Amy Walker
@awalkergeogs.bsky.social
Geographer, Post-doc Researcher and Lecturer at MLU, Halle, Germany & at EU Centre for Just Transitions
Researching (post)industrial/'left-behind' places + (un)just transitions + ethnography | ⚽️ WBA fan | rageful, especially about transphobia | she/they
Researching (post)industrial/'left-behind' places + (un)just transitions + ethnography | ⚽️ WBA fan | rageful, especially about transphobia | she/they
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Amy Walker
@awalkergeogs.bsky.social
· May 7
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New paper out! 📄💥
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
New paper out! 📄💥
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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May 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New paper out! 📄💥
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
Loved working with Kate Moles and Jürgen Viet Ahn Höpfel on this —thinking through how UK austerity co-opted the nostalgia + resilience of ex-mining communities to justify neoliberalism.
Out now in Memory Studies' special issue on Communities + Change: tinyurl.com/bdft66fj
Reposted by Amy Walker
I’m a professor who failed most of his A-levels. My life was changed by an admissions tutor who looked past a teenage crisis and gave me a chance. Cardiff’s bid for “better quality students” is disgustingly elitist. Our students are outstanding people who deserve respect.
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
voice.cymru
February 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m a professor who failed most of his A-levels. My life was changed by an admissions tutor who looked past a teenage crisis and gave me a chance. Cardiff’s bid for “better quality students” is disgustingly elitist. Our students are outstanding people who deserve respect.