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CONNECTING DISABLED ETHNOGRAPHERS
The Sociocultural Anthropology Network of Disabled Scholars (SANDS) is dedicated to connecting sociocultural anthropologists and other ethnographers who are disabled, chronically ill, Deaf, mad, and neurodivergent. Our listserv is free to join, not affiliated with any particular professional organization, and welcomes ethnographers inside and outside the academy from around the world.
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DisAnthAF
Disability Anthropology across the Four Fields merch
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Disabled Anthropologist Zoom Meet
Screenshot of a Zoom meeting
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Group Picture
A group of disabled anthropologists pose together.
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Merch
A box of disabled anthropologist merchandise.
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People Smiling
Two people smiling next to each other.
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Presentation
A conference presentation.
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Photo of an Individual
A person holding up a t-shirt.
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Group Picture
Three people posing in front of a projector screen.
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Instagram Screenshot
A screenshot of someone's Instagram post.
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Group Picture
A group of people outside, smiling next to each other.
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Books.
A picture of two books.
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Photo of an Individual
A person posing inside a room.
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Group Picture
A group of people posing together.
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Flyer
A flyer from a talk.
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Collage
A collage of four different images.
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Selfie
A person taking a selfie.
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DisAnthAF
Disability Anthropology across the Four Fields merch
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Disabled Anthropologist Zoom Meet
Screenshot of a Zoom meeting
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Group Picture
A group of disabled anthropologists pose together.
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Merch
A box of disabled anthropologist merchandise.
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People Smiling
Two people smiling next to each other.
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Presentation
A conference presentation.
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Photo of an Individual
A person holding up a t-shirt.
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Group Picture
Three people posing in front of a projector screen.
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Instagram Screenshot
A screenshot of someone's Instagram post.
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Group Picture
A group of people outside, smiling next to each other.
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Books.
A picture of two books.
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Photo of an Individual
A person posing inside a room.
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Group Picture
A group of people posing together.
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Flyer
A flyer from a talk.
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Collage
A collage of four different images.
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Selfie
A person taking a selfie.
- A photo of a folder and a notepad that read DisAnthAF
- A screenshot of a Zoom meeting of about 24 disabled anthropologists, all with their screens on.
- A group of people standing in a semi-circle posing with each other inside of someone's home. From left to right, there's an Asian trans woman, a Muslim woman of color in a niqab, a brown-skinned femme presenting person, a tall non-binary white person with glasses, and a brown-skinned South Asian queer woman.
- A top-down view of an open cardboard box. Inside the box there is a folded baby blue t-shirt that says, "disabled anthropologist", a zine that reads, "Is there a reading by a disabled scholae on your anthropology syllabus" on the cover, and a Bluetooth speaker.
- From left to right, a femme-presenting person with bangs smiling next to a non-binary person in glasses who is also smiling.
- A femme-presenting, brown-skinned person giving a presentation titled, "DRIG Business Meeting" to a room full of people sitting.
- A Korean, masc-presenting person with a shaved head and glasses smiling while holding up a baby blue disabled anthropologist t-shirt.
- Three smiling next to one another in front a projector screen displaying a presentation titled, "Enabling Ethnography: Crafting Anti-Ableist Fieldwork Methods". From left to right: a white-skinned, femme-presenting person with short gray curly hair and glasses wearing a face mask; a white non-binary person with short brown hair and glasses; a white-skinned femme-presenting person with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses.
- A screenshot from Instagram of a white-skinned, femme-presenting person wearing a hat and glasses holding up the book, The Disabled Anthropologist. Their Instagram username is @megancolleenmoodie.
- A group of five people posing as a group and smiling. From left to right, a white-skinned person with short curly brown hair and glasses; a white-skinned person with short gray hair and glasses in a gray top; a white non-binary person with short brown hair and glasses; a white-skinned person with short gray hair and glasses in a blue blazer; a white-skinned person with short curly blonde hair and glasses.
- Two books, one piled on top of the other, of the book, The Disabled Anthropologist edited by Sumi Colligan and Anna Jaysane-Darr. The cover has two geometric, abstract anthropomorphic looking figures on it surrounded by speech bubbles filled with various icons and symbols.
- A white-skinned, masc-presenting person with short gray hair and a gray beard standing in front of a window, holding what a appears to be a white cane, wearing a baby blue disabled anthropologist t-shirt.
- A group of four people smiling together in a photo. The person furthest to the left is cut off, so you can only see their black hair and cheek. Beside them, from left to right: a brown-skinned, masc-presenting person with short black hair and glasses; a white non-binary person with short brown hair and glasses holding a coffee mug; a brown-skinned, femme-presenting person with black hair and glasses, wearing a face mask.
- A flyer from The Anthropology Speaker Series titled, "Enabling Ethnography: Crafting Anti-Ableist Methods" given by Erin L. Durban, associate professor at the University of Minnesota with Margaret Price, professor at the Ohio State University. The talk was given at Ohio State on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025.
- A collage of four people holding up their disabled anthropologist t-shirts while smiling. In the top left corner is a white non-binary person with glasses and the Instagram handle @__erin.d. In the top right corner is a Korean masc-presenting person with glasses with the Instagram handle @jayleuven. In the bottom left corner is a brown-skinned, femme-presenting person with black hair with the Instagram handle @kimmerrlee. In the bottom right corner is a white-skinned, femme-presenting person with brown hair and bangs with the Instagram handle @dr_a_sm. Across the middle of the collage images, there's text that says "disabled anthropologist t-shirts" with a red heart emoji.
- An Asian person with gray hair, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, taking a selfie while holding the two-finger peace sign up next to the left side of their face.
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