Yasmin G
@anilsghost.bsky.social
Writer, sociologist. Yoga & mindfulness teacher. Gaza & Colonial Aphasia https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251333918
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Yasmin G
@anilsghost.bsky.social
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“It’s not so much being lost for words. Though that too. More the sense of how our anticolonial criticality has become inexorably glitchy and unreliable.”
@anilsghost.bsky.social on #Gaza, sociologists and empire, and the imperative of situated knowledge.
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@anilsghost.bsky.social on #Gaza, sociologists and empire, and the imperative of situated knowledge.
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TY for sharing, the article is about the shattering of life by explosive violence!in Gaza & so a critique of situated know/l, part of a bigger thinking through of explosive whiteness, which includes how explosivity was honed in Europe, on other whites, before its colonial uses
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Samaher & her 6 children in Gaza are struggling to survive the harsh winter amidst severe shortages. Please donate whatever you can, it takes less than a minute using the link below
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"A new culture of stifling dissent and self-imposed restraint is spreading across the academy, reinforcing and perpetuating silence"
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Shush! How silence is destroying European universities from within - Allegra Lab
The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues with his wife back
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December 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"A new culture of stifling dissent and self-imposed restraint is spreading across the academy, reinforcing and perpetuating silence"
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"Hundreds of former Colombian military personnel have been enlisted to fight with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)"
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Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan
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December 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Hundreds of former Colombian military personnel have been enlisted to fight with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)"
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Check to see if your MP has signed to express their concern about the six hunger strikers and 'call upon the Secretary of State for Justice to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment is humane and their human rights are upheld'
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Palestine Action hunger strike - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House expresses its extreme concern that six prisoners associated with Palestine Action have felt that they had no other recourse to protest against their prison conditions but to launch a h...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Check to see if your MP has signed to express their concern about the six hunger strikers and 'call upon the Secretary of State for Justice to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment is humane and their human rights are upheld'
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'Those on hunger strike are victims of the UK’s excessively broad terrorism laws which have been misused to escalate ordinary criminal prosecutions of direct-action protesters into terrorism cases'
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UK: Amnesty warns of 'crisis point' as Palestine Action activists on hunger strike hospitalised
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
'Those on hunger strike are victims of the UK’s excessively broad terrorism laws which have been misused to escalate ordinary criminal prosecutions of direct-action protesters into terrorism cases'
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The Faculty of Humanities is pleased to offer up to 15 Bicentenary Research Fellowships (3 years duration) for outstanding postdoctoral researchers within 3 years of their PhD
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Bicentenary Research Fellowships in Humanities:Oxford Road
The University of Manchester has been celebrating 200 years of achievement in research-driven learning, development and innovation: this has included investing in our prestigious Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships. The scheme represents a major University investment of £28 million to recruit and fund more than 200 early-career researchers between 2025/26 and 2026/27.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Faculty of Humanities is pleased to offer up to 15 Bicentenary Research Fellowships (3 years duration) for outstanding postdoctoral researchers within 3 years of their PhD
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A very clear & useful post on academic writing, even if you're not using zine making
Another blog post - from one of my #AcWriMo workshops. All about using Zines to help with your academic writing stephaniezihms.blog/2025/12/02/c... @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social @roseychang.bsky.social @drhelenkara.bsky.social
Cut, Paste, Create: Using Zines for Academic Writing
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we approach academic writing – and more specifically, how much of the writing process happens away from the keyboard. During a recent works…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A very clear & useful post on academic writing, even if you're not using zine making
Four PhD studentships & three fee waivers across the Departments of Sociology and Criminology, International Politics and, Economics
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School of Policy & Global Affairs Doctoral Studentships | City St George's, University of London
Apply for studentships from the School of Policy and Global Affairs which includes an annual stipend, full UK tuition fee waiver and expenses.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Four PhD studentships & three fee waivers across the Departments of Sociology and Criminology, International Politics and, Economics
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Excellent piece on safe routes, the relationships between foreign policy and forced displacement in Sudan & the UK's increasingly draconian asylum policies @bigissue.com
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Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Ben Whitham, senior policy and research officer at Refugee Action, writes that the Sudan war exposes 'racial injustice' in the asylum system.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Excellent piece on safe routes, the relationships between foreign policy and forced displacement in Sudan & the UK's increasingly draconian asylum policies @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
Friends of Palestinian Universities is recruiting a Senior Programme Officer to support our advocacy, awareness, and UK–Palestine higher education links programmes.
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Senior Programme Officer | Friends of Palestinian Universities | CharityJob
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November 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Friends of Palestinian Universities is recruiting a Senior Programme Officer to support our advocacy, awareness, and UK–Palestine higher education links programmes.
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New!
'We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qualitative approaches, such as reflexive thematic analysis, or various phenomenological approaches'
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'We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qualitative approaches, such as reflexive thematic analysis, or various phenomenological approaches'
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<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
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November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New!
'We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qualitative approaches, such as reflexive thematic analysis, or various phenomenological approaches'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
'We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qualitative approaches, such as reflexive thematic analysis, or various phenomenological approaches'
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fellowships to build leadership, strengthen research capacity, and advance knowledge at the intersection of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC).
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SVRI Early Career Research Fellowships - SVRI
SVRI Early Career Research Fellowships aim to advance research on the intersection of violence against women and children in LMICs.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
fellowships to build leadership, strengthen research capacity, and advance knowledge at the intersection of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC).
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'minority recruits are not symbols of inclusion, but instruments of absolution; human shields behind which racist policy proceeds unchallenged'
A peculiarly British postracial turn, felt like a decisive shift with Sewell report where identity became evidence
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A peculiarly British postracial turn, felt like a decisive shift with Sewell report where identity became evidence
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A non-white face on a racist asylum policy is just a mask for cruelty
The colonial strategy of ruling through intermediaries continues to this day - only now, it's happening on the domestic stage
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November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
'minority recruits are not symbols of inclusion, but instruments of absolution; human shields behind which racist policy proceeds unchallenged'
A peculiarly British postracial turn, felt like a decisive shift with Sewell report where identity became evidence
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/non-...
A peculiarly British postracial turn, felt like a decisive shift with Sewell report where identity became evidence
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/non-...
The embattled university, special issue
Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue Coeditors
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Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue Coeditors
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THE EMBATTLED UNIVERSITY / Vol. 92, No. 2 (Summer 2025)
Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue CoeditorsOz Frankel, Journal EditorLisa AndersonFrom Pursuing Truth to Managing Stress: The Costs and Consequences of the Therapeutic Turn in American Universitie...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The embattled university, special issue
Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue Coeditors
www.socres.org/post/922-sum...
Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue Coeditors
www.socres.org/post/922-sum...
Ooh -Special Issue of the Journal of Gender Studies about the values & normativities encoded into algorithmic cultures & the intersections of gender, race, sexuality & disability www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Algorithms for her? 2: feminist approaches to digital infrastructures, cultures and economies
This Special Issue of the Journal of Gender Studies is about algorithmic culture. It is about the values and normativities that are encoded into algorithmic technologies and techniques, and the way...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ooh -Special Issue of the Journal of Gender Studies about the values & normativities encoded into algorithmic cultures & the intersections of gender, race, sexuality & disability www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘In one course video uploaded to the website, a voiceover presenting the material suddenly morphs into a Spanish accent for about 30 seconds, before switching back to a British accent’
'Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI.' 1/3
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
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November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
‘In one course video uploaded to the website, a voiceover presenting the material suddenly morphs into a Spanish accent for about 30 seconds, before switching back to a British accent’
Reposted by Yasmin G
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
‘“I grew up my entire life in authoritarian regimes,” he said. “It makes me very sad that the institution I’ve invested tens of thousands of pounds with, the institution I’ve learned for years in, is acting like a Trumpian authoritarian regime.”
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King’s College London Withdraws Pro-Palestine Student’s Visa, Risking His Torture, After Pressure From Israel Lobby Group | Novara Media
EXCLUSIVE: KCL suspended Usama Ghanem after pressure from the pro-Israel Campaign Against Antisemitism, despite knowing he would be sent back to Egypt where he was previously imprisoned and tortured. ...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‘“I grew up my entire life in authoritarian regimes,” he said. “It makes me very sad that the institution I’ve invested tens of thousands of pounds with, the institution I’ve learned for years in, is acting like a Trumpian authoritarian regime.”
novaramedia.com/2025/10/22/k...
novaramedia.com/2025/10/22/k...
Mechanisms and mechanics of racial hierarchy: focusing on the “How” of racism
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva & Amanda E. Lewis
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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva & Amanda E. Lewis
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References: Mechanisms and mechanics of racial hierarchy: focusing on the “How” of racism
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October 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Mechanisms and mechanics of racial hierarchy: focusing on the “How” of racism
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva & Amanda E. Lewis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1...
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva & Amanda E. Lewis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1...
If you’re a postgraduate researcher you can join @ucu with full or free student membership
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If you’re a postgraduate researcher you can join @ucu with full or free student membership
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Podcast with Hannah Ishmael on antiracist education & Len Garrison, activist, archivist & a founder of the Brixton Cultural Archives thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/sid...
Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism: Len Garrison, Archives and Self-Esteem
Hannah Ishmael talks on the Sideways Sociology podcast about the Black activist, educationalist and historian Len Garrison.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Podcast with Hannah Ishmael on antiracist education & Len Garrison, activist, archivist & a founder of the Brixton Cultural Archives thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/sid...
