Laurie Denyer Willis
ldenyerwillis.bsky.social
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.
January 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — 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."
December 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
If you’re in Rio right now, you should join us tomorrow for this talk. ❤️
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.
December 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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🎵that’s me in the corner. that’s me in my sweatpants, eating my doritos🎵
December 11, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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.
December 5, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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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!
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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This event is part of our British Academy funded project led by the awesome PI @ldenyerwillis.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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...)
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 subúrbios, the city's expansive and sprawling peripheral communities. Ba...
www.ucpress.edu
January 24, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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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...
September 21, 2023 at 12:12 PM
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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
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...
www.easst4s2024.net
September 21, 2023 at 8:37 AM
I just got here. I hope it's nice. And funny.
September 14, 2023 at 7:41 PM