SoMa events
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SoMA Reps
- Giorgia Kerr - giorgia.kerr@ed.ac.uk
- Gloria Fall - g.fall@sms.ed.ac.uk
Open Meetings
We host SoMA open meetings every month. This is a forum for you to put forward ideas, meet other SoMA members, and discuss future events and plans.
SoMA Workshop Series
The SoMA workshop series is a space for students and faculty members to talk about theory/ethnography/ideas inspired by a weekly reading. These workshops are intended to create a "learning outside the classroom" environment, where MSc students, PhD students, post docs, and faculty members can come together and engage with material in an informal and non-hierarchical way. The workshop series occurs weekly on Thursdays, from 10-11am in room CMB 3.15.
Our Winter/Spring 2023 reading schedule is as follows:
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READING |
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January 26th |
“Let Us Please Depart the Echo Chamber”, Anthropology Now, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, 2021. |
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February 2nd |
We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour, 1991. (read any section or chapter that seems interesting to you, read as much or as little as you would like!) |
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February 9th |
“Magical Hair as Dirt Ecstatic Bodies and Postcolonial Reform in South India”, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, Lucinda Ramberg, 2009. |
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February 16th |
Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession, Don Kulick and Anne Meneley (eds.), 2005. (pick any chapter or section that seems interesting to you, read as much or as little as you would like!) |
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March 2nd |
“Skill and masculinity in Olympic weightlifting: Training cues and cultivated craziness in Georgia”, American Ethnologist, Perry Sherouse, 2016. |
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March 9th |
“From Science and Technology to Feminist Technoscience”, Jutta Webber, 2006. |
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March 16th |
“Situating local biologies: Anthropological perspectives on environment/human entanglements”, Biosocieties, Jorg Niewohner and Margaret Lock, 2018. |
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March 23rd |
“Border Children: Interpreting Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Korea”, Ethos, Richard Grinker and Kyungjin Cho, 2013. |
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March 30th |
“Assisted reproductive technologies in developing countries: are we caring yet?” Fertility and Sterility, Effy Vayena et al., 2009. (not written by anthropologists, so consider from an anthropological lens) |
If you are interested in joining, please feel free to stop by! For any questions or access to PDFs of the readings, please contact SoMA rep Gloria Fall at g.fall@sms.ed.ac.uk.
SoMA Symposium
Every year we host an annual symposium. Centred around a cross-cutting theme, the symposium gives our members an opportunity to present their work in a supportive academic setting.
What's more, the symposium is traditionally preceded by a writing retreat - a funded weekend away where delegates can develop their papers, share research ideas and problems, and enjoy the Scottish countryside!
Want to Organise a SoMA event?
SoMA is a student-led organisation whose activities and agenda are driven by its members. If you're a SoMA member with an idea for an event or activity you'd like to run, just come to a monthly open meeting or contact one of the reps to see how we can make it happen!
Inclusivity and Access Policy
We want all our events to be inclusive and accessible, including for students and ECRs with specific needs and caregiving responsibilities. Members are welcome to bring children to all of our events. If you require adjustments or have concerns or suggestions regarding a particular event, please contact the responsible rep.