This post is written by Dr. Ben Kasstan, a medical anthropologist at the University of Sussex. It is unreasonable to expect hesitant parents to accept vaccinations automatically. Vaccinations are among the most successful public health interventions to reduce childhood morbidity…
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Global Studies Wellbeing PhD Workshops
This post is written by Dr. Gemma Houldey of International Development as part of our ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’ blog series. Gemma and Evie Browne are promoting mental health workshops for researchers that will run in…
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Higher Education: The Good, the Bad and the Paradoxical
This post is written by Ilaria Alessandrelli and Yuvinka Ribero Hurtado, 3rd year students in Anthropology and International Development. It is written as part of our blog series on ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’. Do you remember…
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South Africa: The Rainbow Nation?
This post is written by Lizzi Joyner, a first-year undergraduate in International Development, as part of our ‘Experiences in Diversity’ series. She talks about her experiences on ICS in partnership with Tearfund and Zoe-Life in South Africa. She writes at…
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Mobilising patriarchy for comfort: confessions of a white male anthropologist of India
This post is written as part of our March series on ‘Experiences in Diversity’ by Rich Thornton, a PhD candidate in Anthropology. Rich is currently conducting fieldwork on the subjectivity and subjectification of teachers and social entrepreneurs of education in…
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Confusion and outrage greeted the government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. Critiques about the validity of its claims have begun to circulate widely👉🏽🔎https://bit.ly/2PLz9f1
✍️🏽Co-authored by anthropology prof Raminder Kaur @ConversationUK #RacismReport
I've now digested the #RacismReport and come up with some more detailed reflections from the perspective of someone who has researched and taught about the British Empire for over thirty years. If you're interested, they are here: https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofempire/2021/04/01/comments-on-the-report-of-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities/
What role does distance play for people’s desire to intervene in the lives of others? What compels them to support neighbours, or rather those living across nation states and continents?✈️🫂
A great read by @SussexAnthropol's Anne-Meike Fechter ✍️🏽https://bit.ly/3mtZgTC
"As widespread criticism mounts, the bottom line is that although it gets a handful of things right, overall the commission’s report lacks credibility."
Prof Raminder Kaur from @SussexGlobal on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report
https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/07/race-commission-report-the-rights-and-wrongs-14366888/?ito=cbshare