Anthropologist & lecturer at @UCLanthropology working on mobility & infrastructure in Occupied Palestine. Co-founder of @NewEthnographer & @DigECollective
London
Joined January 2011
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@Caitlin_Procter and I have spent 5 years putting together this book, a new way of thinking about methods training that encourages openness and inclusion for researchers conducting fieldwork. We’re so so happy it’s finally out, and thanks to all our amazing contributors!
My very cool aunt has been volunteering and sharing her trips to Ukraine this past year! Слава Україні!
Very honoured to have spent time with the courageous volunteers from @antytila_offic charity fund as they delivered supplies around Ukraine’s Donetsk region. So much tireless work and meticulous planning goes into these trips - amazing to get such an insight into their work.
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This is incredibly bleak for so many reasons but also please can you not call PhD applicants kids thanks
My jaws keep dropping as I go through 70 PhD applicant files. People w/ 2 coauthored papers & an interesting solo writing sample don’t even make it to the top 10 in my pile.
The level of knowledge, research experience & passion these kids bring to the table is just remarkable! 🤩
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Attending two conferences on rebuilding Ukraine at 2 different universities tomorrow and they both keep emailing me reminders to attend like they know and are jealous of each other
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Despite years of pedagogic training I was never taught how to lecture. I'm now using this to put together a short course in lecturing for UG and PG students - so helpful!!
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Retweeting even though I had to come home sick before we even started ✌🏼
Here's the program of tomorrow's teach-outs in front of the @UCLanthropology department as part of #ucuRISING -- Kafka and the future of the university, and a TikToking / strike memes session taught by @ElenaLiber @brantropologist and myself.
Putting together a seminar on mobility and public transport - does anyone on #anthrotwitter or #AcademicTwitter have any recommendations for readings in Beirut/Lebanon?
Really excited and lucky to share that after 18 MONTHS on the job market I’m joining @UCLanthropology as a lecturer. But let’s talk about academic precarity. 🧵
Thanks to @OxDEG for hosting my talk yesterday on the use of Tinder in research methodology! So nice to be able to discuss my work at length and some really interesting audience questions
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4 weeks until I submit my thesis on infrastructure, social media use, and mobility and I have in fact just googled "how does the internet work".
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This screenshot from 2018 is the true representation of my entire research career to date, including a forthcoming publication on my actual work on Tinder in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank
From my fieldnotes:
"Went to Amina's to learn to make maqluba. 3rd maqluba class this week. I don't think I like maqluba anymore"
"Amina held up a potato and asked me if I had them in my country. I didn't know what to say because all we have in both of my countries is potatoes"
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Working on an extended version of this with future fieldwork in mind. Stay safe, stay on your dating apps ✌🏼
Our blog is always open for submissions - we particularly welcome any emerging work on conducting fieldwork safely and remotely - see our co-founder's piece on using Tinder as a research method allegralaboratory.net/tinder…
About 5 years ago @Caitlin_Procter and I started talking about what was wrong with the ways researchers are treated and trained by unis. Now we are part of the solution and with our team of experts we get to teach and train a new cohort of researchers 🥳🥳🥳
Feeling very inspired and privileged to have spent the last two days with such an amazing cohort of #researchers putting mental health, safety, ethics, and gender at the centre of #fieldwork. Until we meet again! #AcademicChatter #anthrochat #tneprefieldtraining
