Emma Kowal

Emma Kowal

@profemmakowal.bsky.social

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Anthropology/STS/genomics/colonialism. Deputy Director @Deakin_ADI. Past President @4sWeb. New book out with DUP #hauntingbiology surname pron. Koval

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Also, Susan Lindee's review is out in History of Anthropology Review. The first sentence is "This book is like a magnificent conversation with a friend." The last sentence is "Every student of anthropology and its history should read this book". I think every living person should read her review!

‘Haunting Biology’ by Emma Kowalhistanthro.org Emma Kowal Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia Duke University Press, 2023 264 pages, 27 illustrations, appendices, notes, references, index This book is like a magnificent conve…

Some nice book news: Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia received the Honourable Mention in the 2024 Fleck Prize (awarded by the Society for Social Studies of Science)! And congratulations to Shannon Cram for being awarded the Fleck! 4sonline.org/ludwik_fleck...

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Check out the last ep of Season 3 now! So many great talking points! The amazing @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social discussing the tension between the goals and values of the Open Science Movement and their distortion - and even damaging effects - as they play out in practice. #hps #metascience #phisci

S3 Ep 12 - Sabina Leonelli on 'The Philosophy of Open Science' - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Sciencethehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com Our guest today is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter, Sabina Leonelli. Sabina recently released a book in the Cambridge Elements Philosophy of Science series o...

An exciting opportunity to do a PhD with Prof Gaye Sculthorpe, my colleague and an amazing scholar.

An incredible PhD opportunity is now available: 'The Great Exhibitions and their Lost Indigenous Objects', with Prof Gaye Sculthorpe. #DeakinUni with Deakin_ADI #phdchat #PhDResearch #twitterstorians #GLAMR www.deakin.edu.au/study/fees-a....

HDR Scholarship - Global South and Great Exhibitionswww.deakin.edu.au PhD Scholarship to research Global South and Great Exhibitions

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Episode Out Now! Listen to the extraordinary @profemmakowal.bsky.social discuss her new book 'Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia' and the need to face the ghosts of science-past to ensure a more just and thoughtful science-future. #hps #histSTM #STS #PhilSci 🧪

S3 Ep 9 - Emma Kowal on 'Haunting Biology' - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Sciencethehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com How are we to understand Indigenous biological difference in the twenty-first century?Is it a racist ruse, a stubborn residue of racial pseudoscience?Or is it a potentially empowering force that can b...

This is the very first review I have seen. What an insightful, generous, thorough reading of my book. I feel seen, in the best possible way. And so grateful for the careful labour of our peers.

My review of @profemmakowal.bsky.social book "Haunting biology: science and indigenousness in Australia" is already published! doi.org/10.1080/2158... Many thanks to Liam Farrell for inviting me to write it! 50 copies www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IGTSR... and AOM jm119.web.amu.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

Let’s talk about the ghosts in the room: the haunting language of biological differencesdoi.org Published in Journal of Political Power (Ahead of Print, 2024)

Three talks on my new book, Haunting Biology, coming up in London, Oxford and Paris! Come along if you are in the vicinity!

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Congrats to @profemmakowal.bsky.social on the launch of her excellent book - Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia #sts #hps #histSTM

I'm beyond grateful to @wombatscholar.bsky.social, Lynette Russell and Billy Griffiths for their generous words at the Narrm/Melbourne launch of Haunting Biology in the beautiful State Library Readings Bookstore and stay tuned for @hpspodcast.bsky.social episode in S3!

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It was a pleasure. An important book. @dukepress.bsky.social #hps #histSTM #STS

I'm beyond grateful to @wombatscholar.bsky.social, Lynette Russell and Billy Griffiths for their generous words at the Narrm/Melbourne launch of Haunting Biology in the beautiful State Library Readings Bookstore and stay tuned for @hpspodcast.bsky.social episode in S3!

At the wonderful Readings book launch of @profemmakowal.bsky.social 'Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia' - introduced by Lynette Russell & Warwick Anderson Emma will also be a guest on S3 of the podcast. Find her book here - www.dukeupress.edu/haunting-bio... #sts #histstm #hps

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In their paper "Refusing epigenetics: indigeneity and the colonial politics of trauma", Jaya Keaney, Henrietta Byrne, Megan Warin and @profemmakowal.bsky.social trace strategies of “refusal” in response to #epigenetics in Indigenous contexts. link.springer.com/article/10.1... (3/n)

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Spectacles of Waste arrived today! Here being inspected by local wombats, including the rare Vombatus zapoteca. #sts #HistSTM #histsci #philsci

Those in Narrm/Melbourne, Lynette Russell and @wombatscholar.bsky.social will be launching my new book on March 5th 630pm at Readings Bookshop in the State Library. Billy Griffiths will be MC. Join us!

Launch of Emma Kowal's important new book, Haunting Biology, 6.30-8 pm, Tuesday March 5, at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. Published by @dukepress.bsky.social This one I'll definitely attend as Lynette Russell and I are doing the launching! #STS #HistSTM

Book Launch: Haunting Biologywww.readings.com.au Join us to celebrate the launch of Emma Kowal's Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia. Haunting Biology recounts the troubled history of Western biological studies of Indigenous Aust...

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Just launched my book Haunting Biology at the Australian Anthropological Society meeting. Thanks to David Trigger for kind words and to all who came along.

Friends, you can get my book Haunting Biology (and all the other amazing Duke UP books) for 50% off until December 8th with the code CYBER23. Use the different links below for US/Latin America, Canada, and rest of world.📚📚📚

Our Cyber Monday sale starts today! Save 50% on in-stock & pre-order titles through December 8 with coupon CYBER23. ow.ly/csBP50Q7vZc

Are you in Toronto for the AAAs? Join me for a drink to celebrate the publication of my book Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia (Duke UP, 2023) at the Reign Bar, The Fairmont, 100 Front St West, Thursday from 7pm. DM me if you can come.

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MAKING AND DOING WORKSHOP REMINDERS ⏰ - Let's Play the Black Box PolicyMaking Game 📦 - Story Telling: A Trauma-Informed Research Methodology 💜 - Terrestrial, Aquatic and Atmospheric Phenomena of Aina Moana (Magic Island): A workshop in mediated attunement to new environments 🤳 Details below ⤵️

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@dukepress.bsky.social is also at the convention center in Honolulu with some compelling titles!

4S Business meeting today at 1230! Room 308B #4SHonolulu23

Come learn more about the Society’s past year and its future plans at the 4S Business Meeting TODAY! 🚪308B ⏰ 12:30 PM

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Wednesday plan!! Making & Doing exhibit in room 311 till 3:30pm!!! Workshops in room 328: W1. BioJam camp: bioengineering justice through art, culture & creativity w/ youth: 12:30-1:30pm W4. Embracing Disciplinary Symbiosis: A Shadow Puppetry Workshop for Interdisciplinary Learning: 1:30-3:20pm

Hot tip: Do not miss this wonderful Making & Doing workshop using puppetry (!!!) to work across disciplines. It takes place in person on Wednesday 11/8 from 1:30-3:20pm in room 327. Sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084AAE...

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The 4SHonolulu23 opening keynote by Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer (@kamanabeame) will start in ~20 minutes in Ballroom B.

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Special Plenary: Aloha 'Āina: Hawaiian Knowledge Today" happens TODAY (Nov 9) at 4sHonolulu23 . Speakers are Manulani Aluli Meyer, Mehana Blaich Vaughan, and Malia Akutagawa.

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Check out our new books in November, including “Haunting Biology," by @profemmakowal.bsky.social dukeupress.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/n...

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TODAY, we have Emma Kowal in conversation with Aniket Aga, the winner of the 2022 Fleck Prize for his work "Genetically Modified Democracy." ⏰ 8:30 AM 🚪301B

Author meets critic session with Aniket Aga at 830am tomorrow #4SHonolulu23

Author meets critic session with Aniket Aga at 830am tomorrow #4SHonolulu23

Aniket Aga is the Winner of the 2022 Ludwik Fleck Prize for his book Genetically Modified Democracy! 🏆🧬 Hear Aniket Aga and @profemmakowal.bsky.social in conversation at "Author Meets Critic." Thursday, Nov 9 1:30 - 03:20 PM Room 301B

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📍Meeting: The 4S publication committee is considering the next edition of the MIT Press Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. If you have ideas or want to contribute, come to the meeting on Wed Nov 8, 13:30 to 14:30 in Room 301A. #4SHonolulu23

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We are only a few days away from #4SHonolulu23 ! Here’s some information to help you prepare. > Conference Program Addenda: Addenda to the program has been posted at 4sonline.org/final_progra.... You’ll also see an updated guide to Making and Doing 2023.

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Hot tip: Do not miss this wonderful Making & Doing workshop using puppetry (!!!) to work across disciplines. It takes place in person on Wednesday 11/8 from 1:30-3:20pm in room 327. Sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084AAE...

#4SHonolulu WORKSHOPS also include: "Embracing Disciplinary Symbiosis: A Shadow Puppetry Workshop for Interdisciplinary Learning" led by Cristian Vargas-Ordóñez & Morgan Hynes. Explore the transformative potential of a shadow puppetry box to cultivate a balanced communal perspective of disciplines.