Tanja Ahlin
@TanjaAhlin
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Anthropologist of Health and Technology I Author of "CALLING FAMILY: Digital Technologies and the making of transnational care collectives"
Joined September 2015
Thanks to everyone who came out for the #CallingFamily book launch yesterday! It was the most wonderful event, thanks to @uva_gdc and Terra Lente, and the room full of interested people!
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Super excited and grateful to receive the Dutch NWO #Veni grant for my project on animal-shaped social #robots and #technology acceptance/rejection! I'll be working on this at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology @UniLeidenNews
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Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young researchers the opportunity to develop their ideas for...
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RT @CatherineMMunro: I have a selection of seaglass pendents from #Shetland are now available for sale on Etsy, link in comments. https://….
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Sunrise at Lake Bled, Slovenia, photo by Ian Middleton
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RT @ActuallyyJP: Just heard the word reading assistant and thought it meant someone who brings chai, snacks, maybe massages your head while….
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RT @tannistha14: We write about cultural gerontology and the unexpected insights when humanistic approaches are infused with empirical know….
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In this editorial introduction, we set the stage for the Cultural Gerontology section of the handbook by interrogating the social and cultural experiences of older adults in Asia. In doing so, we...
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Thrilled to have this essay, based on my book Calling Family, published in @SAPIENS_org - thank you, editors!
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An anthropologist explores how a simple phone call home carries layers of meaning for migrating nurses and their families in India.
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Back to pen and paper we are :) And of course, class presence (not just physical . ). #education #AI #highered.
@sfmcguire79 I suspect that every college professor in the world, who's paying any serious attention at all to AI, is struggling with this issue. I've switched entirely from online tests, online discussion forums, and term papers, to in-class paper-and-pencil quizzes and short essay tests.
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RT @OxDEG: Join us next week –Mon 19 May (3:30–5pm BST)– for @OxDEG for Dr @TanjaAhlin's “Field Events: Re-conceptualizing the Field throug….
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Based on experience with fieldwork by phone, webcams and through various communication applications, this talk explores ways in which the technologies that researchers engage with influence our field...
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RT @G_S_Bhogal: 15. Goal Dilution Effect:.We assume that the more arguments we give, the better our case. In reality, our weakest arguments….
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RT @JonHaidt: If you child watches TikTok (or if you do), you should know what TikTok's own employees and consultants say about the many wa….
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Recently revealed text in legal briefs tells a damning story about the company, in its employees’ own words
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RT @PeterVerovsek: My colleague, Jason Resnikoff, and I are excited to announce a call for a well-paid, four-year PhD position to work on a….
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RT @silverpebble: I know Thursday can be tricky for an evening workshop (UK time) if you're in the US or Canada but my 14 JUNE botanical il….
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RT @silverpebble: It would be so so helpful if you could retweet my May botanical illustration & mental health workshop in my previous twee….
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RT @FakeKenty: Technology has gone too far man. My roommate is logged out of his lightbulbs because he forgot his password.
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RT @Joseph_Fasano_: Most of us, without knowing it, live every day in a game designed by those whose only wish is to keep us playing it, be….
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RT @JonHaidt: What many teachers are saying: "it's like you are interacting with them briefly in between hits of the internet, which is the….
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RT @wagner_tim: I’ve noticed I have trouble focusing on things I used to enjoy like reading. Comparing notes with friends I’ve found this i….
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