All Platypus staff need a CASTAC account in order to access the Platypus dashboard. Use the instructions below to sign up. If you are a returning CE from last year, skip this step and proceed to step 2. Do you have a CASTAC account already? If you have subscribed to the listserv, been a Platypus contributor, or have an Assemblage profile, then you are already have a member account. If you do not already have a CASTAC account… create one by using the registration form and select “Register as a New CASTAC Staff Member”. You are highly encouraged to also signup for the CASTAC listserv and create an Assemblage profile as well. If you already have a CASTAC account… log in and use your account settings page to indicate your new staff status. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it using the password reset tool. If you (read more...)

Platypus, the official blog of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing and one of the leading anthropology blogs, invites applications for the positions of Contributing Editor and Multimodal Contributing Editor. We seek motivated scholars who work at the intersection of anthropology and STS, broadly understood. Platypus promotes dialogue on theories, tools, and social interactions that explore questions at the intersection of anthropology and science and technology studies. Through the blog, we aim to build a thriving discourse among a community of scholars concerned about the implications of science, technologized products, and worldviews for human beings and other forms of life. Our approach is interdisciplinary and inclusive. If you’re interested in writing and curating blog posts, and/or are a multimedia/multimodal ethnographer, artist, or practitioner who makes or curates films, photography, comics, music, audiovisual pieces, poetry, or other experimental forms of ethnographic content, we’d love to have you (read more...)