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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 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | McGill University, York University, MIT |
| Academic work | |
| 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]
