Theorising Conspiracies

In this week’s episode, host Dr Jennifer Cearns is joined by Dr Erol Saglam (Stockholm University), Dr Silvia Posocco (Birkbeck, University of London), and Daniel Artus (University College London) to talk about what conspiracy theories are and how they operate in different cultural contexts across the world, as well as how anthropologists might approach them. Erol Saglam is a social anthropologist. After getting his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stockholm University in Sweden. His current project explores masculinities, conspiracy theories, and authoritarianisation. Silvia Posocco is a social anthropologist based at Birkbeck, University of London. Silvia has conducted ethnographic research on secrecy and insurgent movements in Guatemala, the archives of transnational adoption across times and temporalities, and most recently, on forensic archives, cultures of evidence and bioinformation in the UK. Silvia tweets @silviaposocco. Dan Artus is a digital and (increasingly medical) anthropologist doing his PhD at University College London, with support from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project. His research is on HPV vaccination in Ireland, particularly focusing on information practises and expertise. Dan tweets @DanOfArtus.  To subscribe to the Being Human Show, search for ‘Being Human’ in your preferred podcast player, or find us over on our RSS feed. This podcast is produced by Jennifer Cearns and Laura Haapio-Kirk, and edited by Antónia Gama and Deanna Mitchell, in partnership with the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. All rights reserved.