I wrote a piece on literacy, human capital formation, state capacity & development in South Africa. Link in the comments. #econsky #publicgoods #statecapacity #southafrica #stateformation #democracy #Education
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I wrote a piece on literacy, human capital formation, state capacity & development in South Africa. Link in the comments. #econsky #publicgoods #statecapacity #southafrica #stateformation #democracy #Education
New excavations in Shandong reveal that early Zhou ritual platforms shaped China’s first shared identities long before the First Emperor. Political unity began not with conquest, but with communion. #Archaeology #Anthropology #China #StateFormation @antiquity.ac.uk
The Politics of Sacred Earth: How Ritual Platforms Helped Shape Early Chinese Identity
New excavations at Qianzhongzitou reveal that the roots of China’s unification lay not in imperial conquest, but in the politics of shared ritual and belonging.
www.anthropology.net
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New excavations in Shandong reveal that early Zhou ritual platforms shaped China’s first shared identities long before the First Emperor. Political unity began not with conquest, but with communion. #Archaeology #Anthropology #China #StateFormation @antiquity.ac.uk
My review of @rmidura.bsky.social's Postal Intelligence is now available as a pre-print for The Seventeenth Century.
In short: if you are a #skystorian interested in the #17thC and/or #EarlyModern #communication, #intelligence, and #StateFormation, buy this book!
In short: if you are a #skystorian interested in the #17thC and/or #EarlyModern #communication, #intelligence, and #StateFormation, buy this book!
Postal intelligence: the Tassis family and communications revolution in early modern Europe
Published in The Seventeenth Century (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My review of @rmidura.bsky.social's Postal Intelligence is now available as a pre-print for The Seventeenth Century.
In short: if you are a #skystorian interested in the #17thC and/or #EarlyModern #communication, #intelligence, and #StateFormation, buy this book!
In short: if you are a #skystorian interested in the #17thC and/or #EarlyModern #communication, #intelligence, and #StateFormation, buy this book!
#classics #ancientstudies #podcast #interview #outnow #ancient #classicalstudies #spotify #applepodcasts #podcasts #history #ancientofficehours #ancienthistory #classicsforeveryone #assyriology #stateformation #migration #classicseverywhere #digitalhumanities #outreach #publichumanities
July 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this for the back to work crowd.
My book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a #PapuaNewGuinea resource frontier" has been published in full digital #OpenAccess.
#anthropology #PoliticalEcology #LandUse #NaturalResources #StateFormation
My book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a #PapuaNewGuinea resource frontier" has been published in full digital #OpenAccess.
#anthropology #PoliticalEcology #LandUse #NaturalResources #StateFormation
My book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a Papua New Guinea resource frontier" is out.
For free in full sigital open access!
The book explores the complexities and politics of different systems of value and relating to the environment.
Thread: 1/x
For free in full sigital open access!
The book explores the complexities and politics of different systems of value and relating to the environment.
Thread: 1/x
Out now!
'Hard Work' by @tutam.bsky.social explores human-environmental relations, value production, and state formation in the context of large-scale natural resource extraction in #PapuaNewGuinea.
The book is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/HUP-29
#anthropology #ethnography🏺
'Hard Work' by @tutam.bsky.social explores human-environmental relations, value production, and state formation in the context of large-scale natural resource extraction in #PapuaNewGuinea.
The book is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/HUP-29
#anthropology #ethnography🏺
January 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reposting this for the back to work crowd.
My book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a #PapuaNewGuinea resource frontier" has been published in full digital #OpenAccess.
#anthropology #PoliticalEcology #LandUse #NaturalResources #StateFormation
My book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a #PapuaNewGuinea resource frontier" has been published in full digital #OpenAccess.
#anthropology #PoliticalEcology #LandUse #NaturalResources #StateFormation
New Article “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940”💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
🏞️Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
By Alejandro Ponce de León
🏞️Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
October 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New Article “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940”💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
🏞️Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
By Alejandro Ponce de León
🏞️Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
New research suggests early states grew not from surplus alone but from the tax potential of cereal grains. Writing followed as a tool for keeping track. A fresh phylogenetic view on why grain shaped political evolution. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #StateFormation
Fields That Built Nations: How the Humble Cereal Plant Reshaped Human Politics
New phylogenetic research suggests that early states did not rise on the promise of surplus alone but on the precise tax potential of grain, along with the bureaucratic tools invented to keep track of
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November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
New research suggests early states grew not from surplus alone but from the tax potential of cereal grains. Writing followed as a tool for keeping track. A fresh phylogenetic view on why grain shaped political evolution. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #StateFormation
I really hope "amateur electrician" isn't a joke
May 28, 2024 at 9:07 AM
I really hope "amateur electrician" isn't a joke
"Sheehan’s book asks us to reconsider which social theorist lurks more influentially behind the issue of state formation and so-called world order: Hobbes or Marx?" ~Journal of Modern History
MAKING A MODERN POLITICAL ORDER is available now!
#ndpress #politicaltheory #stateformation #history
MAKING A MODERN POLITICAL ORDER is available now!
#ndpress #politicaltheory #stateformation #history
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Sheehan’s book asks us to reconsider which social theorist lurks more influentially behind the issue of state formation and so-called world order: Hobbes or Marx?" ~Journal of Modern History
MAKING A MODERN POLITICAL ORDER is available now!
#ndpress #politicaltheory #stateformation #history
MAKING A MODERN POLITICAL ORDER is available now!
#ndpress #politicaltheory #stateformation #history
🔸[Original Article] in Tapuya V8
Read “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940” 💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
Read “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940” 💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🔸[Original Article] in Tapuya V8
Read “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940” 💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
Read “The politics of restless motion: water governance and state formation in Colombia’s upper Cauca basin, 1910–1940” 💧🌐
By Alejandro Ponce de León
doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2025.2513196
#Governance #Colombia #hydraulics #StateFormation #STS #Tapuya8 #OpenAccess
FYI: Traditional alcoholic beverages linked to rise of complex political systems in early human societies #AlcoholicBeverages #SocialBonds #PoliticalSystems #StateFormation #CommunalDrinking
Traditional alcoholic beverages linked to rise of complex political systems in early human societies
Study finds communal drinking fostered social bonds and leadership but agriculture played a greater role in state formation
www.vinetur.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
FYI: Traditional alcoholic beverages linked to rise of complex political systems in early human societies #AlcoholicBeverages #SocialBonds #PoliticalSystems #StateFormation #CommunalDrinking
Ott’s genealogy frames the state as a product of power-laden processes, not a fixed essence, ripe for poststructuralist reimagining. #PowerDynamics #StateFormation (6/10)
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ott’s genealogy frames the state as a product of power-laden processes, not a fixed essence, ripe for poststructuralist reimagining. #PowerDynamics #StateFormation (6/10)
In addition to the canonical empirical papers on #Growth, a course on #African #development should do pre-colonial #institutions, #stateformation, #slavetrade, #colonialism, #culture, #Democracy & #media. That's what I did.. #Africa #SouthAfrica #EconTwitter
April 23, 2024 at 9:08 AM
In addition to the canonical empirical papers on #Growth, a course on #African #development should do pre-colonial #institutions, #stateformation, #slavetrade, #colonialism, #culture, #Democracy & #media. That's what I did.. #Africa #SouthAfrica #EconTwitter
State formation studies how states emerge, consolidate, and govern 🏛️📊 Through war, taxation, law, and administration, it explains why political authority takes different forms across history and regions. #StateFormation #PoliticalHistory
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
State formation studies how states emerge, consolidate, and govern 🏛️📊 Through war, taxation, law, and administration, it explains why political authority takes different forms across history and regions. #StateFormation #PoliticalHistory
State formation traces how political power, institutions, and authority took shape over centuries 🏰➡️🏛️. Understanding it reveals why states differ so widely today. #StateFormation #PoliticalHistory
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
State formation traces how political power, institutions, and authority took shape over centuries 🏰➡️🏛️. Understanding it reveals why states differ so widely today. #StateFormation #PoliticalHistory
State formation = monopoly of violence + legitimacy 🔫📜. From feudal lords to bureaucratic empires, it’s the long, bloody path to order. Weber wasn’t joking: the state must be understood historically. 🧱🏛️ #StateFormation #ModernState
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
State formation = monopoly of violence + legitimacy 🔫📜. From feudal lords to bureaucratic empires, it’s the long, bloody path to order. Weber wasn’t joking: the state must be understood historically. 🧱🏛️ #StateFormation #ModernState