Birgan Gokmenoglu
@birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University | PhD
@lsesociology.bsky.social | Researching time and temporality, grassroots politics, social transformation | she/her
@lsesociology.bsky.social | Researching time and temporality, grassroots politics, social transformation | she/her
...and you can find the book here: www.plutobooks.com/product/pira...
Pirate Care - Pluto Press
Inspiring stories of real life and often risky activism resisting the global criminalisation of care
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February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
...and you can find the book here: www.plutobooks.com/product/pira...
You can access all the contributions to the book review symposium here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Book Review Symposium for Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, and Tomislav Medak (2025). Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity - Postdigital Science and Education
Postdigital Science and Education -
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February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
You can access all the contributions to the book review symposium here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
the BSA's Theory Group @bsatheory.bsky.social, the Marxism and Disability Network @marxdisability.bsky.social, and by RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
the BSA's Theory Group @bsatheory.bsky.social, the Marxism and Disability Network @marxdisability.bsky.social, and by RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab
Hosted by the Vagabonds series of @plutopress.bsky.social, the @alternativesatsase.bsky.social Alternatives to Capitalism Network at @sasemeeting.bsky.social, the Center for Commons at @universityofessex.bsky.social, Centre of Advanced Studies at @unirijeka.bsky.social,
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Hosted by the Vagabonds series of @plutopress.bsky.social, the @alternativesatsase.bsky.social Alternatives to Capitalism Network at @sasemeeting.bsky.social, the Center for Commons at @universityofessex.bsky.social, Centre of Advanced Studies at @unirijeka.bsky.social,
Online event (3 Mar) on Criminalised Care, Hope & Solidarity based on responses to the book Pirate Care. I'm looking fw to discussing radical care as praxis across various initiatives with the authors and contributors. Link to register: lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... vagabonds.xyz/hope-and-ref...
Hope and refusal in an era of criminalized care: Responses to Pirate Care (3 March 2026, online) - VAGABONDS
Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity contends that, today, our movements for collective liberation are increasingly defined by the calling to care for one another in defiance of...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Online event (3 Mar) on Criminalised Care, Hope & Solidarity based on responses to the book Pirate Care. I'm looking fw to discussing radical care as praxis across various initiatives with the authors and contributors. Link to register: lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... vagabonds.xyz/hope-and-ref...
I was lucky to be invited to contribute to this wonderful initiative led by @cerasellachis.bsky.social for @pdse.bsky.social. It was refreshing to think about all the pirate carers around the world with so many contributors. I wrote on Re-Politicizing Care for Social Change. Link in first comment.
I'm so very proud of this paper that bridges so many different people and things, many of them outside or on the fringes of the academia... While we have not managed to get the paper OA, Springer did grant everyone temporary free access - so download the paper ASAP! Link in first comment.
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I was lucky to be invited to contribute to this wonderful initiative led by @cerasellachis.bsky.social for @pdse.bsky.social. It was refreshing to think about all the pirate carers around the world with so many contributors. I wrote on Re-Politicizing Care for Social Change. Link in first comment.
Reposted by Birgan Gokmenoglu
Preprint - Book Review Symposium for Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, and Tomislav Medak (2025). Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity. London: @plutopress.bsky.social - due to be published in the Postdigital Science and Education Journal
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(PDF) Book Review Symposium for Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, and Tomislav Medak (2025). Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity. London: Pluto Press. 166 pp. ISBN: 9780745349800...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Preprint - Book Review Symposium for Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, and Tomislav Medak (2025). Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity. London: @plutopress.bsky.social - due to be published in the Postdigital Science and Education Journal
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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🥳🥳The Alternatives to Capitalism Research Network is now live on bluesky. Click on the link to find out more about the Network, its wonderful organisers (incl. me) and the Network's call for papers for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux. The deadline to submit an abstract is 16 December 2025⏱️⏱️
Excited to launch our digital existence as the Alternatives to Capitalism Network of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics🎉Follow us for updates on calls for papers, events, podcasts & much more! Learn more about us via the link👇👇 sase.org/networks/i-a... @sasemeeting.bsky.social
Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
The broad aim of research Network I is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of alternatives to capitalism.
sase.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🥳🥳The Alternatives to Capitalism Research Network is now live on bluesky. Click on the link to find out more about the Network, its wonderful organisers (incl. me) and the Network's call for papers for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux. The deadline to submit an abstract is 16 December 2025⏱️⏱️
Interested in Alternatives to Capitalism🔨? Our call for papers for the 2026 SASE Conference in Bordeaux is out! Deadline: 16 December 2025. We encourage pre-formed panel submissions and individual papers. Looking fw to renewing our faith in humanity. @sasemeeting.bsky.social sase.org/networks/i-a...
Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
The broad aim of research Network I is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of alternatives to capitalism.
sase.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interested in Alternatives to Capitalism🔨? Our call for papers for the 2026 SASE Conference in Bordeaux is out! Deadline: 16 December 2025. We encourage pre-formed panel submissions and individual papers. Looking fw to renewing our faith in humanity. @sasemeeting.bsky.social sase.org/networks/i-a...
Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a...
@bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
@bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a...
@bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
@bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb
oh right. see you soon =)
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
oh right. see you soon =)
Thanks, Fadia. Hope you're doing well.
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks, Fadia. Hope you're doing well.
Excited to be a part of the BSA Theory Group over the next few years!
The (2022-present) BSA Theory Study Group convening team is delighted to welcome five new convenors!
They are:
Sarah Bufkin - University of Birmingham
Birgan Gokmenoglu - Birmingham City University
Neal Harris - Oxford Brookes University
Zheng Liu - Univ of Bristol
Maria Volkova - Univ of Exeter
They are:
Sarah Bufkin - University of Birmingham
Birgan Gokmenoglu - Birmingham City University
Neal Harris - Oxford Brookes University
Zheng Liu - Univ of Bristol
Maria Volkova - Univ of Exeter
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Excited to be a part of the BSA Theory Group over the next few years!
TODAY: Publicly available online panel on Critical Pedagogies and Praxis in and Against Capitalism @sasemeeting.bsky.social, organised by me and Yasemin Bavbek. Check out the link for the panel description, papers, and Zoom link here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
TODAY: Publicly available online panel on Critical Pedagogies and Praxis in and Against Capitalism @sasemeeting.bsky.social, organised by me and Yasemin Bavbek. Check out the link for the panel description, papers, and Zoom link here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇
We're delighted to share the programme for the 23rd of May Symposium 'The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory', with four paper workshops and other sessions throughout the day, at the University of Cambridge.
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory #Sociology
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#SocialTheory #Sociology
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇
Thank you, Nerea, that's great to hear!
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thank you, Nerea, that's great to hear!
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Only 2 days left (including today) to submit a short paper for the BSA Theory Symposium!
Discussants:
🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham,
🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm,
🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni,
🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews.
#Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Discussants:
🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham,
🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm,
🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni,
🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews.
#Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
February 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Only 2 days left (including today) to submit a short paper for the BSA Theory Symposium!
Discussants:
🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham,
🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm,
🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni,
🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews.
#Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Discussants:
🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham,
🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm,
🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni,
🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews.
#Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Last but not least, Felix Ringel's Afterword on #Time and #Politics reflects on how the two are co-constituted & its implications for social transformation and the social sciences. We thank him again for his careful reading and considerate insights.🧵
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Last but not least, Felix Ringel's Afterword on #Time and #Politics reflects on how the two are co-constituted & its implications for social transformation and the social sciences. We thank him again for his careful reading and considerate insights.🧵
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🧵In The #Chronopolitics of the #LeftBehind, Kirsten Forkert & Zaki Nahaboo draw on #presentism and #populist temporal #narratives to study how the Left Behind in the UK is constructed by varied temporal frames and narratives of Global Britain.
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The chronopolitics of the ‘Left Behind’: Presentism, populism, and Global Britain - Kirsten Forkert, Zaki Nahaboo, 2025
This article examines the “Left Behind” as a temporal construct and its political uses. In the UK, the “Left Behind” is predominantly discussed as a group of pe...
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵In The #Chronopolitics of the #LeftBehind, Kirsten Forkert & Zaki Nahaboo draw on #presentism and #populist temporal #narratives to study how the Left Behind in the UK is constructed by varied temporal frames and narratives of Global Britain.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
🧵Neda Genova, in View from the Window, builds on #rhythmanalysis to examine a Bulgarian language fb group during #Covid19 #lockdowns. She shows how a/synchronicity relate to the articulation/obfuscation of sociomaterial conditions.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵Neda Genova, in View from the Window, builds on #rhythmanalysis to examine a Bulgarian language fb group during #Covid19 #lockdowns. She shows how a/synchronicity relate to the articulation/obfuscation of sociomaterial conditions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🧵Ann Mische & Sehrazat Mart's Imagined Interventions focuses on public interest #scenario projects in the African context. They show how different #genres of scenario projects lead to temporal splitting and #strategic action.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵Ann Mische & Sehrazat Mart's Imagined Interventions focuses on public interest #scenario projects in the African context. They show how different #genres of scenario projects lead to temporal splitting and #strategic action.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
🧵Birgan Gokmenoglu & Gabriela Manley's #Hope and #TimeWork in #Dystopian Contexts compares fieldnotes from Scotland and Turkey. They expand the concept of time work & argue that generating hope requires both emotion work and time work.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵Birgan Gokmenoglu & Gabriela Manley's #Hope and #TimeWork in #Dystopian Contexts compares fieldnotes from Scotland and Turkey. They expand the concept of time work & argue that generating hope requires both emotion work and time work.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
🧵Colin Ruggero's Planning for Anything, not for Everything examines the #Philadelphia Action Council (PAC) towards the contested 2020 US elections. He argues that the temporal structure of PAC led activists to embrace uncertainty, allowing for adaptability.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵Colin Ruggero's Planning for Anything, not for Everything examines the #Philadelphia Action Council (PAC) towards the contested 2020 US elections. He argues that the temporal structure of PAC led activists to embrace uncertainty, allowing for adaptability.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...