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Deathnography Podcast

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Deathnography speaks to academics, shares ethnographic analysis and fieldnotes. Anthropology, politics, memes, and more
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Deathnography Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Deathnography Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Deathnography Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Let's talk about China and COVID-19! Let's take a look at western imperialism at the root of the current media war on China! Let's visit a wet market with our grandmas! In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I speak with three guests about these topics. Amanda (@catcontentonly) breaks down the American ideological state apparatuses known as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post." Vijay Prashad tells us how pandemics are racialized, historically, and gives us a chronology of early Chinese responses to this Coronavirus. Justin Kong reports on sinophobia faced by Chinese Canadians.

If you want to support the organizations mentioned by Amanda and Justin:

https://ca.gofundme.com/f/emergency-stirfry-mealsonwheels-for-seniors

https://ccnctoronto.ca/

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/minkwon-center-for-community-action-inc/flushing-mutual-aid-fund

Read Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun, and Weiyan Zhu's report "China and Coronashock" here:

https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/

Read Justin Kong's report on anti-Chinese sentiment in Canadian politics:

https://ricochet.media/en/3068/right-wing-political-strategies-based-on-anti-chinese-prejudice-are-growing

If you want to learn more about imperialism you can read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/

Special thanks to Jen, Sydney, Elizabeth, Sharmeen, Ri, Gareth, and Liona for test-listening to this episode. Thank you also to all my supporters on Patreon.

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Welcome to the Deathnography Podcast! In this first episode I discuss my time in Montreal, Quebec, working as a spice factory guy, a vegetable guy, and a telemarketer. I share some fieldnotes with you, and discuss work, capitalism, and anthropology with two guests: Lana Larkin, linguistic anthropologist turned manager of Higher Brothers, and Carsten Knoch, a consultant/anthropologist chimera. patreon.com/deathnography

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Deathnography Podcast - #9 Housing, Charity, and Justice. With Lorraine Lam
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01/31/23 • 37 min

Toronto's police budget has increased by nearly 50 million dollars, while shelters and warming centres remain critically underfunded. I speak with Lorraine Lam, from the Shelter and Housing Justice Network about the current housing crisis, and together we tackle some myths about homelessness and encampments.

LINK FOR LORRAINE AND EVY’S LNY DRIVE:

linktr.ee/lnygiveback

LINK TO UNITY KITCHEN:

https://holytrinity.to/2021/04/toronto-kitchen-provides-fresh-meals-for-homeless-in-the-city/

LINK TO ALL SAINTS TORONTO:

https://allsaintstoronto.com/

LINK TO DISPLACEMENT CITY (BOOK):

https://utorontopress.com/9781487546496/displacement-city/

LINK TO SHELTER AND HOUSING JUSTICE NETWORK:

http://www.shjn.ca/

Contact Lorraine Lam @lorrainelamchops on instagram, @lorrainelamchop on twitter

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Deathnography Podcast - Deathnography Double Interview ft. Amber Ye and Agha Saadaf
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02/28/21 • 54 min

Here is a recent conversation I had with two young researchers, Agha Saadaf and Amber Ye, who are both about to finish their undergraduate degrees in anthropology at the University of Toronto - my alma mater. They reached out to interview me for the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal, for which they are both editors. We talked about my time at u of t, ethnography and ethnology, accessibility in public scholarship, Marx & Foucault & Ruth Wilson Gilmore, private sector research, and other work experiences we’ve had.

Check out their work in Volumes 7 and 8 of the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal:

https://anthro.sa.utoronto.ca/anthropology-undergraduate-journal/

Support me at patreon.com/deathnography
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"Race is a social construct" ok but what does that mean exactly? What is race? Why was it invented? How? And what the hell are we supposed to do with this information? Dr. Michael Rivera, a biological anthropologist who authored a forthcoming textbook chapter about race, explains why race is not biologically valid. Joshua Jiang, Helen Yang, and Lars Chen discuss their experiences in Asian-American and "mixed race" campus activism and critique liberal approaches to anti-racism. Biologist Shay-Akil McLean, who recently authored a journal article “Social Problems, Structural Issues, and Unsettling Science“ in American Anthropologist, pushes us to identify the specific social sites where race is constructed.

Thank you to everyone who was a test-listener for this episode - the real MVPs.

Shay-Akil McLean is @hood_biologist on Twitter Dr. Michael Rivera is @riveramichael on Twitter

Check out The Arch and Anth Podcast !!! That's Michael's new show - interviews with biological and cultural anthropologists, archaeologists, and everyone in between.

patreon.com/deathnography if you want to support the show

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What is possible, politically? When are we being too idealistic? What is “realistic,” when we talk about social change? Is non-violent revolution possible?

In this episode, I speak with journalist Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, about the mass killings of suspected communists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during the 1960s and other Washington-supported anti-communist efforts around the globe. Next, Maya Menezes, writer of a recent article “Migrant workers are the present and future of low-carbon care work” in Briarpatch magazine, tells me about Canadian dependence on migrant labour, and the insidious myth of “scarcity” undermining our political goals.

To purchase Vincent’s book:

https://vincentbevins.com/book/

Maya’s article:

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/migrant-workers-are-the-present-and-future-of-low-carbon-care-work

To support the podcast:

patreon.com/deathnography

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In this episode I get into a discussion with Economic and Political Anthropologist Tania Murray Li about modes of production, market (as compulsion and as opportunity). We discuss her book Land's End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier (2014), which I highly highly recommend for anyone who wants a case study of how a capitalist mode of production actually forms in a community, and the effects of this mode of production. If you want to check out another interview Prof Li has done about capitalism and Land's End, check out: https://newbooksnetwork.com/tania-li-lands-end-capitalist-relations-on-an-indigneous-frontier-duke-up-2014/ My Patreon is https://patreon.com/deathnography

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A special crossover episode brought to you by CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS and Deathnography, one hundred and eight minutes of call-in show with Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Henry Lee answering your questions and giving advice to Young Men. In this episode: sapiosexuality, academic career, love, labor, therapy, cuckoldry Coughs and volume dips due to smoking and shared recording facilities. LINKS: - Deathnography podcast: https://deathnography.libsyn.com - James Cage White: https://twitter.com/JamesCageWhite - Palo Alto: https://amazon.com/Palo-Alto-History-California-Capitalism... - Dino's Green Hat Society essay: https://theasiadialogue.com/2019/11/21/the-spectacle-of-cuckoldry-and-the-crisis-of-the-libidinal-economy/

Deathnography is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network https://harbingermedianetwork.com/

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Deathnography Podcast - Henry & Aamer vs The Entirety of Pop Culture
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01/02/22 • 47 min

HAPPY NEW YEAR *PREVIOUSLY PATRON-ONLY CONTENT* I had a conversation with my friend Aamer of Das Criminal Podcast (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dascriminal). We discussed the good art vs good politics, video games as propaganda, and whether art can be a substitution for political theory (no). I recorded and edited said discussion for you to enjoy!

And here are some links: A nice little article about marxist approaches to art criticism and analysis: https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/culture/theory/item/2626-what-do-marxists-have-to-say-about-art John Berger's Ways of Seeing BBC series about historicizing art criticism: Episode 1 (all 4 episodes available on youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk&ab_channel=tw19751

(cover art on this podcast episode is John Berger)

David Graeber on the reactionary politics of The Dark Knight Rises and other Superhero movies: https://www.thenewinquiry.com/super-position/ Playthrough of Call of Duty Modern Warfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Wy_fjXLdc&ab_channel=MKIceAndFire

As always, I appreciate feedback and criticism, through comments or messages on any of my social media.

Support my endeavours and subscribe to my Patreon at patreon.com/deathnography

Thank you

Henry

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Socialist projects of the 20th century were the target of murderous campaigns originating in the global north. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed... but they aren't the ones getting a monument in Ottawa. A discussion with Harbinger Society Presents and Habibti Please Podcast

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How many episodes does Deathnography Podcast have?

Deathnography Podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

What topics does Deathnography Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Deathnography Podcast?

The episode title '#8. Indigenous Sovereignty & Revolution fr Majerle Lister & Alexandra Lépine' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Deathnography Podcast?

The average episode length on Deathnography Podcast is 71 minutes.

How often are episodes of Deathnography Podcast released?

Episodes of Deathnography Podcast are typically released every 117 days, 6 hours.

When was the first episode of Deathnography Podcast?

The first episode of Deathnography Podcast was released on Apr 1, 2019.

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