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Today I started a new HE adventure. We had our first session on my new MA module about peasant movements in Latin America and the Caribbean in the twentieth century. We will be studying revolutions, agrarian reform, the MST, ANUC, La Via Campesina, Afropeasantry, agroecology. It is very exciting 😁
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Decolonisation and knowledges of decolonisation produced outside academia supersede the fraction of knowledge pooled in by academia on the topic. This realisation, not a hindrance in the labour of epistemic decolonisation, invites us to engage other formations of knowledge.
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Decolonisation and knowledges of decolonisation produced outside academia supersede the fraction of knowledge pooled in by academia on the topic. This realisation, not a hindrance in the labour of epistemic decolonisation, invites us to engage other formations of knowledge.
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Yay! After a turbulent rollercoaster of emotions these past days, this image brings me joy. It's finally where it should be -- orientations!
Order it for your library, read it, cite from it, critique it ...
Order it for your library, read it, cite from it, critique it ...
October 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Yay! After a turbulent rollercoaster of emotions these past days, this image brings me joy. It's finally where it should be -- orientations!
Order it for your library, read it, cite from it, critique it ...
Order it for your library, read it, cite from it, critique it ...
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One of the tragedies of humanity, I argue here, is that people wrongly think that equality means sameness, and so people do not want or seek equality for those who are not the same as them. When being human has always been enough.
folukeafrica.com/difference-e...
folukeafrica.com/difference-e...
Difference, Equality and Creating the ‘Other’
and why general statements of equality entrench inequality.
folukeafrica.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
One of the tragedies of humanity, I argue here, is that people wrongly think that equality means sameness, and so people do not want or seek equality for those who are not the same as them. When being human has always been enough.
folukeafrica.com/difference-e...
folukeafrica.com/difference-e...
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1/6 Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson and other white supremacist fanatics deflect attention from commercialised European trans-Atlantic slavery. They create false equivalences with various systems of largely domestic slavery operated over varying timescales by states that were Muslim.
July 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
1/6 Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson and other white supremacist fanatics deflect attention from commercialised European trans-Atlantic slavery. They create false equivalences with various systems of largely domestic slavery operated over varying timescales by states that were Muslim.
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Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce ‘safe and legal routes’. They argue that this is the only way to reduce demand for unsafe Channel crossings ✍️Gillian McFadyen, Aberystwyth University
Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route?
Gillian McFadyen, Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University Since figures were first recorded in 2018, more than 170,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats, hoping to…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce ‘safe and legal routes’. They argue that this is the only way to reduce demand for unsafe Channel crossings ✍️Gillian McFadyen, Aberystwyth University
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📢Speaker Announcement: Beatrice Ifie
🧾Workshop: Delivering Impact on African Crops
Dr Beatrice Elohor Ifie is a Senior Research Fellow in Plant Breeding at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales. Learn more here: buff.ly/sFFQC8y
🧾Workshop: Delivering Impact on African Crops
Dr Beatrice Elohor Ifie is a Senior Research Fellow in Plant Breeding at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales. Learn more here: buff.ly/sFFQC8y
July 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📢Speaker Announcement: Beatrice Ifie
🧾Workshop: Delivering Impact on African Crops
Dr Beatrice Elohor Ifie is a Senior Research Fellow in Plant Breeding at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales. Learn more here: buff.ly/sFFQC8y
🧾Workshop: Delivering Impact on African Crops
Dr Beatrice Elohor Ifie is a Senior Research Fellow in Plant Breeding at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales. Learn more here: buff.ly/sFFQC8y
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This Saturday, Aberystwyth will draw a 'Red Line' against Israel's genocide
Hundreds of people from across Wales will gather in Aberystwyth on Saturday 26 July to hold a 500-metre 'Red Line' for Palestine
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Hundreds of people from across Wales will gather in Aberystwyth on Saturday 26 July to hold a 500-metre 'Red Line' for Palestine
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
This Saturday, Aberystwyth will draw a 'Red Line' against Israel's genocide
Hundreds of people from across Wales will gather in Aberystwyth on Saturday 26 July to hold a 500-metre 'Red Line' for Palestine
www.thecanary.co
July 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This Saturday, Aberystwyth will draw a 'Red Line' against Israel's genocide
Hundreds of people from across Wales will gather in Aberystwyth on Saturday 26 July to hold a 500-metre 'Red Line' for Palestine
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Hundreds of people from across Wales will gather in Aberystwyth on Saturday 26 July to hold a 500-metre 'Red Line' for Palestine
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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For anyone who wants to see more research on the English countryside’s relationship with colonialism, there’s this on Capability Brown’s landscape gardens: alanlester.co.uk/blog/capabil...
July 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For anyone who wants to see more research on the English countryside’s relationship with colonialism, there’s this on Capability Brown’s landscape gardens: alanlester.co.uk/blog/capabil...
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#Amazon by numbers: Americas Quarterly maps the Pan-Amazon region and tracks key indicators on the Brazilian Amazon and #Belém, host of the November #COP30 summit
www.americasquarterly.org/article/amaz...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/amaz...
The Amazon by the Numbers
AQ maps the Pan-Amazon region and tracks key indicators on the Brazilian Amazon and Belém, host of the November COP30 summit.
www.americasquarterly.org
July 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#Amazon by numbers: Americas Quarterly maps the Pan-Amazon region and tracks key indicators on the Brazilian Amazon and #Belém, host of the November #COP30 summit
www.americasquarterly.org/article/amaz...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/amaz...
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We visited Combu island in August during our CAMAMAZON project workshop. Through our 'forest experience' we harvested and feasted on fresh açai and cooled down in the river afterwards - it most definitely offers a living lesson
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/risi...
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/risi...
Rising heat and falling yields plague an Amazon island near COP30 host
A short boat ride from Belém, an Amazon island offers a living lesson of the climate crisis that leaders will debate.
news.mongabay.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We visited Combu island in August during our CAMAMAZON project workshop. Through our 'forest experience' we harvested and feasted on fresh açai and cooled down in the river afterwards - it most definitely offers a living lesson
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/risi...
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/risi...
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I wrote this short piece on joy in response to constantly feeling that each morning should come with a trigger warning.
"Each morning testifies that I have not been given over to darkness.
Each morning says, “Try again.”
Each morning is courage.
Each morning is joy."
folukeafrica.com/joy/
"Each morning testifies that I have not been given over to darkness.
Each morning says, “Try again.”
Each morning is courage.
Each morning is joy."
folukeafrica.com/joy/
Joy!
Joy looks at impossibility in the face and commands it to back down.
folukeafrica.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I wrote this short piece on joy in response to constantly feeling that each morning should come with a trigger warning.
"Each morning testifies that I have not been given over to darkness.
Each morning says, “Try again.”
Each morning is courage.
Each morning is joy."
folukeafrica.com/joy/
"Each morning testifies that I have not been given over to darkness.
Each morning says, “Try again.”
Each morning is courage.
Each morning is joy."
folukeafrica.com/joy/
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#COP30 #Brazil #Presidency includes issue of information integrity in the COP Action Agenda for first time
earth.org/cop30-presid...
earth.org/cop30-presid...
COP30 Launches Call to Combat Climate Disinformation
In the face of rampant climate denialism and disinformation, the COP30 presidency is crowdsourcing concrete solutions to address them.
earth.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#COP30 #Brazil #Presidency includes issue of information integrity in the COP Action Agenda for first time
earth.org/cop30-presid...
earth.org/cop30-presid...
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Can the threat of Chinese positioning bring the US back into #COP30 negotiations?
www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
The U.S. Can’t Afford to Sit Out Brazil’s Climate Summit
The global gathering presents the White House with an opportunity to enhance its leadership in the Western Hemisphere, writes AS/COA's CEO.
www.americasquarterly.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Can the threat of Chinese positioning bring the US back into #COP30 negotiations?
www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
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Darlings, the first time I'm seeing it in print. Thank you to @dr-di.bsky.social for the photo. Have so many feels. Still awaiting mine.
Please share pics when you receive yours. And, request your libraries to order it.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
Onwards comrades.
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...
Please share pics when you receive yours. And, request your libraries to order it.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
Onwards comrades.
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...
July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Darlings, the first time I'm seeing it in print. Thank you to @dr-di.bsky.social for the photo. Have so many feels. Still awaiting mine.
Please share pics when you receive yours. And, request your libraries to order it.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
Onwards comrades.
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...
Please share pics when you receive yours. And, request your libraries to order it.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
Onwards comrades.
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...
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Rural communities across Wales are invited to apply for a new £20,000 grant to explore ideas that could help shape a better future for their area.
🖱️ tinyurl.com/3xjb92rf
@lpipruralwales.bsky.social
🖱️ tinyurl.com/3xjb92rf
@lpipruralwales.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Rural communities across Wales are invited to apply for a new £20,000 grant to explore ideas that could help shape a better future for their area.
🖱️ tinyurl.com/3xjb92rf
@lpipruralwales.bsky.social
🖱️ tinyurl.com/3xjb92rf
@lpipruralwales.bsky.social
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🎉 Huge congratulations to our student Holly Abbott on winning the Young Wellbeing Advocate award for her mental health work.
More: tinyl.co/3TYx
@llangollen1947.bsky.social
More: tinyl.co/3TYx
@llangollen1947.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to our student Holly Abbott on winning the Young Wellbeing Advocate award for her mental health work.
More: tinyl.co/3TYx
@llangollen1947.bsky.social
More: tinyl.co/3TYx
@llangollen1947.bsky.social
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✍️ Writing for The Conversation, Dr Jenny Mathers from the Department of International Politics discusses why negotiations for peace in Ukraine are struggling to get off the ground, despite numerous meetings between US and Russian officials.
@interpolaber.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social
@interpolaber.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social
Why is Donald Trump failing to bring peace to Ukraine like he promised?
Negotiations for peace in Ukraine are struggling to get off the ground, despite numerous meetings between US and Russian officials.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
✍️ Writing for The Conversation, Dr Jenny Mathers from the Department of International Politics discusses why negotiations for peace in Ukraine are struggling to get off the ground, despite numerous meetings between US and Russian officials.
@interpolaber.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social
@interpolaber.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social
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3. 40% of immigrants were ‘not working’ because 680,000 of them (2022) were international students paying between £10K and £70K pa to be here and subsidising UK students.
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
3. 40% of immigrants were ‘not working’ because 680,000 of them (2022) were international students paying between £10K and £70K pa to be here and subsidising UK students.
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2. An immigrant is more likely to get you a doctor’s appointment than to deny you one. Foreign nationals account for 16% of the population and 20% of GPs.
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
2. An immigrant is more likely to get you a doctor’s appointment than to deny you one. Foreign nationals account for 16% of the population and 20% of GPs.
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Reform UK’s election broadcast focused solely on immigration misleads in 3 key ways:
1. Small boat crossings are not a significant contribution to immigration. They account for a third of all asylum claims, which account for 7% of immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
1. Small boat crossings are not a significant contribution to immigration. They account for a third of all asylum claims, which account for 7% of immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Party Election Broadcasts: Reform UK
A party election broadcast by Reform UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Reform UK’s election broadcast focused solely on immigration misleads in 3 key ways:
1. Small boat crossings are not a significant contribution to immigration. They account for a third of all asylum claims, which account for 7% of immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
1. Small boat crossings are not a significant contribution to immigration. They account for a third of all asylum claims, which account for 7% of immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Amazonía: estamos presenciando el colapso social y ecológico de la Amazonía.
Para enfrentarlo no podemos repetir acciones (que han fallado por años).
Se requiere un cambio radical en las alternativas.
Es el tema de mi libro, que ahora se presenta en Lima / Perú.
cooperaccion.org.pe/la-amazonia-...
Para enfrentarlo no podemos repetir acciones (que han fallado por años).
Se requiere un cambio radical en las alternativas.
Es el tema de mi libro, que ahora se presenta en Lima / Perú.
cooperaccion.org.pe/la-amazonia-...
April 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Amazonía: estamos presenciando el colapso social y ecológico de la Amazonía.
Para enfrentarlo no podemos repetir acciones (que han fallado por años).
Se requiere un cambio radical en las alternativas.
Es el tema de mi libro, que ahora se presenta en Lima / Perú.
cooperaccion.org.pe/la-amazonia-...
Para enfrentarlo no podemos repetir acciones (que han fallado por años).
Se requiere un cambio radical en las alternativas.
Es el tema de mi libro, que ahora se presenta en Lima / Perú.
cooperaccion.org.pe/la-amazonia-...
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The CAMAMAZON project is live - Centring Climate Agreement-Making in and from the Amazon.
Check out our website and blog: camamazon.aber.ac.uk
Follow our updates @camamazon.bsky.social and @camamazon on Instagram
Check out our website and blog: camamazon.aber.ac.uk
Follow our updates @camamazon.bsky.social and @camamazon on Instagram
CAMAMAZON – Centring Climate Agreement-Making in and from the Amazon
camamazon.aber.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The CAMAMAZON project is live - Centring Climate Agreement-Making in and from the Amazon.
Check out our website and blog: camamazon.aber.ac.uk
Follow our updates @camamazon.bsky.social and @camamazon on Instagram
Check out our website and blog: camamazon.aber.ac.uk
Follow our updates @camamazon.bsky.social and @camamazon on Instagram
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Eminent Welsh historian, the late Prof Geraint H Jenkins, has been honoured by the Coleg Cymraeg at its annual gathering in Aberystwyth, and Emeritus Prof Eleri Pryse received an honorary fellowship for lifelong contribution to Welsh language higher education.
Full story: 🖱️ tinyurl.com/bdrjad4f
Full story: 🖱️ tinyurl.com/bdrjad4f
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Eminent Welsh historian, the late Prof Geraint H Jenkins, has been honoured by the Coleg Cymraeg at its annual gathering in Aberystwyth, and Emeritus Prof Eleri Pryse received an honorary fellowship for lifelong contribution to Welsh language higher education.
Full story: 🖱️ tinyurl.com/bdrjad4f
Full story: 🖱️ tinyurl.com/bdrjad4f