Come and study with us at the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action! We have scholarships for our 1 year MRes and MA in Medical Anthropology and Mental Health available for 2024 entry - home and overseas. Apply now - soas.ac.uk/study/student-…

The talk features excerpts of Jeremy Deller's films such as 'Putin's Happy', insights into his artistic process in creating a reenactment of the 'Battle of Orgreave' as well as his work with a brass band recreating acid house tracks 💭 #ASAPeopleFest

📢Speak Up! At 10:30 this morning still has seats left! Discover how residents and housing campaigners in Manchester and London are getting their voices heard through theatre and participatory research at the Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester: theasa.org/conferences/pe…

📢Mapping Traces: An audio guide to lingering in the fabric of daily life is live, you can take part at any time you like, all day today and tomorrow in Manchester! Post pictures of your experience with the tag #ASAPeopleFest :
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📢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…

📢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
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This weekend, join us for #ASAPeopleFest , asainfo’s Public Anthropology Festival to celebrate anthropology's impact and the 75th anniversary of The University of Manchester's Social Anthropology department 🎉

📅 5-7 April

Book People Fest events: bit.ly/3vvg85t

📢We are so excited for Professor Alpa Shah giving the ASA annual Firth Lecture on Friday in Manchester! Come to the Samuel Alexander Building on 5 April at 17:00
📅Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/firth-lectur…
See the recent interview about her new book here: newstatesman.com/the-weekend-in…

We are delighted and proud to announce the full programme of #PeopleFest , the asainfo public festival of anthropology.

Three days of performances, talks, exhibitions and events for everybody, 5-7 April in Manchester

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Getting ready for #asapeoplefest in Manchester next week! 5-7 April! Full programme: theasa.org/conferences/pe… UoM School of Social Sciences UoMAnthropology

ASA report on the state of UK Anthropology in 2023 includes data on no. of social anthropology PhDs & postdocs enrolled or working in UK institutions; post-PhD career destinations of anthropologists graduating from UK institutions. Read the report theasa.org

At #ASA2023 , Vidya Venkat, writing up her PhD thesis at SOAS, tells of her ethnographic research into the Right to Information act and the movement surrounding it in India as well as how Vidya's background as a journalist fed into the research trajectory. youtu.be/Ua61ULDXVbY

Dr Saad Quasem, SOAS lecturer attending #ASA2023 , tells of his research journey investigating how land & water are formed in the Bengal Delta and how river islands shape peoples ontologies towards recognising water as permanent and land & people as fluid. youtu.be/Rc6OSkZmJgM

Jasmine Monteshami, starting her research journey, shares her budding research into Tiktok moderators' experience of prolonged exposure to conspiracy theories, fascinating stuff! Jasmine is at SOAS - must have been convenient for attending #ASA2023 youtu.be/VGZ9rmhC6vI

Ananya Acherjee of Indira Ghandi National Tribal University here tells the world about her research into West Bengal tribal women, their educational and social status, and extra-marital relations while visiting #ASA2023 youtu.be/JXD1JBOmSa8

Dr Ketevan Khutsishvili kindly took time out at #ASA2023 to talk about her research into energy security understood from below in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Khutsishvili joins us from Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia.
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Sharing her research into social production of research into cancer in E&S Africa over past century, esp. how cancer maps & registries construct knowledge of cancer prevalence & its effects, Dr Thandeka Cochrane joined #ASA2023 from Kings College London.
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In this video, Majid Al Jahdhami from the University of Reading reveals his research about the interplay of building design and end-user priorities when it comes to sustainable building in Oman. Thank you Majid for joining us at #ASA2023 .
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At the #ASA2023 at SOAS, ASA Conference Officer Dr Anthony Pickles introduces himself and his research in Papua New Guinea, economic anthropology and latterly on the online world of political gambling.
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Dr Kasi Eswarappa from Indira Ghandi National Tribal University takes a break from #ASA2023 at SOAS to tell us about his research into tribal livelihood, development and how Tribal communities in India dealt with the COVID19 pandemic.
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