All-new episode of AoA!☢️🎧open.spotify.com/episode/1uz7O7… What actually happens to nuclear waste when it is produced today? We talk with anthropologist of infrastructures, Penny Harvey UoMAnthropology about her ongoing ethnographic study of UK nuclear decommissioning infrastructures.

Two of our alumni were nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft 2024 award, in the category Emerging Talent: Factual. Congratulations to Ben Cheetham (MA Visual Anthropology 2011) and Fola Evans-Akingbola (Short Course 2019)

Anthropology students got to meet the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins at his lecture at the University of Manchester yesterday! Lots of great discussion of the value of anthropology with the President! UoM School of Social Sciences UoMAnthropology SoSS Teaching & Learning

Well this is pretty exciting 😃

An amazing array of events took place during the recent #asapeoplefest that showcased the interesting work being done in the anthropological field 🎉

From theatre performances, arts + crafts workshops to exhibitions + in-conversation events it was truly an outstanding festival💜

Thinking “in time” and the possibilities of ethnography with nuclear waste — Penny Harvey UoMAnthropology talks to a busy room in Bergen about temporalities beyond crisis & going beyond human scales while keeping human particularities in view #Anthropocene #BSAS

Looking forward to welcoming our author Dr Mariam Motamedi-Fraser (Sociology, Goldsmiths) to Manchester this week for a guest lecture on her new book, 'Dog Politics: Species Stories and the Animal Sciences'
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An outstanding and colourful performance of See Me/Hear Me: The Art of an Extraordinary Life told through drag took place during the #asapeoplefest 🎉

The performance showcased the complex and amazing inner life world of living with Motor Neuron Disease💜 #MND #Drag

We had a wonderful time at the first-ever #asapeoplefest last week, hosted by The University of Manchester and the asainfo 🎉

Thank you to everyone who organised an event and all those who visited us in Manchester 💜

Check out some of the amazing event photos. We’ll be sharing more soon 🤩

Today we're at Anthony Burgess Foundation for the concluding event of #asapeoplefest - Turner Prize-winning artists Jeremy Deller in Conversation with Rupert Cox ✨ this event is presented in partnership with the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (@GCVA_Mcr)

If you've been to any of the events this weekend, please share your thought and photos with the hashtag #ASAPeopleFest

📢Exhibitions for #ASAPeopleFest are open until 16:00, come by Samuel Alexander building in Manchester to check out Gaming Anyplace Anytime: Space, Time and Mobile Life among Chinese Gamers (to the right of the foyer) theasa.org/conferences/pe…

A sneak peek of what you can expect today at Anthony Burgess Foundation for the #ASAPeoplefest event #Cucusonic , with video projection and 7.1 surround sound composition

We’ve added a few more tickets so if you’re quick you can snap them up and join us on Sunday for this amazing event with Granada Centre as part of asainfo #asapeoplefest 🙌

📢Love, Loyalty and Deceit: Rosemary Firth: A life in the shadow of two eminent men. Hugh Firth, Loulou Brown and Melinda Firth discuss the new book at HOME Theatre Manchester on 7 April at 13:30 #ASAPeopleFest UoMAnthropology
📅Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-loyalty…

Reminder that we are launching a new Climate Anthropology asainfo network at #ASAPeopleFest in Manchester tomorrow! Do join us if in town. Hannah Knox @[email protected] Maria Șalaru UoMAnthropology eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-anth…

What do hormones mean to you? Join Lisa Raeder S Erikainen, Andrea Ford and I to think about, and with, hormones in #Manchester this Sunday as part of the asainfo #asapeoplefest . UoMAnthropology

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📢Discover how residents and housing campaigners in Manchester and London are getting their voices heard through theatre and participatory research.

🗓️7 April 10:30am-12:30

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📢What story would you tell if you only had a day?

We’ve teamed up five anthropologists with performers and theatre-makers to turn anthropological research into exciting new plays.

🗓️6 April 8:15-10:00pm

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📢Are you an anthropologist working on climate change? Or working on climate change and interested in what anthropology might have to offer?

Join us for the Climate Anthropology Network Launch

📅5 April 1-2:30pm

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