Giulia Carabelli
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
📚SL Social Theory (QMUL)🪴Houseplant Lover and Researcher 🌱/ 🐈⬛ Digital Cat Lady/ 🖤Witchy things 🖤🌈
IG @careforplants
IG @careforplants
Can’t wait to read this @sarahelton.bsky.social !
Curious about how understanding plants can help us better understand society? Read Sarah Elton's piece in ASA’s Contexts @contexts.org. This and more are free to read until Nov 16! https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25 @sarahelton.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @criticalqual.bsky.social @uoftdlsph.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Can’t wait to read this @sarahelton.bsky.social !
Out now! This paper discusses home-making practices with houseplants during the Civid-19 pandemic … when my current project ‘Care for plants’ started! The article is open access and part of fantastic collection of essays on place making with plants 🌱 if you read it, let me know what you think 💭!
Open source (free access) article by Giulia Carabelli @giuliacarabelli.bsky.social - Making Home with Plants: Pandemic Edition, in the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology "...discusses the roles of houseplants in making home and building worlds." www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Out now! This paper discusses home-making practices with houseplants during the Civid-19 pandemic … when my current project ‘Care for plants’ started! The article is open access and part of fantastic collection of essays on place making with plants 🌱 if you read it, let me know what you think 💭!
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“It’s a marathon and things take time. This was important for me in the pandemic where everything felt so urgent.” – Ava, houseplant carer
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on how plants can alter our relationship to time.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on how plants can alter our relationship to time.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
May 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“It’s a marathon and things take time. This was important for me in the pandemic where everything felt so urgent.” – Ava, houseplant carer
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on how plants can alter our relationship to time.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on how plants can alter our relationship to time.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
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Congratulations to Stella Maris, Rector of St Andrews, who has won her appeal against dismissal from the governing body: a vindication of her, and anyone's, right to condemn genocide and apartheid.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
St Andrews rector stripped of powers over Gaza row wins appeal
Stella Maris will resume her role as head of the university’s governing body after a successful appeal against the institution.
www.thecourier.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations to Stella Maris, Rector of St Andrews, who has won her appeal against dismissal from the governing body: a vindication of her, and anyone's, right to condemn genocide and apartheid.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
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🇵🇸 PALESTINE: A Sociological Issue 🇵🇸
Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
🍉 Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online
🍉 Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah
🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos
Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
🍉 Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online
🍉 Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah
🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos
May 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🇵🇸 PALESTINE: A Sociological Issue 🇵🇸
Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
🍉 Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online
🍉 Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah
🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos
Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
🍉 Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online
🍉 Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah
🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos
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"academia talks collaboration but builds systems (promotion, funding, community recognition) that often undervalue diversity, whether that’s diversity of discipline, publication type, or research approach"
💥New: In academia’s #race for outputs and achievement, Rachael Hains-Wesson & Nira Rahman @unilibrary.bsky.social call for a shift toward connection, mentorship, and belonging—arguing that true intellectual growth depends on inclusive, collaborative cultures.
@RMIT @UniMelb ⬇️
@RMIT @UniMelb ⬇️
Why we should foster connection and belonging in neo-liberal academia - Impact of Social Sciences
In a system where academic success is defined by outputs and individual achievement, Rachael Hains-Wesson and Nira Rahman call for a shift towards connection and belonging. They argue that an…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"academia talks collaboration but builds systems (promotion, funding, community recognition) that often undervalue diversity, whether that’s diversity of discipline, publication type, or research approach"
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How does caring for houseplants reshape the habits and rhythms of everyday life?
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on human-plant relationships, forms of attentiveness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on human-plant relationships, forms of attentiveness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
May 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
How does caring for houseplants reshape the habits and rhythms of everyday life?
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on human-plant relationships, forms of attentiveness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social and Dawn Lyon @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on human-plant relationships, forms of attentiveness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/JdCkrU4
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📢March Issue of Area📢
The latest Issue of Area brings together a 'Thinking with Methods' Special Section - 'Inside the Notebook' - alongside 6 standard papers.
11 of the 15 papers are #OpenAccess and available to read here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geosky
The latest Issue of Area brings together a 'Thinking with Methods' Special Section - 'Inside the Notebook' - alongside 6 standard papers.
11 of the 15 papers are #OpenAccess and available to read here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geosky
April 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢March Issue of Area📢
The latest Issue of Area brings together a 'Thinking with Methods' Special Section - 'Inside the Notebook' - alongside 6 standard papers.
11 of the 15 papers are #OpenAccess and available to read here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geosky
The latest Issue of Area brings together a 'Thinking with Methods' Special Section - 'Inside the Notebook' - alongside 6 standard papers.
11 of the 15 papers are #OpenAccess and available to read here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geosky
What’s in a houseplant craze? Dawn Lyon and I wrote about how human-plant relations nurtured during lockdown unexpectedly reshaped people’s experiences of temporality and rhythm in everyday life.
a potted plant with a face painted on it
ALT: a potted plant with a face painted on it
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April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What’s in a houseplant craze? Dawn Lyon and I wrote about how human-plant relations nurtured during lockdown unexpectedly reshaped people’s experiences of temporality and rhythm in everyday life.
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Our Folklore Reimagined season begins. In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Ronald Hutton FBA delves into England's witch trials and Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. Watch the full video on YouTube: buff.ly/4W0OR4p
April 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our Folklore Reimagined season begins. In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Ronald Hutton FBA delves into England's witch trials and Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. Watch the full video on YouTube: buff.ly/4W0OR4p
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As our Folklore Reimagined season continues, Dr Cüneyt Çakırlar explores the postmillennial wave of djinn-themed horror in Turkish cinema –where Anatolian folklore, Turkic shamanism, and Islamic mythology collide in stories of black magic and demonic possession. buff.ly/OOZJk0E
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As our Folklore Reimagined season continues, Dr Cüneyt Çakırlar explores the postmillennial wave of djinn-themed horror in Turkish cinema –where Anatolian folklore, Turkic shamanism, and Islamic mythology collide in stories of black magic and demonic possession. buff.ly/OOZJk0E
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So excited for @stoffelalex.bsky.social 's book launch for Eros and Empire. Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e...
Find the book here:
www.sup.org/books/politi...
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Find the book here:
www.sup.org/books/politi...
Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the US
Join us for the inaugural UK book launch of Eros and Empire (Stanford University Press). This event is open to all.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So excited for @stoffelalex.bsky.social 's book launch for Eros and Empire. Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e...
Find the book here:
www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e...
Find the book here:
www.sup.org/books/politi...
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The call to abolish the family is back, sparking fierce debate on the left. As capitalism reshapes how we live and relate, Alex Stoffel asks if breaking free from the family’s grip can open the door to true liberation.
revsoc21.uk/2024/12/22/w...
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What’s left of the bourgeois family? On family abolition
rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
revsoc21.uk
December 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
The call to abolish the family is back, sparking fierce debate on the left. As capitalism reshapes how we live and relate, Alex Stoffel asks if breaking free from the family’s grip can open the door to true liberation.
revsoc21.uk/2024/12/22/w...
revsoc21.uk/2024/12/22/w...
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Find out about our new project, Base Women and Beyond. Inspired by Cynthia Enloe's pathbreaking work, we seek to revive and extend feminist approaches to the everyday politics of military and nuclear installations #AcademySky #PoliSky #IRSky #FeministSky centreforgender.substack.com/p/base-women...
Base Women and Beyond: a new project revives and extends feminist approaches to the everyday politics of military and nuclear installations
A collaboration led by Centre for Gender in Politics director, Dr Deiana and Dr Catherine Eschle, University of Strathclyde
centreforgender.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Find out about our new project, Base Women and Beyond. Inspired by Cynthia Enloe's pathbreaking work, we seek to revive and extend feminist approaches to the everyday politics of military and nuclear installations #AcademySky #PoliSky #IRSky #FeministSky centreforgender.substack.com/p/base-women...
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The recording of our “Environmental & Climate Justice Storytelling Thru Zines” event is up! Check it out for some fascinating and inspiring discussion! geoz.one/blog/storyte... #geosky @lbnaylor.bsky.social @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 2:40 PM
The recording of our “Environmental & Climate Justice Storytelling Thru Zines” event is up! Check it out for some fascinating and inspiring discussion! geoz.one/blog/storyte... #geosky @lbnaylor.bsky.social @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
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This is happening tomorrow! Check out the poster with info & Zoom link below!
The poster for “Contact Zones: A Masterclass in Continental Philosophy” is out!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/7402234640...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/7402234640...
December 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This is happening tomorrow! Check out the poster with info & Zoom link below!
can’t wait for this !!! ✨
🚨Publication alert!🚨 March 25, 2025: edited by @gentlemanjane.bsky.social & Soma Chaudhuri (eds.), the Witch Studies Reader. 30% discount on advance orders. It’s a great book from @dukepress.bsky.social, & I don’t just say that because I have a chapter in it on internet witchcraft…
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
can’t wait for this !!! ✨
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Meet the panelists for our upcoming "Environmental & Climate Justice Storytelling Through Zines" event (12/2 at 4pm Eastern)! Anne Pasek is a zine-maker who works on decarbonizing the uni and the internet! Register for free at bit.ly/4f40aRm @apasek.bsky.social #geosky
November 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Meet the panelists for our upcoming "Environmental & Climate Justice Storytelling Through Zines" event (12/2 at 4pm Eastern)! Anne Pasek is a zine-maker who works on decarbonizing the uni and the internet! Register for free at bit.ly/4f40aRm @apasek.bsky.social #geosky
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IMBRICATE! PRESS is the book imprint of the Society for the Study of Affect.
Due Date: 31 December 2024 (abstracts: 10 December 2024).
100-1500 words. Published 20 January 2025.
Every submission must use the words ‘capacities to’ (or some minor variation thereof) in its essay title.
Due Date: 31 December 2024 (abstracts: 10 December 2024).
100-1500 words. Published 20 January 2025.
Every submission must use the words ‘capacities to’ (or some minor variation thereof) in its essay title.
November 16, 2024 at 2:23 PM
IMBRICATE! PRESS is the book imprint of the Society for the Study of Affect.
Due Date: 31 December 2024 (abstracts: 10 December 2024).
100-1500 words. Published 20 January 2025.
Every submission must use the words ‘capacities to’ (or some minor variation thereof) in its essay title.
Due Date: 31 December 2024 (abstracts: 10 December 2024).
100-1500 words. Published 20 January 2025.
Every submission must use the words ‘capacities to’ (or some minor variation thereof) in its essay title.
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Spent this morning reading both issues of the Victorian Vegan.
Some fascinating insights into early veggie journals and culture in the first issue, even if it's a bit all over. Second issue is very good, more structured and some fascinating essays on the veggie communes and anarchist interactions.
Some fascinating insights into early veggie journals and culture in the first issue, even if it's a bit all over. Second issue is very good, more structured and some fascinating essays on the veggie communes and anarchist interactions.
November 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Spent this morning reading both issues of the Victorian Vegan.
Some fascinating insights into early veggie journals and culture in the first issue, even if it's a bit all over. Second issue is very good, more structured and some fascinating essays on the veggie communes and anarchist interactions.
Some fascinating insights into early veggie journals and culture in the first issue, even if it's a bit all over. Second issue is very good, more structured and some fascinating essays on the veggie communes and anarchist interactions.
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In "Prosthetic Memories," Hyaesin Yoon examines the entanglements of humans, animals, & technologies across South Korea & the US to outline alternate modes of memory & connection that can enact feminist & decolonial politics. Read the intro for free now:
ow.ly/QQGa50U7RYE
ow.ly/QQGa50U7RYE
November 15, 2024 at 2:26 PM
In "Prosthetic Memories," Hyaesin Yoon examines the entanglements of humans, animals, & technologies across South Korea & the US to outline alternate modes of memory & connection that can enact feminist & decolonial politics. Read the intro for free now:
ow.ly/QQGa50U7RYE
ow.ly/QQGa50U7RYE
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Lots going on in the world of #planthumanities this autumn... here are some events in London or online that have crossed my inbox:
21 November 2024 – 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi Mellegård (Kew) & Zoë Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/
21 November 2024 – 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi Mellegård (Kew) & Zoë Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/
November 15, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Lots going on in the world of #planthumanities this autumn... here are some events in London or online that have crossed my inbox:
21 November 2024 – 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi Mellegård (Kew) & Zoë Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/
21 November 2024 – 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi Mellegård (Kew) & Zoë Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/
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Re-posting this ICYMI. 12 articles and creative contributions on feminist methodologies and futures covering computer games, classrooms, disability, Black feminist speculative approaches, baking, websites, workshops, non-linear reading, multi-species flourishing, friction, patchwork ethnography +++
Double special issue of Australian Feminist Studies on Creating Feminist Futures: Research Methodologies for New Times now published! Most contributions are open access but feel free to email me if there's something you want to read but can't
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cafs20/3...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cafs20/3...
Australian Feminist Studies
All journal articles featured in Australian Feminist Studies vol 38 issue 115-116
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Re-posting this ICYMI. 12 articles and creative contributions on feminist methodologies and futures covering computer games, classrooms, disability, Black feminist speculative approaches, baking, websites, workshops, non-linear reading, multi-species flourishing, friction, patchwork ethnography +++
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Less than a month to go until our #ChristmasLecture! Book your tickets at the link below 👇👇
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Christmas Lecture | Finding Optimism at a time of Biodiversity Crisis
In the face of overwhelming evidence of ecological crisis, how best can biodiversity scientists stay positive and take action?
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November 13, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Less than a month to go until our #ChristmasLecture! Book your tickets at the link below 👇👇
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We are very pleased to announce a new Bloomsbury Academic series.
Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors
The series editors are Dawn Keetley, Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social and myself.
More information below.
Logo & illustrations by the fantastic Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social
Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors
The series editors are Dawn Keetley, Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social and myself.
More information below.
Logo & illustrations by the fantastic Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social
October 19, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We are very pleased to announce a new Bloomsbury Academic series.
Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors
The series editors are Dawn Keetley, Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social and myself.
More information below.
Logo & illustrations by the fantastic Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social
Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors
The series editors are Dawn Keetley, Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social and myself.
More information below.
Logo & illustrations by the fantastic Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social