Vix Anderton
@vix-anderton.bsky.social
MA Student in Anthropology of Global Futures & Sustainability at SOAS
From Security to Sustainability via Ecosomatics & Authentic Relating
Born at 342ppm
From Security to Sustainability via Ecosomatics & Authentic Relating
Born at 342ppm
Who benefits when problems get "solved" without addressing root causes?
New fieldnotes on solutions that manage symptoms while intensifying vulnerability.
Still working through what this means for action.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/on-well-inte...
New fieldnotes on solutions that manage symptoms while intensifying vulnerability.
Still working through what this means for action.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/on-well-inte...
On Well-Intentioned Harm: The Redistribution of Vulnerability
Last week’s classes had me reflecting on a pattern across seemingly unrelated domains - immigration policy, corporate sustainability, anti-trafficking laws - where interventions designed to help actua...
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Who benefits when problems get "solved" without addressing root causes?
New fieldnotes on solutions that manage symptoms while intensifying vulnerability.
Still working through what this means for action.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/on-well-inte...
New fieldnotes on solutions that manage symptoms while intensifying vulnerability.
Still working through what this means for action.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/on-well-inte...
Maybe the question isn't whether I'm too sensitive to be an anthropologist.
Maybe it's whether anthropology is ready for practitioners who refuse to numb out.
New fieldnotes on sensitivity as knowledge: reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/too-sensitiv...
Maybe it's whether anthropology is ready for practitioners who refuse to numb out.
New fieldnotes on sensitivity as knowledge: reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/too-sensitiv...
Too Sensitive For Anthropology?
Last week, I was reading a 2018 article by Sophie Chao detailing the relationship of the Marind people of West Papua with sawit (oil palm). I 'know' about the situation in West Papua, very generally, ...
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Maybe the question isn't whether I'm too sensitive to be an anthropologist.
Maybe it's whether anthropology is ready for practitioners who refuse to numb out.
New fieldnotes on sensitivity as knowledge: reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/too-sensitiv...
Maybe it's whether anthropology is ready for practitioners who refuse to numb out.
New fieldnotes on sensitivity as knowledge: reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/too-sensitiv...
What we call 'natural' is never neutral. Oil is just one example of how flows of power have shaped our world and our imaginations.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/what-counts-...
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/what-counts-...
What Counts as ‘Natural’? Unlearning the Flows That Shape Us
This week’s adventures in anthropology have taken me on a journey through the history of the 19th and 20th centuries, following the lives of coal, oil and borders. I’ve visited Dominica to learn about...
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What we call 'natural' is never neutral. Oil is just one example of how flows of power have shaped our world and our imaginations.
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/what-counts-...
reflections-from-an-aspiring-anthropologist.ghost.io/what-counts-...
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MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone.
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone.
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot
Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“You can’t policy your way out of a propaganda problem”
Could someone tell Keir Starmer this?!
Could someone tell Keir Starmer this?!
I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!
September 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“You can’t policy your way out of a propaganda problem”
Could someone tell Keir Starmer this?!
Could someone tell Keir Starmer this?!
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“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
Auschwitz-survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'
“It's a bit of an obscenity that I'm asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren't we listening t...
therealnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
"I used to think there would be more wreckage. That when the world began to fall apart, we would hear it.
...But the breaking didn't sound like that at all. It sounded like nothing. It sounded like a vibration in your pocket."
joadt.substack.com/p/the-flatte...
...But the breaking didn't sound like that at all. It sounded like nothing. It sounded like a vibration in your pocket."
joadt.substack.com/p/the-flatte...
The Flattening
How We Learned to Scroll Past Atrocity
joadt.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"I used to think there would be more wreckage. That when the world began to fall apart, we would hear it.
...But the breaking didn't sound like that at all. It sounded like nothing. It sounded like a vibration in your pocket."
joadt.substack.com/p/the-flatte...
...But the breaking didn't sound like that at all. It sounded like nothing. It sounded like a vibration in your pocket."
joadt.substack.com/p/the-flatte...
No, I'm Spartacus!
Important reflections from @racheldonald.bsky.social on @planetcritical.bsky.social
Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Important reflections from @racheldonald.bsky.social on @planetcritical.bsky.social
Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt
Protesting genocide is now an act of terrorism in the UK
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No, I'm Spartacus!
Important reflections from @racheldonald.bsky.social on @planetcritical.bsky.social
Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Important reflections from @racheldonald.bsky.social on @planetcritical.bsky.social
Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
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Just signed up for this…love a revolutionary bent these days!
New climate course, open free and online, with a revolutionary bent, organised by colleagues from Leeds including the great Jefim Vogel !
Register now, and share widely!!!! Check it out here:
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
Register now, and share widely!!!! Check it out here:
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
Climate Action: Tackling the Climate Crisis for a Better World - Online Course
Take action to help tackle the climate crisis and
contribute to a sustainable, just world with impactful
climate solutions in this online course from the University
of Leeds.
www.futurelearn.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just signed up for this…love a revolutionary bent these days!
Rewatched Deep Impact at the weekend.
Some thoughts.
I want Morgan Freeman to be president somewhere. An extinction level event somehow doesn’t sound bad coming from his mouth.
I couldn’t help compare that to the current White House occupant - seriously, we’re all f**ked.
Some thoughts.
I want Morgan Freeman to be president somewhere. An extinction level event somehow doesn’t sound bad coming from his mouth.
I couldn’t help compare that to the current White House occupant - seriously, we’re all f**ked.
May 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Rewatched Deep Impact at the weekend.
Some thoughts.
I want Morgan Freeman to be president somewhere. An extinction level event somehow doesn’t sound bad coming from his mouth.
I couldn’t help compare that to the current White House occupant - seriously, we’re all f**ked.
Some thoughts.
I want Morgan Freeman to be president somewhere. An extinction level event somehow doesn’t sound bad coming from his mouth.
I couldn’t help compare that to the current White House occupant - seriously, we’re all f**ked.
A 6-hour, island-wide black out in Bali has reminded me how woefully unprepared I am for collapse.
May 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A 6-hour, island-wide black out in Bali has reminded me how woefully unprepared I am for collapse.
Looking for podcast recommendations.
My favourites are Maintenance Phase, If Books Could Kill, Five-Four, Planet Critical, Conspirituality and You’re Wrong About.
So critical analysis with personality and a laugh?!
I could do with one or two more on rotation.
My favourites are Maintenance Phase, If Books Could Kill, Five-Four, Planet Critical, Conspirituality and You’re Wrong About.
So critical analysis with personality and a laugh?!
I could do with one or two more on rotation.
April 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looking for podcast recommendations.
My favourites are Maintenance Phase, If Books Could Kill, Five-Four, Planet Critical, Conspirituality and You’re Wrong About.
So critical analysis with personality and a laugh?!
I could do with one or two more on rotation.
My favourites are Maintenance Phase, If Books Could Kill, Five-Four, Planet Critical, Conspirituality and You’re Wrong About.
So critical analysis with personality and a laugh?!
I could do with one or two more on rotation.
“The insurance sector
Is the canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate change impacts”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is the canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate change impacts”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“The insurance sector
Is the canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate change impacts”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is the canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate change impacts”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The announcement of even deeper cuts to support for sick and disabled people is deeply concerning and morally reprehensible.
Starmer and Reeves have chosen to push millions into poverty with austerity over implementing a wealth tax on the super rich.
Starmer and Reeves have chosen to push millions into poverty with austerity over implementing a wealth tax on the super rich.
Rachel Reeves To Announce Fresh Welfare Cuts In Spring Statement
The move will spark more fury among Labour MPs and disability campaigners.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The announcement of even deeper cuts to support for sick and disabled people is deeply concerning and morally reprehensible.
Starmer and Reeves have chosen to push millions into poverty with austerity over implementing a wealth tax on the super rich.
Starmer and Reeves have chosen to push millions into poverty with austerity over implementing a wealth tax on the super rich.
[email protected] and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest.
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Jury delivers verdict finding Greenpeace entities liable for more than US$660 million in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial - Greenpeace International
Free speech and right to protest on the line in the United States.
www.greenpeace.org
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
[email protected] and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest.
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Love this from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Yes the prospect of collapse is terrifying…all the more reason to do what we can to prepare, adapt, and nurture resilience in all its forms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes the prospect of collapse is terrifying…all the more reason to do what we can to prepare, adapt, and nurture resilience in all its forms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Love this from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Yes the prospect of collapse is terrifying…all the more reason to do what we can to prepare, adapt, and nurture resilience in all its forms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes the prospect of collapse is terrifying…all the more reason to do what we can to prepare, adapt, and nurture resilience in all its forms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well thats tomorrow’s reading sorted! Looking forward to getting my teeth into this one
Have you ever wondered if the global leadership on climate would be less depressing if we had more Luisas and fewer Elons? With gender equality backsliding everywhere, it’s super important to stress its role in addressing the climate crisis. A 🧵 on our new paper on gender equality & scenarios:
February 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Well thats tomorrow’s reading sorted! Looking forward to getting my teeth into this one
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What makes The Cloud possible?
Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful
(h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏)
#Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler
Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful
(h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏)
#Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler
The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What makes The Cloud possible?
Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful
(h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏)
#Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler
Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful
(h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏)
#Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler
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“What if climate change is a hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
😉
😉
December 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
“What if climate change is a hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
😉
😉
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And you may want to read a critique of a more recent article by Rebecca Solnit medium.com/@renaeech/re...
Responding to Rebecca Solnit’s article in The Guardian on Doomers
Writer Rebecca Solnit was recently published in The Guardian and stated that:
medium.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:21 PM
And you may want to read a critique of a more recent article by Rebecca Solnit medium.com/@renaeech/re...
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Vix Anderton
I have nothing. The world's most powerful nation has chosen to embrace bigoted cruelty and violent hatred. We will now all be poorer and far less safe. All we can do is to double down on loving and protecting one another, and cherishing this fragile little marble.
November 6, 2024 at 10:44 AM
I have nothing. The world's most powerful nation has chosen to embrace bigoted cruelty and violent hatred. We will now all be poorer and far less safe. All we can do is to double down on loving and protecting one another, and cherishing this fragile little marble.