drflachsophone.bsky.social
Associate professor, Purdue Anthropology. Environmental anthropology, ethnobiology, political ecology, food, biotech, fermentation, agriculture. US Midwest, South Asia, Balkans. He/him/his www.andrewflachs.com
👤 Joined on 24 January 2025
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@drflachsophone.bsky.socialToday’s must read. I love every word of this: I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...
Show Post📰 Meet the 2026–27 SSN Media Fellows! Over the next year, these 10 SSN members will work with mentors from across the network and SSN national staff to expand their media work across television, radio, print, op-eds, and social media. 👇 🔗 Meet them: scholars.org/media-fellow...
Show PostI am pleased to share this important commentary calling for a paradigm shift in African agricultural development. Message me for a copy if needed www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUB2Q...
Show PostI wrote an extensive email to upper admin about its promotion of an GenAI course for graduate students - I was/am so distressed. The work behind LLMs is hidden but this has real world consequences for our own ethical conduct. Culled from my course outlines here is what I said ...
Show PostSpent yesterday working on a detailed critique of some of the "methods" that Joseph Henrich used in his recently released report attacking sociocultural anthropology. He was the sole anthropologist involved with the Vanderbilt Report. It's long, but the more I looked the more issues I noticed.
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