David Thompson

@anthrodave.bsky.social

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Hello! I'm an anthropologist, I study prisons, abolition and other things in Rio de Janeiro.

A slightly blurred book, 'Where the Sun Rises Square', surrounded by other books on display.
Me opening a box filled with books. By me! That I wrote!
Public lecture: "If I Were His Mother": Race, Kinship and Redemption in Brazil's Prisons". Dr David Thompson. 8 October, 1:15-2:30pm, Room SR 165 and Zoom. Contact: Randi.Irwin@newcastle.edu.au with any questions or to receive a Zoom link by email.
Text against the backdrop of a cityscape: "Society for Cultural Anthropology presents: SCA Fridays: A monthly Series. March 21 2-3pm (ET). Register here (QR code appears in bottom-left corner). The 2024 Cultural Horizons Prize Winners. Participants: Tarini BEdi (University of Illinois Chicago), David Thompson (Simon Fraser University), Mario Falaris (Juror, Johns Hopkins University). Moderator: Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
The view over Sydney’s coastline, with Waverley cemetery on the far left.
Screenshot from an email that reads: 2024 Cultural Horizons Prize Co-Winners: David C. Thompson for his "Evasion: Prison Escapes and the Predicament of Incarceration in Rio de Janeiro." Taheni Bedi for her "Bumpy Roads, Dusty Air: Gadbad and the Sensate Ecologies of Driving Work in Contemporary Mumbai."
A group of approximately forty people gather around a loudspeaker in front of a statue of Marielle Franco, with signs of protest and tshirts with the names and faces of other victims of police violence
Photograph of Praia Vermelha (Red Beach), with Sugarloaf Mountain to the left and the early morning sun rising ahead.
Cinco libros en pila, con el título ‘Oasis y Espejismo’. Al lado, aparece el texto: presentación libro - oasis y espejismo: apuntes en la universidad de Buenos Aires - fotografías: Ezequiel Narcisi - texto: Cristián Ferrer - Jueves 19/9 19hs - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Santiago del Estero 1029, Aula SG02