touch.
www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/
www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/
Prospective Students - NINE DTP
The competition for 2026-27 is open Tuition FeesHome fees (£5,006 in 2025-26) covered for all students. Additional support for international students facilitated through university agreements.StipendT...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Want to do a PhD in social science at Durham? Are you interested in health and mental well-being? Or in environmental and planetary health? Our ESRC NINE DTP scholarships come w/ a range of pathways and perks: call now open for 2026-27! Get in touch.
www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/
www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/
Coming soon! I'll be talking about a book project on Lassa fever that is close to completion, written with Annie Wilkinson and Alumdena Mari Saez. Under contract with Cornell UP
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134th KUASS: KYOTO UNIVERSITY AFRICAN STUDIES SEMINAR ｜ 京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター – The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University –
京都大学 アフリカ地域研究資料センターのサイト。アフリカ研究の学術雑誌 African Study Monographs などを紹介。
www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
September 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Coming soon! I'll be talking about a book project on Lassa fever that is close to completion, written with Annie Wilkinson and Alumdena Mari Saez. Under contract with Cornell UP
www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/archives/inf...
www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/archives/inf...
‘For most of us rats inspire only revulsion. This might be one reason they have become such popular subjects for scientific experiments, it being easier to sacrifice animals if you’re not particularly fond of them in the first place.’
Jon Day on ‘rat city’ experiments:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jon Day on ‘rat city’ experiments:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jon Day · The Beautiful Ones: The Rat in the Head
Those who keep them as pets know them to be clean, gregarious creatures with a highly developed social life, but for...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FINALLY!! Keep the pressure on. How long must this continue? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social stand tall and stand up to this unforgivable violence
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood | Gaza | The Guardian share.google/FsKgECzDBSuW...
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood | Gaza | The Guardian share.google/FsKgECzDBSuW...
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood
Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites ‘intolerable’
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July 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
FINALLY!! Keep the pressure on. How long must this continue? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social stand tall and stand up to this unforgivable violence
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood | Gaza | The Guardian share.google/FsKgECzDBSuW...
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood | Gaza | The Guardian share.google/FsKgECzDBSuW...
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"And we're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and its time we return the favor"
Mamdani turned up at BAYO at Barclay Center yesterday and said he was going to fight to get Haiti off the travel ban and he said Haiti correctly
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"And we're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and its time we return the favor"
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We're showcasing some of our @erc.europa.eu projects, including work by Professor Hannah Brown & her team to deepen understanding of human-animal relations in evolving economic conditions. Read more: bit.ly/4dMQQkU
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June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We're showcasing some of our @erc.europa.eu projects, including work by Professor Hannah Brown & her team to deepen understanding of human-animal relations in evolving economic conditions. Read more: bit.ly/4dMQQkU
@britishacademy.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
@mamatommy.bsky.social
@britishacademy.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
@mamatommy.bsky.social
Well look what just came up on my Google alert... www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
June 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well look what just came up on my Google alert... www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Human-animal studies online course fall 2025. Free to PhD students. Guest lecturers: Krithika Srinivasan and Kuai Shen. More info: www.facebook.com/animalsinsoc... Sign up now, limited group size!
May 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Human-animal studies online course fall 2025. Free to PhD students. Guest lecturers: Krithika Srinivasan and Kuai Shen. More info: www.facebook.com/animalsinsoc... Sign up now, limited group size!
BBC News - Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87
The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BBC News - Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Starving, multiply displaced people in tents are being bombed, 50 UK families own as much as half the population, and you have almost no chance of saving to buy a house (unless you inherit money, forget it). And somehow (a) this happened and (b) it's news... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Couple successfully sue council over school’s footballs landing in garden of £2m home
Mohamed and Marie-Anne Bakhaty say they could not use their swimming pool and had to cancel garden party
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Starving, multiply displaced people in tents are being bombed, 50 UK families own as much as half the population, and you have almost no chance of saving to buy a house (unless you inherit money, forget it). And somehow (a) this happened and (b) it's news... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Our latest plug for the value of anthropological theory in applied contexts. Writing led by my colleague Andrea Kaiser Grolimund @swisstph.ch with collaboration from the Alive Africa project team. Funding: @erc.europa.eu Does One Health need an ontological turn? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does One Health need an ontological turn?
One Health has gained global prominence in recent years. Alongside its emergence, there have been extensive social science critiques. In this contribution, we make the case for the value of recent ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our latest plug for the value of anthropological theory in applied contexts. Writing led by my colleague Andrea Kaiser Grolimund @swisstph.ch with collaboration from the Alive Africa project team. Funding: @erc.europa.eu Does One Health need an ontological turn? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Hannah Brown
Hey you. Malignant narcissist. Name rhymes with Bump. See our @independentsage.bsky.social report on Diversity in Science. Evidence is all in there, should you wish to look. You’re welcome.
independentsage.org/report/how-d...
independentsage.org/report/how-d...
How diversity makes science better – Independent SAGE
Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
independentsage.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hey you. Malignant narcissist. Name rhymes with Bump. See our @independentsage.bsky.social report on Diversity in Science. Evidence is all in there, should you wish to look. You’re welcome.
independentsage.org/report/how-d...
independentsage.org/report/how-d...
Weekend reading material just arrived! I hope it's going to be an interesting combo... Ordered second hand and from the wonderful bookshop.org who make a donation to my favourite local bookshop of course 😊
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Weekend reading material just arrived! I hope it's going to be an interesting combo... Ordered second hand and from the wonderful bookshop.org who make a donation to my favourite local bookshop of course 😊
Now sending money to a friend in a Kenya so that she can access HIV care and medication. It's like going back to the 2000s. The new reality of global public #unhealth
March 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Now sending money to a friend in a Kenya so that she can access HIV care and medication. It's like going back to the 2000s. The new reality of global public #unhealth
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A very perilous development in the H5N1 flu panzootic has just been observed: "Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time" www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports
The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.
www.cbsnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A very perilous development in the H5N1 flu panzootic has just been observed: "Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time" www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
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You can read the piece here: limn.press/article/the-...
The Tighty-Whities Test - Limn
Why are farmers burying underwear in their fields?
limn.press
February 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
You can read the piece here: limn.press/article/the-...
We have a job opening @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
for an Anthropologist of data who can lead a large module on critical studies of data. Lovely department in a small but beautiful city in North East England. Please share widely.
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for an Anthropologist of data who can lead a large module on critical studies of data. Lovely department in a small but beautiful city in North East England. Please share widely.
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor in Anthropology of Data Science (Research %26 Education) (ANT_01)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
February 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We have a job opening @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
for an Anthropologist of data who can lead a large module on critical studies of data. Lovely department in a small but beautiful city in North East England. Please share widely.
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
for an Anthropologist of data who can lead a large module on critical studies of data. Lovely department in a small but beautiful city in North East England. Please share widely.
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
I've learnt that using AI is better by Haiku. Here's today's artful contribution.
February 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've learnt that using AI is better by Haiku. Here's today's artful contribution.
Any academic marking student essays could have predicted this! Hard to prove though 😜
Distillation is a common practice in the AI industry but the concern was that DeepSeek may be doing it to build its own rival model, which is a breach of OpenAI’s terms of service. Here’s why: www.ft.com/content/a0df...
January 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Any academic marking student essays could have predicted this! Hard to prove though 😜
We have great programmes in Medical Anthropology and Global and Planetary Health.... Come to our online open days to find out more!
📢Book now! Our PG online sessions will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham Anthropology has to offer for postgraduate study and student life.
📆10 & 11 February
👉 www.dur.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
📆10 & 11 February
👉 www.dur.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
January 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We have great programmes in Medical Anthropology and Global and Planetary Health.... Come to our online open days to find out more!
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Are you looking to connect into conversations across the medical humanities? Do you want to learn more about the latest concepts, writers, projects and people animating the field?
The Polyphony has arrived in BlueSky 🎉🦋🐟 Please join us & share widely @the-polyphony.bsky.social #MedHums
The Polyphony has arrived in BlueSky 🎉🦋🐟 Please join us & share widely @the-polyphony.bsky.social #MedHums
January 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Are you looking to connect into conversations across the medical humanities? Do you want to learn more about the latest concepts, writers, projects and people animating the field?
The Polyphony has arrived in BlueSky 🎉🦋🐟 Please join us & share widely @the-polyphony.bsky.social #MedHums
The Polyphony has arrived in BlueSky 🎉🦋🐟 Please join us & share widely @the-polyphony.bsky.social #MedHums
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📚📚📚 New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Amy Cox Hall reviews //Eating Besides Ourselves: Thresholds of foods & bodies// by @Heather Paxson & Marianne Elisabeth Lien, eds @DukePress 2023 #AnthroSky
Find it here on Early View: ⬇️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Amy Cox Hall reviews //Eating Besides Ourselves: Thresholds of foods & bodies// by @Heather Paxson & Marianne Elisabeth Lien, eds @DukePress 2023 #AnthroSky
Find it here on Early View: ⬇️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
📚📚📚 New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Amy Cox Hall reviews //Eating Besides Ourselves: Thresholds of foods & bodies// by @Heather Paxson & Marianne Elisabeth Lien, eds @DukePress 2023 #AnthroSky
Find it here on Early View: ⬇️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Amy Cox Hall reviews //Eating Besides Ourselves: Thresholds of foods & bodies// by @Heather Paxson & Marianne Elisabeth Lien, eds @DukePress 2023 #AnthroSky
Find it here on Early View: ⬇️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Comforting news story: Leeds teenager creates Venus de Milo sculpture out of snow www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leeds teenager creates Venus de Milo sculpture out of snow
The Bramhope Venus was created out of snow by 17-year-old Emily Bates in her Leeds back garden.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Comforting news story: Leeds teenager creates Venus de Milo sculpture out of snow www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Biology is far more interesting than simple categories and being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture. “Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary” @princetonupress.bsky.social publishing May 6th!
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January 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Biology is far more interesting than simple categories and being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture. “Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary” @princetonupress.bsky.social publishing May 6th!
Preorder princeton.press/0r0zpeq1
Preorder princeton.press/0r0zpeq1