Thandeka Cochrane
@thandekacochrane.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at King's College London | Cartographies of Cancer https://cartographiesofcancer.org/ | Medical Anthropology | Colonial Histories | Epistemic Entanglements
Very excited to soon be starting my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship @oxford-anthro.bsky.social on women doctors in sub-Saharan Africa.
If anyone knows any amazing historical or contemporary women doctors working in east and west Anglophone Africa, I would love to know!
If anyone knows any amazing historical or contemporary women doctors working in east and west Anglophone Africa, I would love to know!
Filling a significant gap in the literature, Early Career Fellow @thandekacochrane.bsky.social combines history, anthropology, feminist theory and decolonial studies to offer a unique analysis of the role of women doctors in Africa.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Very excited to soon be starting my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship @oxford-anthro.bsky.social on women doctors in sub-Saharan Africa.
If anyone knows any amazing historical or contemporary women doctors working in east and west Anglophone Africa, I would love to know!
If anyone knows any amazing historical or contemporary women doctors working in east and west Anglophone Africa, I would love to know!
New article finally published!
Excited to announce our article on 'Cartographic Infrastructures: Geographical pathology, tumour safaris, and colonial networks in British East Africa' is out in Social Studies of Science!
Medical maps and knowledge production:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Excited to announce our article on 'Cartographic Infrastructures: Geographical pathology, tumour safaris, and colonial networks in British East Africa' is out in Social Studies of Science!
Medical maps and knowledge production:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Cartographic infrastructures: Geographical pathology, tumour safaris, and colonial networks in British East Africa - David Reubi, Thandeka Cochrane, 2025
In this article, we explore infrastructures—human, epistemic, and material—that enable the creation of maps and the stories they tell about the world. We develo...
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August 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New article finally published!
Excited to announce our article on 'Cartographic Infrastructures: Geographical pathology, tumour safaris, and colonial networks in British East Africa' is out in Social Studies of Science!
Medical maps and knowledge production:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Excited to announce our article on 'Cartographic Infrastructures: Geographical pathology, tumour safaris, and colonial networks in British East Africa' is out in Social Studies of Science!
Medical maps and knowledge production:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
VISITING FELLOWSHIP FOR AFRICAN ECONOMICS SCHOLARS TO OXFORD!
Only three days left to apply!
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Only three days left to apply!
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CSAE VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
CSAE Visiting Fellowships
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May 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
VISITING FELLOWSHIP FOR AFRICAN ECONOMICS SCHOLARS TO OXFORD!
Only three days left to apply!
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
Only three days left to apply!
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
Exciting PhD positions at LMU Munich to work with a community in Namibia or Malaysia on the impact of changing environments on childhood.
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Two Funded Doctoral Positions in Anthropology: Project on Environmental Change and Children’s Development - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich
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March 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Exciting PhD positions at LMU Munich to work with a community in Namibia or Malaysia on the impact of changing environments on childhood.
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
🚨 Fellowship Alert: Two Short-Term fellowships on the histories of knowledge production and collective life in Africa at the Max Plank Institute.
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Two Short-Term Fellowships, Histories of Knowledge and Collective Life in Africa (Dept. II) | MPIWG
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March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 Fellowship Alert: Two Short-Term fellowships on the histories of knowledge production and collective life in Africa at the Max Plank Institute.
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position...
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position...
Another great has fallen. I was so very inspired by his work. His thinking is so needed. RIP James Ferguson.
RIP James Ferguson stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...
James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65
James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Another great has fallen. I was so very inspired by his work. His thinking is so needed. RIP James Ferguson.
Two Anthropology PhD Positions at the University of Leiden on the fantastic project, 'Diversity Outdoors' with the wonderful @jasminrana.bsky.social
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Two PhD Positions in Cultural Anthropology in project
Two PhD Positions in Cultural Anthropology in project “Diversity Outdoors”The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology invites applications for two fully funded four year full-time...
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February 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Two Anthropology PhD Positions at the University of Leiden on the fantastic project, 'Diversity Outdoors' with the wonderful @jasminrana.bsky.social
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
Funded Doctoral Opportunities at the fantastic LMU working on Childhoods and environment.
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Two Funded Doctoral Positions in Anthropology: Project on Environmental Change and Children’s Development - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Funded Doctoral Opportunities at the fantastic LMU working on Childhoods and environment.
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
PhD Position in Social Anthropology at the University of Bern on Affective Solidarities
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January 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
PhD Position in Social Anthropology at the University of Bern on Affective Solidarities
www.anthro.unibe.ch/e40416/e9635...
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Episode 10 of the Political Stakes of Cancer podcast is out!
Noemi Tousignant talks about her fascinating work on liver cancer in Senegal. Give it a listen!
somatosphere.net/political-st...
Noemi Tousignant talks about her fascinating work on liver cancer in Senegal. Give it a listen!
somatosphere.net/political-st...
Political Stakes of Cancer Series – Episode 10: “Almost everyone has personal stories of liver cancer”: An account of the historical and contemporary world of liver cancer in Senegal
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January 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Episode 10 of the Political Stakes of Cancer podcast is out!
Noemi Tousignant talks about her fascinating work on liver cancer in Senegal. Give it a listen!
somatosphere.net/political-st...
Noemi Tousignant talks about her fascinating work on liver cancer in Senegal. Give it a listen!
somatosphere.net/political-st...