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Assa Doron

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Anthropologist at the Australian National University | India | media | waste | development | public health | environment | Toot: @AssaDoron@aus.social

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Joined May 2014
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Nice 2c extract from our book, ⁦Waste of a Nation feature in @guardian,⁩ wth striking pics of #ewaste process in India’s informal mrkts @Harvard_press⁦ @_sen_sharmila⁩ ⁦@ANUmedia⁩ ⁦@ZEEJLF⁩ ⁦@ANUasiapacific ⁦@nalinmehta⁩ theguardian.com/cities/2018/…
India's unofficial recycling bin: the city where electronics go to die

India's unofficial recycling bin: the city where electronics go to die

In Moradabad, whole communities subsist by processing waste created by the world’s love affair with electronic goods. In this extract from their book, Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey investigate the...

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Vote YES youtu.be/SAqIypjk-5A?si=-RzD…
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How many animals get slaughtered for meat every day? My new @OurWorldInData article is now online: ourworldindata.org/how-many-…
How many animals get slaughtered every day?

How many animals get slaughtered every day?

Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.

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I finally got a chance to tell a story that I’ve been keeping to myself for 6+ years. My first fulltime job was as a consultant at McKinsey. At the time, it seemed like a dream job—a way to work with brilliant people, learn a lot, and maybe even improve things from the inside 🧵
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Our environmental laws are failing us in the face of the climate crisis | Tim Flannery

If we don’t stop rampant approvals of fossil fuel projects, by 2073 we will be living through the large-scale destruction of our planet

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🐔Inspired by @AlanKohler's query @abcnews about lab-made meat vs. billions of chuks (Aussie 4 chicken!). We look into the Social, Enviro, & Economic costs #FutureOfFood #Sustainability #Superbugs @east_asia_forum @sangomahanty @rebjham buff.ly/47J1DsP @ANUasiapacific
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Another great article on plastic was just published in our journal (Open Access!).
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"Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit: Efficacy, Skillful Means, and Re-purposing in Plastic Buddhist Material Culture in Contemporary Sikkim" by Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa worldwidewastejournal.com/ar… #waste #plastic #Budhistculture #Himalayas #Sikkim
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I.N.D.I.A. • Inside Story

I.N.D.I.A. • Inside Story

Cute acronym, but can India’s new opposition coalition stay together?

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Great 2c my colleagues @ANU_CHL just published 1) @AmericanAnthro by Matt Tomlinson: Adventures in “belief” on spiritualist mediums in Australia [anthrosource.onlinelibrary.w…] & 2 by Muhammad Kavesh @AmEthno Pigeons & French Philosophers. Both #OpenAccess
American Anthropologist | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

American Anthropologist | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

The well-worn critique of “belief” as inadequate for understanding ritual motivation and practice has become a truism in need of reevaluation. For groups who foreground the establishment of truth in...

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With the @FIFAWWC kicking off this Thursday, our @TheMatildas have a message for those who paved the way. For those who broke down barriers and fought for progress. For the past. For the future. For those within our football community, our fans, our sponsors, our politicians, our administrators. And for @FIFAcom, who can deliver a legacy for all women and girls who play the beautiful game ⚽ #ThisIsOURLegacy
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What happens when Pakistani Pigeons meet French Philosophers ? A Brilliant exchange on imperial categories, the de/colonial project & human/nonhuman worlds. Just published Kavesh Muhammad @ANUAnthropology #OpenAccess anthrosource.onlinelibrary.w… @AmericanAnthro @AmEthno @ANU_CHL
American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library

American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library

The imperial underpinning of the early anthropology of Pakistan constituted “the other” as a subject of comprehension, categorization, and containment. Later, with the post-9/11 geopolitical backdr...

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Microplastics: Australian lake among world’s most polluted in landmark study

Microplastics: Australian lake among world’s most polluted in landmark study

Researchers measured amount of tiny plastic particles in 38 freshwater lakes around globe including Brisbane’s Forest Lake

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Australians consume more single-use plastic than they do in all but one country

Australians consume more single-use plastic than they do in all but one country

Australians are heavy plastics users, generating more single-use plastic waste per person than any other country except Singapore.

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One of Australia’s most devastating policies cruelly targeting the weakest social class #Robdebt the report is out, hard-hitting #auspol WHY the passive language? After all Morrison actively misled parliament numerous times !
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With over 70 Billion chickens killed every year, we reflect on what this means for Asia and the #PLANET @SangoMahanty @rebjham #WHO #OneHealth #Agribusiness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
A policy and research agenda for Asia's poultry industry

A policy and research agenda for Asia's poultry industry

Meat consumption and production in Asia have boomed over the last decade to meet growing regional and global demand. Asia now supplies around 40% of the global broiler or meat chicken industry....

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Fraser MacDonald · Short Cuts: What does a degree mean?

Some final-year students may not graduate this summer; others will ‘graduate’ without their assessments being marked...

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Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate

Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate

The measure, intended to address a labour shortage, will lower hurdles for migrants to the country.

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Uni changed my life. The benefit was private. It was also public. We all benefit from investment in knowledge. I agree with the Vice Chancellor: Uni and TAFE should be free.
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Finally framed ! the only one I hadn't yet seen is Rocket Tarzan! रॉकेट टार्ज़न #Bollywood
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PwC would know how to run our Unis wouldn’t they? The Big Four consultants have captured universities | The Saturday Paper thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
The Big Four consultants have captured universities

The Big Four consultants have captured universities

As fallout from the PwC scandal continues, universities emerge as another sector exploited by the largest consultancy firms.

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Looking fwd to reading this book plutobooks.com/9780745345017…
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