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Birgan Gokmenoglu
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Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University | PhD
@lsesociology.bsky.social | Researching time and temporality, grassroots politics, social transformation | she/her
oh right. see you soon =)
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thanks, Fadia. Hope you're doing well.
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you, Nerea, that's great to hear!
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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
🧵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
🧵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
🧵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
🧵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
🧵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.

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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵Lesley Wood writes on #Temporal #Conflict and Challenging the #Police through an analysis of fieldnotes of protests in Toronto and NYC, govt and police docs, and media coverage. She argues that temporal properties shape contention and strategic decisions.

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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧵In our short Introduction, we emphasise the collective nature of temporal agency & time's relation to #power, #inequalities, and #social #change. For a brief thematic summary of the issue and the contributions, find our intro here:

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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Have a look at the articles in the SI, maybe there's something in there for you!
February 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Naked fieldnotes by elliott & wolf-meyer!
February 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM