Sociologist David Arditi explains how the rise of streaming upended the TV industry – and as the industry change, so did the working conditions for writers, which started to reflect many characteristics of the gig economy. While Hollywood writers might earn a lot more per hour than a DoorDash driver, they now lack the protections, wages and job security once taken for granted in pre-streaming days.
Link to Dr. Arditi's ArticleIn his new book, Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption and Capitalism, David Arditi argues we are in a new phase of capitalism, which he calls “digital feudalism.” We find precarious employment via digital platforms, we buy goods and services in perpetuity through subscriptions, and we pay for it all with debt.
Link to Dr. Arditi's BookShould museums show visitors more about evolution than fossil evidence and examples of natural selection? In this article, Professor of Anthropology Shelley Smith argues that they should and explains why.
Link to Dr. Smith's ArticleIn this new post on the Reprotech Collective’s Blog, Heather Jacobson and Virginie Rozée discuss their call for the use of ethnographic and empirical data when examining surrogacy.
Link to Blog PostIn this new article, Heather Jacobson and colleague Virginie Rozée (INED, France (The French Institute for Demographic Studies)) examine assumptions about surrogacy and argue for a more nuanced approach to research on third-party pregnancy using empirical and ethnographic data.
Link to Dr. Jacobson's June 2022 articleInterested in the temporal limits of fertility and reproductive timing? Check out this new article by our own Heather Jacobson in which she proposes a new concept: the ART Clock.
Link to Dr. Jacobson's March 2022 articleThe National Science Foundation awarded Christian Zlolniski, Professor of Anthropology, a $255,000 grant to study the labor and environmental implications of natural resources being marketed as sustainably sourced products.
Link to news articlePerceiving morality in everyday life: This research addresses the ways in which morality and immorality are perceived by individuals, not only in the actions of others, but also in the inanimate objects of encountered in everyday life.
Link to Dr. Young's articleDr. Jacobson was interviewed on the North Carolina NPR show Embodied about her surrogacy research.
Link to Dr. Jacobson's PodcastThe Money 4 Nothing Podcast interviewed Dr. Arditi about his book, Getting Signed.
Link to Dr. Arditi's PodcastDr. Lemke's 2021 underwater archaeology field school is featured in this episode of Shipwreck School.
Link to Dr. Lemke's VideoRecently published in Social Movement Studies "Targeted Appeals: Online Social Movement Frame Packaging and Tactics Customized for Youth" is coauthored with Monica Whitham (Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University). It investigates how social movement organizations tailor their frames and tactics to appeal to different age groups, including young children.
Link to articleReprowebs: a conceptual approach to elasticity and change in the global assisted reproduction industry
Link to Dr. Jacobson's September 2021 articleDr. Cleghorn's fieldwork in South Africa was the feature of this recent Leakey Foundation Lunch Break Science Talk.
Link to Dr. Cleghorn's VideoDr. Smith remembers C. Loring Brace on the Human Biology Association's podcast.
Link to Dr. Smith's Podcast