Thiago P Barbosa

What a year this week has been.

The Order of People Human classifications: An examination of underlying epistemologies, ambiguities, and politics that reveals how concepts such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry are employed in the life sciences today.

You can see the chapter in the open access book "The Order of People: Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications" here: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

I highlight how recent population genetic research, while aiming to separate science from politics, can inadvertently reinforce existing inequalities and (Hindu) nationalist ideologies, urging for a more thoughtful engagement with these complex issues.

(New Publication Alert) 🧬❗ In this chapter, I discuss the intricate relationship between population genetics and politics in India, focusing on the making of the categories "Ancestral North Indian" (ANI) and "Ancestral South Indian" (ASI).

Read this in preparation of the roundtable of the task force anti-racism of the @dgska.bsky.social

By @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social
Sina Emde
@mihiress.bsky.social &
@cwhittaker.bsky.social

Join the roundtable: nomadit.co.uk/conference/d...
Tuesday, 30 September, 2-3:30 & 4-5:30 pm

so happy to have been reunited w/ my co-author, living legend and friend Umi Deshpande in Berlin, the city where we met for first time and the story of our book "Iru" began. Thanks FHXB Museum for hosting us + Manuela Bauche & Lisette Jong for the conversation! 🤍Fotos: Mike Bielski & Feven Keleta.

📣 new book alert 🚨

Lesung mit Urmilla Deshpande und Thiago Pinto Barbosa - „Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve“

Fr 12.9., 18:30 h im Museum FHXB: Lesung u Diskussion mit Urmilla Deshpande, Thiago Pinto Barbosa u Lisette Jong über „Iru“ - die Biografie von Irawati Karve (1905-1970), indische Anthropologin zwischen Ausbildung in „Rassenanthropologie“ u feministischen Perspektiven.
@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social

BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online)

A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.

The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods

The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods
by Thiago P. Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social & Amanda Domingues @mandadomingues.bsky.social

This article examines the enduring legacies of colonialism and...

www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...

I’ve been thinking a lot about ghosts and racism in anthropology. See what colleagues and I wrote on the topic of ghosts in these short pieces :

We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025.

See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).

so nice to be in conversation about my new book “Racializing Caste”. You can listen to the podcast below. We talked about the hauntings of German scientific racism in India, the shortcomings of biological anthropology, and the problems of geneticists researching on the so-called “Aryan migration”.

How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India?

In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧
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My full support and solidarity to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin

Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️

We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness".

Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.

Call for papers extended until May 10th :)

📢 Last Call for Papers!
Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology
WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online
🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice
Deadline: May 3
Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607
#WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism

Today in Frankfurt:

More information and updates on: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...

📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death
🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm
📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig University + Zoom

Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies at Leipzig University, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived.

❤️ My first academic book is finally out 🙌🏼 See thread below 👇🏼

Thanks to Svenja van Jan for her insightful review of Iru by Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social for @hsozkult.bsky.social

Thank you for this! 💫 this is actually very insightful, also for us.

@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social ‘s book is truly an excellent introduction to the first female Indian anthropologist, Irawati Karve (1905-1970). Her work challenges both colonial academia and the current Hindutva view. I look forward to learning more.

Bangalore, our last stop in this beautiful trip: join our book talk at Champaca bookstore this Saturday 💫

Kochi: Join our book talk today at the Kerala Museum 🧡

Bombay: Join our book talk this Monday 💫