Anthropology

Adia Benton recent appearances/publications in the news about Ebola

Adia Benton has been interviewed and contributed to several outlets on the topic of Ebola.

A partial list includes:

  • The Not-So-Secret Serum, Dissent Magazine, August 16, 2014
  • Ebola, Mistrust and Humanitarian Mobility, Mats Utas’ blog, August 18, 2014
  • “It Don’t Take a Semiotician…” Or, What We Talk About When We Talk About Bushmeat, Mats Utas’ blog, August 27, 2014
  • Pundits panicking about Ebola hurt cause they mean to help, Monkey Cage, Washington Post, co-authored with Kim Yi Dionne, September 1, 2014, covered by Andrew Sullivan’s “The Dish”
  • Race and the immuno-logics of emergency response during the West African Ebola crisis, Somatosphere, September 19, 2014
  • Watching Outbreak during the West African Ebola Epidemic, Hot Spots, Cultural Anthropology journal blog, October 7, 2014, also selected as Sunday Reading at The New Inquiry
  • Mourning, survival and time: Writing through crisis, Savage Minds, October 20, 2014, also selected as Sunday Reading at The New Inquiry
  • Ebola and racial immuno-logics, No Alibis, KCSB-FM, October 8, 2014
  • Ebola response, Fresh Outlook, Ebru TV - a national cable network - September 6, 2014
  • Briefing on Ebola situation, WPRO 99.7FM 630AM, Providence, RI, Saturday morning with Steve Klamkin, September 6, 2014
  • Radio Student, Slovenia: “Globally (Not) Dealing with Ebola" September 3, 2014
  • Quoted on BBC World Service television program, related to Newsweek Ebola and bushmeat cover story
  • August 22 Ebolabekämpning orsakar konflikter (Swedish Science Radio’s weekly magazine)
  • “As WHO Warns Ebola Death Toll is Underestimated, How Should Global Community Handle Dire Crisis?” Democracy Now! (television and radio), August 15, 2014
  • “Mistrust fuels the deadliest ebola outbreak on record,” The Takeaway (radio), July 29, 2014
  • Ju fler som söker vård, desto lägre blir dödstalen (interview on Swedish public radio)
  • Quoted in Daniel Drezner, “Scare-mongering about Ebola is not such a great idea,” Washington Post, August 15, 2014
  • The West African Ebola Outbreak, Point of Inquiry, top science podcast on iTunes, August 25, 2014, podcast ranked among the top of the summer