
Alex Ungprateeb Flynn
@AlexUngprateebF
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Anthropologist and curator thinking with contemporary art in Brazil | Associate Professor @UCLA | Co-author of ‘Taking Form, Making Worlds’ (2022) @UTexasPress
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2012
One hundred thirty-four academics and legal scholars released a joint statement expressing their disagreement with the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the removal of former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. They stated that the Constitutional Court has overstepped
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Harvard professor John Comaroff retired without emeritus status on June 30, an abrupt ending for the once-respected anthropologist whose career unraveled after four years of battling sexual harassment allegations. @tillyrobin reports. https://t.co/pYpI0fWGGx
thecrimson.com
Embattled Harvard Professor John Comaroff Retires Without Emeritus Status | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Excited for our @EASAinfo workshop ‘Flipping the Coin’ tonight at @MACBA_Barcelona ✨ Part of the #easa2024 conference, we’ll be working with @awc_newspaper on art, anthropology, and ideas in circulation 🙌
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📢 Call for submissions ! Call for multi-modal artworks for the #EASA2024 online exhibition project, Field/Works II: Generating Ecologies of Trust ✨ Curated by ANTART members @MaximeLeCalv1 & Jen Clarke ⏰Deadline 14 June More info here ⤵️ https://t.co/y9JSMIKZ8g
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I am one of *at least* 133 academics in scope for redundancy @GoldsmithsUoL. We need to fight for this wonderful institution and for Arts & Humanities education & research. Council, you can stop this, it’s #NotADoneDeal @GoldsmithsUCU Please RT https://t.co/DU083KOApa
theguardian.com
Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the...
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Just submitted the manuscript of my latest book! Forthcoming with @routledgebooks, “Landless Perspectives: Forty Years of the Landless Workers Movement” brings together ethnographic perspectives on Latin America’s largest social movement as it celebrates its 40th anniversary 🥳🎂
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This Wed, 4/10! Understanding and Caring for Artists' Books 10 AM - Perverse Volumes: Bad Books and Uncontrolled Practices w/ Dr. Johanna Drucker @uclaseis 11:15 AM - Collecting Artists’ Books at the Arts Library 3 PM - Teaching w/ Artists’ Books @UCLA @AlexUngprateebF @UCLAWACD
On April 10, the UCLA Library and Getty Research Institute are co-presenting a series of talks overviewing the history of artists' books and the process behind their collection and teaching at UCLA 📚🎨. Find more details at https://t.co/24lxLgi5Ig.
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Delighted to organize a panel at the #BRASA conference, celebrating 40 years of the Landless Workers Movement. With Melinda Gurr, David Simbsler, Janaína Moscal, and Bryan Pitts, we consider ethnographic perspectives on the significance of its struggle. #BRASA2024 #MST #semterra
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People who refused new years honour saying 'no thanks' John Lennon George Harrison David Bowie Paul Weller Michael Sheen Roald Dahl Stephen Hawking John Lydon Ken Loach Danny Boyle Lowry Rudyard Kipling Honor Blackman Benjamin Zephaniah Albert Finney Alan Rickman Jim Broadbent
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📢 Call for Papers for the #EASA2024 panel "Reconfiguring and expanding practices: Anthropology and the curatorial" Join us in Barcelona, July 23-26, 2024! Deadline for proposals is 22 January Details below👇 https://t.co/J4lm4fAT2u
alexungprateebflynn.com
EASA 2024 PANEL CALL FOR PAPERS - RECONFIGURING AND EXPANDING PRACTICES: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CURATORIAL July 23-26, 2024 Barcelona,...
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Glicéria Tupinambá Becomes First Indigenous Artist to Represent Brazil Solo at Venice Biennale https://t.co/QBgU0zZnvX via @artnews
artnews.com
Glicéria Tupinambá will represent Brazil at the 2024 Venice Biennale, making her the first Indigenous artist to represent the country solo.
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Re-worlding relations: Anthropology, Art, and Design November 10 - 11 @UniofNewcastle Super excited to be convening this upcoming workshop as part of @EASAinfo's Anthropology and the Arts network! Check out the programme: https://t.co/bejwCV8tDZ Artwork: #denilsonbaniwa
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Excited this is out in the world! In the company of many friends and colleagues I admire ✨ @giselaheffes @andermann_jens @c4noff @jpinheirodias @degruyter_pub
#envhum #water #hydroculturalformations #hydrocommons
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“…co-authorship calls for an approach that focuses on solidarity, commitment, and cooperation rather than competition.” https://t.co/0A1d42ulaR
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Why Co-author in Anthropology? The dominant and pervasive narrative about knowledge production within anthropology centers around images of the l...
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this moche dog vessel (pre-700 AD, modern day peru) is probably the best piece of art ever made
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@Rebekka_Kie @CulturalStdJrnl @eunacr Being part of the cartonera community has also given rise to an open access Portuguese translation, entitled 'Mundos Cartoneros' which is published by several cartonera collectives 😀📦📚(4)
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