Joeva Rock

anthropologist thinking about food & agriculture, changing climates, and the politics of development

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

I've started the (likely slow) transition over to BlueSky. Same handle there.

Nothing can replace the Twitter of Old, but this new iteration isn't it.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency. https://t.co/5LrByFdzHz

[Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth]

3) Rock, Joeva Sean. 2026. "Stewardship and the Difficulty of Shared Responsibility." Theorizing the Contemporary, Fieldsights, April 7. https://t.co/wf80gXhIz7

[Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth]

📣New series alert! They explore how humans care for and control plants, questioning responsibility in these relationships. Through case studies, they show how human-plant interactions shape ecological, cultural, and political dynamics. Find them⬇️ https://t.co/HiqfVEbEFJ

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access

https://t.co/olDQiHgptv

[Max Kozlov @maxdkozlov]

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is closing its social sciences directorate. Staff will be transferred elsewhere in NSF, and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be kept.

W/ @dangaristo for @Nature

https://t.co/Lakcl0oLYa

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Happy to be quoted in a @LeMonde_Afrique article on Ghana's ambitious plan to reduce pasta imports (while still relying on wheat imports):

https://t.co/Gf3RIA92Mq

[Antipode @antipodeonline]

Call for applications -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- due date 10 April 2026 -- funding available for imaginative, daring, and unruly scholarship and praxis, including scholar-activism, workshops, and much more https://t.co/8zeNnOt3XY

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Blizzard scenes from Prospect Park

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

“Crispr was the AI of 2018 ...There’s huge expectations. Then it takes longer and costs more money.”

https://t.co/LLYisskqmx

[William Moseley @WilliamGMoseley]

For scholars working at the intersection of food, environment and health, this is a great opportunity. Montpellier is a major hub in France for Global South research. I received this fellowship in 2021 and had a wonderful experience
https://t.co/zVOYcm8qvQ

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

'Just holding a Doritos bag': Student handcuffed after AI system mistook bag of chips for weapon https://t.co/D1oc0SRvyn

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

KALRO has applied to commercialize genetically modified cassava in Kenya

https://t.co/dGnaApAQ3b

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Judge says U.S. trying to do "end-run" around legal protections with deportations to Ghana

https://t.co/J68A9ojLMo

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country, President John Dramani Mahama told reporters late Wednesday. https://t.co/QmQK4kJ9w7

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Burkina Faso suspends Target Malaria https://t.co/PMxpOfOZuy

[Wenner-Gren Foundation @WennerGrenOrg]

After a seven-year hiatus, the Department of Anthropology at American University is excited to announce that the Public Anthropology Conference is back!

Call for Papers: https://t.co/cKWFT8AUcb
Registration: https://t.co/okt9htfjwI

Deadline: Sept. 8th 2025.

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

The Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

https://t.co/YRSKELuOqf

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

More very bad news for researchers in the US. New executive order:
▪️pauses new federal funding
▪️places political appointees at federal agencies
▪️requires grants to "advance the President’s policy priorities"
▪️allows cancelation of active grants

https://t.co/sclpzIhCUi

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Great insight from @marionnestle on why moving the USDA out of Washington DC is bad for the agency and those it serves:

https://t.co/RMKEQRfJl9

[Joeva Rock @joevarock]

Trump signed executive orders on Wednesday which, of many things, "bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters"

#PoliticsofAI

https://t.co/KkBaDLC2Nk