Natasha Myers
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Natasha Myers | |
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 Natasha Myers | |
| Born | 1974 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | professor, anthropologist, science and technology studies scholar |
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| Education | McGill University, York University, MIT |
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| Discipline | social and cultural anthropology, science and technology studies |
| Notable works | Rendering Life Molecular |
| Notable ideas | Planthropocene |
Natasha Myers is an associate professor of anthropology at York University.[1] In 2016 she coined the term "Planthroposcene".[2][3] Her first book, Rendering Life Molecular: Models, Modelers, and Excitable Matter is an ethnography of protein crystallographers and discusses how scientists teach one another how to sense the molecular realm.[4] This book won the 2016 Robert Merton Book Prize from the Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.[5] She received her BSc in biology from McGill University, a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies and her PhD in the Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology & Society (HASTS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Natasha Myers official website". natashamyers.org. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ Myers, Natasha. "Photosynthesis — Cultural Anthropology". Cultural Anthropology. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ Natasha Myers (2018) “How to grow livable worlds: Ten not-so-easy steps,” in The World to Come, edited by Kerry Oliver Smith, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, p. 53-63.
- ^ Myers, Natasha (27 August 2015). Rendering life molecular : models, modelers, and excitable matter. Durham. ISBN 9780822375630. OCLC 914715485.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ skat25 (2017-11-28). "Interview with Natasha Myers". Official website of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Natasha Myers | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies". profiles.laps.yorku.ca. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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