Josh Platzky Miller
joshplatzkymiller.bsky.social
Josh Platzky Miller
@joshplatzkymiller.bsky.social
Questioning 'Western Philosophy' • Politics of Knowledge • Social Movements • African & Latin American Political Thought
Teaching @University of the Witwatersrand (Wits, 🇿🇦), previously @UFS, @UKZN and @Cambridge. Views own-ish, anattā-dependent.
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We've got a brand new poster for our upcoming #DRLAnniversaryConference!

You can now find the full line-up on our website, as well as the registration form. The event will be hybrid, at the University of Manchester, and online!
April 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New Publication: Thinking about how the 2015-16 South African student movements ( #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall), travelled from 🇿🇦 elsewhere in the Global South and Global North (looking at Ghana🇬🇭, Malawi🇲🇼, Senegal🇸🇳, UK🇬🇧, US🇺🇸, Netherlands🇳🇱) doi.org/10.1080/0143... #SocialMovements #Transnational
‘Must Fall’ movements globally: transnational flows of South African student activism
This article demonstrates an important case of transnational activist influence from the Global South to both Global North and other Global South contexts. While protests, slogans, strategies and d...
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM
New Publication: Comparing 🇧🇷 and 🇿🇦 student movements, and thinking about where, how, when and why movements connect across the Global South - and why they don't doi.org/10.1080/2152... #SocialMovements #WorldSystems #StudentMovements
Comparing the South African and Brazilian student uprisings (2015–2016): Similarities, Circulations, and Distance
South Africa and Brazil are notorious for having some of the highest levels of (racialised) inequality on the planet, and dysfunctional education systems failing millions in their aspirations for a...
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December 2, 2024 at 1:47 PM
It is likely that I will not use bsky much. If you're interested in what I have to say, why not take a look at things I put quite a bit of work into over here: scholar.google.com/citations?hl...
Josh Platzky Miller
‪University of the Free State, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Cambridge‬ - ‪‪Cited by 61‬‬ - ‪Social Movements‬ - ‪Knowledge Production‬ - ‪Education‬ - ‪History ...
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October 30, 2023 at 2:49 PM