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About Jolon Timms

Reed College graduate ('18) in anthropology. Prospective graduate student. You can reach me at jolontimms [@] gmail

NBN Episodes hosted by Jolon:

Anthropology March 12, 2023

Unlearning

Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge

Charles L. Briggs

Hosted by Jolon Timms
A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge (Utah State UP, 2021) questions intellectual foundations and charts new …
Anthropology November 10, 2022

What Remains

Bringing America's Missing Home from the Vietnam War

Sarah E. Wagner

Hosted by Jolon Timms
For many families the Vietnam War remains unsettled. Nearly 1,600 Americans— and more than 300,000 Vietnamese—involved in the conflict are still unaccounted for. In What Remains: Bringing America's Missing Home …
Anthropology September 2, 2022

Postcolonial France

The Question of Race and the Future of the Republic

Paul A. Silverstein

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France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today. Postcolonial France: The Question of Race and the Future of the Republic (Pluto Press …
Anthropology July 1, 2022

War Virtually

The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future

Roberto J. González

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A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize …
Anthropology June 3, 2022

Chemical Heroes

Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military

Andrew Bickford

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In Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (Duke UP, 2021), Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological "supersoldiers" capable of withstanding …
Anthropology April 22, 2022

Indigenous Dispossession

Housing and Maya Indebtedness in Mexico

M. Bianet Castellanos

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Following the recent global housing boom, tract housing development became a billion-dollar industry in Mexico. At the national level, neoliberal housing policy has overtaken debates around land reform. For Indigenous …