A new blog in the Somatosphere

Just a quick note to draw your attention to a new group blog on medical anthropology, STS, bioethics and related issues called “Somatosphere.” I’m always happy to see new academic group blogs starting up because I think some of them represent a chance to really constitute new communities around topics that don’t yet have much real presence beyond the standard departments and conferences. Medical anthropology of the sort represented by Somatosphere is a clear case… take a look and encourage them with your, as ever, thoughtful and even-handed commentary (grin.)

Christopher Kelty does anthropological and historical research on science and technology, free and open source software, intellectual property and open access, the history of software, and the ethics and politics of nanotechnology. He also teaches classes about all of these things. From 2001 to 2008 he was assistant professor of anthropology at Rice University, in Houston, TX. He know teaches at UCLA and splits his time between the Information Studies department, the Anthropology Department and the Center for Society and Genetics.