Charrlotte
@charrlotte.bsky.social
charrlotteadelina.de
"yes, I am Charrlotte" | she / her | inequalities and more-than-human ecologies, 🌱🌿, critical urbanism, & other interests that come and go | perpetually suspicious of trends
"yes, I am Charrlotte" | she / her | inequalities and more-than-human ecologies, 🌱🌿, critical urbanism, & other interests that come and go | perpetually suspicious of trends
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Charrlotte
@charrlotte.bsky.social
· Mar 9
And some fresh beginnings!! Starting today, I work in a postdoc role at the Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Uni Leipzig as part of the DFG Project "Environmental-Mental Health: Experience, Ethics and Poetics of Ecological Mourning Amidst a Wounded Environment in India (ENVIRON-MENTAL)"
is it acceptable that an editor makes stylistic changes which then 'introduces' typos into the text?! 😏
September 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
is it acceptable that an editor makes stylistic changes which then 'introduces' typos into the text?! 😏
Had a terrific time chatting with @mutablematter.bsky.social about her new book, "Tainted Tools: New materialisms as a decolonial project" for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/tainted-tools
newbooksnetwork.com/tainted-tools
Angela Last, "Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project" (Manchester UP, 2026) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Had a terrific time chatting with @mutablematter.bsky.social about her new book, "Tainted Tools: New materialisms as a decolonial project" for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/tainted-tools
newbooksnetwork.com/tainted-tools
what the hell, sure. www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Sustainability leader honoured by Newcastle University
An international leader in sustainability and clean-energy transition has been recognised by the University with a Professorship of Practice
www.ncl.ac.uk
September 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
what the hell, sure. www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
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reposting this which enthuses not only about Sarah Sharma's book but also the work of Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social.
@dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social
I just wrote a very enthusiastic review of Sarah Sharma's new book. @dukepress.bsky.social @dgrgrgs.bsky.social
Insufferable Tools and critical tactics
I just finished reading Sarah Sharma’s new book Insufferable Tools: Feminism Against Big Tech. It’s a sustained and wonderful piece of feminist technoscience writing, from a media studies scholar determined to forge a structural/strategic analysis of the white patriarchy that surrounds so much of contemporary digital tech and its hype. In one way, that white patriarchy is all too obvious.
visualmethodculture.wordpress.com
June 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
reposting this which enthuses not only about Sarah Sharma's book but also the work of Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social.
@dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social
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Please see this as a general reminder that you're not alone. Many of us reject, refuse, repudiate artificial intelligence and the technology industry:
Guest et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Guest et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
June 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Please see this as a general reminder that you're not alone. Many of us reject, refuse, repudiate artificial intelligence and the technology industry:
Guest et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Guest et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Left very inspired by Allison Caine's "Restless Ecologies" which we read and discussed as part of the 'Affective Ecologies' reading group.
Sharing an author interview here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/23/i...
Sharing an author interview here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/23/i...
Indigenous Herders and Peru’s Melting Glaciers: A Conversation with Anthropologist Allison Caine
Caine’s new book depicts a small community in the glacier-fed Peruvian Highlands as it navigates climate change and social pressures.
news.climate.columbia.edu
May 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Left very inspired by Allison Caine's "Restless Ecologies" which we read and discussed as part of the 'Affective Ecologies' reading group.
Sharing an author interview here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/23/i...
Sharing an author interview here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/23/i...
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As many of you know, the German academic system offers very few permanent jobs, which are mostly full professor positions, while the bulk of academic work is done by a vast number of fixed-term academic staff.
Over the past decades, Germany added <1k permanent jobs but >100k (!) fixed-term.
Over the past decades, Germany added <1k permanent jobs but >100k (!) fixed-term.
March 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM
As many of you know, the German academic system offers very few permanent jobs, which are mostly full professor positions, while the bulk of academic work is done by a vast number of fixed-term academic staff.
Over the past decades, Germany added <1k permanent jobs but >100k (!) fixed-term.
Over the past decades, Germany added <1k permanent jobs but >100k (!) fixed-term.
any rough ideas / guidance on how many articles from the dissertation can be published, so as to not be turned away from book publishers?
March 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
any rough ideas / guidance on how many articles from the dissertation can be published, so as to not be turned away from book publishers?
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attending #AAG next week? check out Geographers for Justice in Palestine's organized sessions and events! also available at geog4pal.org/aag
March 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
attending #AAG next week? check out Geographers for Justice in Palestine's organized sessions and events! also available at geog4pal.org/aag
Four wonderful years of learning and unlearning came to a close last month with the successful defense of my PhD Thesis. So grateful to my supervisors, Uli Beisel and Maan Barua, for their unwavering support and the many thoughtful, caring, and critical inputs throughout this journey.
March 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Four wonderful years of learning and unlearning came to a close last month with the successful defense of my PhD Thesis. So grateful to my supervisors, Uli Beisel and Maan Barua, for their unwavering support and the many thoughtful, caring, and critical inputs throughout this journey.
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Their ways of life don't conform to the "(Western) European Way of Life", and they are judged for it. This standard is arrogant and harmful, and sucks up the resources that peripheral, marginalized, and rural people need.
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Their ways of life don't conform to the "(Western) European Way of Life", and they are judged for it. This standard is arrogant and harmful, and sucks up the resources that peripheral, marginalized, and rural people need.
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Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.
Met so many, learnt so much, got gifts and even played a game 🥂🍀 #RGS-IBG2025 #creativegeographies
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Met so many, learnt so much, got gifts and even played a game 🥂🍀 #RGS-IBG2025 #creativegeographies
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Still decompressing from #ESEH2025 week but hey was it good!
@elinetabak.bsky.social @chriskla.bsky.social @charrlotte.bsky.social, Sven Seelinger plus @aberehrlich.bsky.social
(Go “invasive species”! I guess…)
@elinetabak.bsky.social @chriskla.bsky.social @charrlotte.bsky.social, Sven Seelinger plus @aberehrlich.bsky.social
(Go “invasive species”! I guess…)
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Still decompressing from #ESEH2025 week but hey was it good!
@elinetabak.bsky.social @chriskla.bsky.social @charrlotte.bsky.social, Sven Seelinger plus @aberehrlich.bsky.social
(Go “invasive species”! I guess…)
@elinetabak.bsky.social @chriskla.bsky.social @charrlotte.bsky.social, Sven Seelinger plus @aberehrlich.bsky.social
(Go “invasive species”! I guess…)
this was such an amazing experience 💚 the organisers @katiekung.bsky.social @elinetabak.bsky.social, the presenters, AND the audience were so engaging.
Chairing this fabulous #PlantStudies panel today: "Vegetal (hi)stories: more-than-human narratives of invasion and belonging" 🌿🌲🌾
Join us at 14.00-15.30 & 16.00-17.30 in room 21.011 for some planty goodness
Join us at 14.00-15.30 & 16.00-17.30 in room 21.011 for some planty goodness
August 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
this was such an amazing experience 💚 the organisers @katiekung.bsky.social @elinetabak.bsky.social, the presenters, AND the audience were so engaging.
“International postdocs don’t know their rights or know the [German] law.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers
The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.
www.nature.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“International postdocs don’t know their rights or know the [German] law.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I've always been really upfront about my experiences with this. I have encountered accent-based classism (not actually a true assessment of my 'class') at every stage in my student and now academic career. It is RIFE in this country across students and also staff members. Something HAS to change.
NGLI was going to mock this as obviously made up until I saw it was Durham 💀 www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Mocked for using the wrong spoon: working-class life at top universities
Some students say they have been made to feel alienated on campus. What can institutions do to tackle it?
www.thetimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've always been really upfront about my experiences with this. I have encountered accent-based classism (not actually a true assessment of my 'class') at every stage in my student and now academic career. It is RIFE in this country across students and also staff members. Something HAS to change.
blessed are those who haven't heard the ELSTER hotline's music on hold
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
blessed are those who haven't heard the ELSTER hotline's music on hold
On the flattening of brown scholars in the Western Academy, from Patel, S. & Da Costa, D. (2022). “We Cannot Write About Complicity Together”:
Limits of Cross-Caste Collaborations in Western Academy. Engaged Scholar
Journal, 8(2), 1–27. doi.org/10.15402/esj...
Limits of Cross-Caste Collaborations in Western Academy. Engaged Scholar
Journal, 8(2), 1–27. doi.org/10.15402/esj...
July 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
On the flattening of brown scholars in the Western Academy, from Patel, S. & Da Costa, D. (2022). “We Cannot Write About Complicity Together”:
Limits of Cross-Caste Collaborations in Western Academy. Engaged Scholar
Journal, 8(2), 1–27. doi.org/10.15402/esj...
Limits of Cross-Caste Collaborations in Western Academy. Engaged Scholar
Journal, 8(2), 1–27. doi.org/10.15402/esj...
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Please register for the HSS meeting @NOLA & come meet Ashton Wesner 🐟Sam Muka 🪸 Rebecca Woods 🐒 Aleksandar Shopov 🐫 and + discuss their research on animal mobilities and why such histories of science matter. Thanks to Sonia Wigh, co-organizer of this roundtable with the Osiris editors! #histsci
July 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Please register for the HSS meeting @NOLA & come meet Ashton Wesner 🐟Sam Muka 🪸 Rebecca Woods 🐒 Aleksandar Shopov 🐫 and + discuss their research on animal mobilities and why such histories of science matter. Thanks to Sonia Wigh, co-organizer of this roundtable with the Osiris editors! #histsci
looking for literature / leads on how nativism can be far from neat, messy in its circulations, and even outward-looking, or influenced by philosophies or regimes of the Other {tying up some loose threads in the diss}
July 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
looking for literature / leads on how nativism can be far from neat, messy in its circulations, and even outward-looking, or influenced by philosophies or regimes of the Other {tying up some loose threads in the diss}
That was a fascinating talk last eve. Heading over to read "For a Liberatory Politics of Home": www.dukeupress.edu/for-a-libera...
Today at the Georg Simmel Centre for Urban Studies at Humboldt Uni in Berlin, I'll give a talk on my work on the constitutive violence of the Italian home.
Thanks to Ignacio Farias & colleagues for the invite!
At 6pm, Universitätsstraße 3b, Room 002
Thanks to Ignacio Farias & colleagues for the invite!
At 6pm, Universitätsstraße 3b, Room 002
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
That was a fascinating talk last eve. Heading over to read "For a Liberatory Politics of Home": www.dukeupress.edu/for-a-libera...
💟 that time of the semester when the quietest student in the seminar takes the ball out of the park with their presentation / term paper 💟
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
💟 that time of the semester when the quietest student in the seminar takes the ball out of the park with their presentation / term paper 💟