In the Journals, November 2024, Part 1
Somatosphere welcomes you to the first part of our November edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the first part of our November edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the second part of our October edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the first part of our October edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Welcome to the second part of our second round of “In the Journals” for September. Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Welcome to the first round of ‘In the Journals’ for September! Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. American…
Science as Culture The Role of US Policymaking in the Emergence of a Digital Health Assemblage Elisa Lievevrouw, L. Marelli, and I. Van Hoyweghen Promising to improve the…
Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine (Special Issue) Representing suicide: Giving voice to a desire to die? Ian Marsh, Rachel Winter,&n…
Here is a selection of articles published in February. Enjoy! Cultural Anthropology (Open Access) Vital Labors: Transacting Oocytes across Borders in the Post-Soviet Space (open access) M…
American Anthropologist Discrimination as a Moderator of the Effects of Acculturation and Cultural Values on Mental Health Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latina Women Molly Fox It is important…
Medical Humanities Before compassion: sympathy, tact and the history of the ideal nurse (open access) Sarah Chaney The word ‘compassion’ is ubiquitous in modern healthcare. Yet few writers…
Science, Technology, and Human Values A Science of Hope? Tracing Emergent Entanglements between the Biology of Early Life Adversity, Trauma-informed Care, and Restorative Justice (open access) …
The standout themes of this month are: the varying meanings of wellness and well-being, and Covid 19’s effect: on local populations, women and domestic violence, caregivers, and therapy…
Social Studies of Science Cultivated co-production: Sexual health, human rights, and the revision of the ICDSteven Epstein STS scholars frequently have shown how science and sociopolitical arra…
Sociocultural contexts of mental illness experience among Africans (open access)Akin Ojagbemi, Oye Gureje Even though mental disorders can be found in every culture globally, the lived experi…
Medical Anthropology has just released a special issue, edited by Thurka Sangaramoorthy and Megan A. Carney, which offers insights into “the landscape of immigrant mental health and how…
Annual Review of Anthropology Food Insecurity, Nutritional Inequality, and Maternal–Child Health: A Role for Biocultural Scholarship in Filling Knowledge GapsBarbara A. Piperata & Darna L. Duf…
Rounding out September’s In the Journals compilation, here are several more articles of interest. See also these Special Issues on “Island Imaginaries” and “Beyond the Product…
Science as Culture (Special Issue: Island Imaginaries) Island Imaginaries: Introduction to a Special Section (free access)Mascha Gugganig, Nina Klimburg-Witjes Colonial empires, scientists, phi…
Medical Anthropology Quarterly Becoming Institutionalized: Incarceration as a Chronic Health ConditionJohanna T. Crane, Kelsey Pascoe This article examines incarceration as a chronic condition …
Social Science & Medicine Turning suffering into side effects: Responses to HPV vaccination in Colombia (open access)Maurizia Mezza, Stuart Blume How do unpleasant post-vaccination symptoms…
The highlights of August’s In The Journals (Pt.1) are: a Colloquy in Cultural Anthropology on “L’enfer, c’est les autres”: Proximity as an Ethical Problem during COVID-19″; a “doubl…
This special issue of Critical Public Health is part two of a series on “Public Health Activism in changing times: relocating collective agency.” As editors Catherine Campbell and…
Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine Exploring engagement with digital screens for collecting patient feedback in clinical waiting rooms:…
Science, Technology, & Human Values Participation in Citizen Science: Insights from the CONECT-e Case Study Petra Benyei, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Laur…