sandworlds

sandworlds, 25 days ago to Anthropology

Sand makes up coastal bioinfrastructures in Guyana, as Sarah Vaughn shows in a recent essay, https://roadsides.net/vaughn-010/. Groynes used to prevent erosion "reinforce the shoreline’s existing sandy terrain." These groynes themselves contain sand. The essay is part of a special issue entitled "Bioinfrastructures" co-edited by Raúl Acosta and S.AND team member Lukas Ley. Check out the full open access issue here: https://roadsides.net/collection-no-010/
Through the term "bioinfrastructures," Ley and @raulaco reckon with the surge in projects to (re)create lively urban landscapes: While this shows that "infrastructure is never just a single entity or one discrete thing but rather an evolving set of multispecies and material relations," they also interrogate the ambivalent politics of bioinfrastructures.
What is the significance of bioinfrastructures "for larger political projects, emancipatory movements and Indigenous sovereignty?"

#infrastructures #urbanlife #anthropology
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sandworlds, 1 month ago to Anthropology

Did you know that thousand of displaced Rohingya live on an island in the Bengal Delta? Team member Javed Kaisar examines everyday island maintenance activities by Ronigya and the Bangladeshi government in Bhasan Char. A first glimpse of his fieldwork can be found on our website:
https://s-and.org/blog/a-glimpse-of-the-life-and-aspirations-of-a-rohingya-adolescent-living-in-bhasan-char

#anthropology #island
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sandworlds, 1 month ago to Anthropology

'Wait, gravel isn't the same as sand.' You're right! But we thought that Franz Krause's work on gravel and solid-fluid grounds in Aklavik is still really interesting. Prof. Krause does research in the Mackenzie Delta, where grounds are more or less solid. Sometimes, they even become fluid! Follow the link to find out why #gravel matters in the lives of Inuvialuit and Ehdiitat Gwich’in people:

https://s-and.org/blog/on-solid-fluid-grounds-in-river-deltas

#anthropology
#research
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sandworlds, 1 month ago to Anthropology

Tarini Monga joins one of the Imagination Walks in Panjim, Goa along salt pans and reflects on material interactions within marshy spaces. This short field note from her diary highlights thoughts around shifty matter, changing forms of ownership and systems of land use in Goa. Read more for a glimpse into how new questions emerge during a walk through the city: https://s-and.org/blog/the-city-s-salted-rim-a-walk-through-goan-salt-pans

#anthropology #fieldwork #sand
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sandworlds, 3 months ago to Anthropology

Tired of theory and abstract matter? Our website is the place to learn about coastal sand.

The S.AND website is collecting 'tangible' accounts of ongoing ethnographic research in the Afrasian Sea and other oceans. For instance, check out Lukas Ley's fieldnote on diving in the harbour of Marseilles and the formation of "natural concrete": https://s-and.org/blog/touching-calcification. Over the year, there will also be articles, pictures, and other insights from our fieldwork and even the occasional joke.
#sand #anthropology #concrete #fieldwork
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sandworlds, 4 months ago to Anthropology

Had fun reading and discussing "Allegories of the #Anthropocene" by DeLoghrey with the S.AND team.

#anthropology
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sandworlds, 5 months ago to Anthropology

Throughout the holidays the S.AND- group did not just enjoy a few days off, but we also had cause to celebrate:
Our panel got accepted to #EASA!

"Undoing the shore, undoing anthropology: thinking geosocial transformation with sand"

This panel invites papers that pay granular attention to the movements and uses of sand and contend with the shore as a space of enduring geosocial transformation.

Now, we warmly invite you to submit papers and less conventional ethnographic engagements with sand for our panel on geosocial transformations (Clark and Yusoff 2017) at the 2024 EASA Biennial Conference in Barcelona (July 23-26). The call for papers is open until 22 January 2024. You can submit your abstract here: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/panel/14575

Panel convenors: Kate Dawson (LSE) and Lukas Ley (MPI)
Discussant: Franz Krause (U Cologne)

Don't hesitate to reach out to us (k.e.dawson@lse.ac.uk, ley@eth.mpg.de) with questions or feedback on the abstract!

#sand #anthropology
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sandworlds, 6 months ago to random

Today Javed is sharing some insights from his field trip this summer:

"During my recent fieldwork stay on Bhasan Char, an island in Bangladesh designated for a Rohingya refugee resettlement project, I took some photos. These images offer merely a glimpse of the lives of some Rohingyas and Bangladeshis on the island and do not encompass the entirety of the situation. However, I believe these pictures can provide an idea of the current conditions on the island."

The photo essay can be viewed here:

http://rottenviews.com/what-my-lens-sees-in-rohingyas-land-bhasan-char-island/

sandworlds, 1 year ago to random

Quick question: #didyouknow ?
What will follow is a thread about #sand. !Disclaimer: The following informational facts are all from the "Ocean sand: Putting sand on the ocean sustainability agenda. Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) Report" (complete reference in the last post)

Sand is an essential part in making #concrete, asphalt, glass and electronics. But it is also often used in plastics and cosmetics. Hence it is important for many parts in the industries of our modern society (1)