Erdem Avşar
@erdemavsar.bsky.social
doctor of usefully useless things | utopias and crises, queer performance and politics, sociology of culture and media
teaches at @uofgsociology.bsky.social
affiliate artist & researcher @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
& @gu-mg.bsky.social
writer, translator
teaches at @uofgsociology.bsky.social
affiliate artist & researcher @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
& @gu-mg.bsky.social
writer, translator
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Special issue alert from @catherinehapper.bsky.social and Hayes Mabweazara!
Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) is also now on Bluesky! @gu-mg.bsky.social 👇🏼
Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) is also now on Bluesky! @gu-mg.bsky.social 👇🏼
New publication from GUMG members Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and @catherinehapper.bsky.social revisiting the Sociology of News (special issue) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2...
Journalism Studies
Rethinking the Sociology of News: Global Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives. Guest Editor: Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara & Catherine Happer. Volume 26, Issue 16 of Journalism Studies
www.tandfonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Special issue alert from @catherinehapper.bsky.social and Hayes Mabweazara!
Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) is also now on Bluesky! @gu-mg.bsky.social 👇🏼
Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) is also now on Bluesky! @gu-mg.bsky.social 👇🏼
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1/2 Check out Lluis de Nadal's new article on social media's role in the growing backlash against climate action.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Low-emissions, High Tensions: Social Media Groups and the Escalation of Climate Obstruction
Backlash against climate policy is rare, but it is growing as policies become more present in everyday life, and resistance is becoming more confrontational. In the UK, this includes property destr...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1/2 Check out Lluis de Nadal's new article on social media's role in the growing backlash against climate action.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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With the start of the latest round of the Ashes, Andy Smith reflects on the extent to which English cricket has become a game for the elite.
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
With the start of the latest round of the Ashes, Andy Smith reflects on the extent to which English cricket has become a game for the elite.
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
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What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6
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The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here
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it is the age of the crybully
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it is the age of the crybully
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If you are a @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff or student interested in intersex, non-binary and trans studies join us for our GLINTS launch event later this month on October 21st: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau... also enjoy this image of some our publications (books and zines!) from our stall.
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If you are a @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff or student interested in intersex, non-binary and trans studies join us for our GLINTS launch event later this month on October 21st: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau... also enjoy this image of some our publications (books and zines!) from our stall.
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2/ '...one that seeks to explore and celebrate the connection between our capacity to engage in critical resistance and our ability to experience pleasure and beauty'. From 'An Aesthetic of Blackness - Strange and Oppositional'.
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
2/ '...one that seeks to explore and celebrate the connection between our capacity to engage in critical resistance and our ability to experience pleasure and beauty'. From 'An Aesthetic of Blackness - Strange and Oppositional'.
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1/ Here, to close out the week, is a word from bell hooks, whose 73rd birthday would have fallen yesterday: 'I remain passionately committed to an aesthetic that focuses on the purpose and function of beauty, of artistry in everyday life, especially the lives of poor people...'
September 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
1/ Here, to close out the week, is a word from bell hooks, whose 73rd birthday would have fallen yesterday: 'I remain passionately committed to an aesthetic that focuses on the purpose and function of beauty, of artistry in everyday life, especially the lives of poor people...'
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If you are an academic based in the UK, please consider signing and circulating this letter. It's important. cc @ophiragamliel.bsky.social @cairsti.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
Academic Sign-On Letter: Support for Gazan Students with UK University Offers
This form is to collect signatures from academics at UK universities in support of an urgent open letter addressed to the UK government. The letter highlights the critical and ongoing barriers faced b...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you are an academic based in the UK, please consider signing and circulating this letter. It's important. cc @ophiragamliel.bsky.social @cairsti.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them."
www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...
Gaza student hoping for Glasgow PhD in urgent plea as family blocked from entering UK
A student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her…
www.thenational.scot
September 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them."
www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...
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"Italian labor unions led a massive 24-hour general strike on Monday to protest Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, with estimates of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallying in dozens of cities across Italy."
Italy's Unions Lead General Strike for Gaza | Common Dreams
"Meloni should take a stand with the facts against those who have slaughtered 20,000 children, rather than limiting herself to saying 'I do not agree,'" said one critic of Italy's right-wing prime min...
www.commondreams.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Italian labor unions led a massive 24-hour general strike on Monday to protest Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, with estimates of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallying in dozens of cities across Italy."
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Dawn
Today we inaugurate the Peace Bench, round the Peace Tree @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Reflections with and for the whole University Community - from the youngest in our Nursery to those serving the longest.
A yearning for peace in our heart, lives and universe.
@uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Today we inaugurate the Peace Bench, round the Peace Tree @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Reflections with and for the whole University Community - from the youngest in our Nursery to those serving the longest.
A yearning for peace in our heart, lives and universe.
@uofgunescorila.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Dawn
Today we inaugurate the Peace Bench, round the Peace Tree @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Reflections with and for the whole University Community - from the youngest in our Nursery to those serving the longest.
A yearning for peace in our heart, lives and universe.
@uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Today we inaugurate the Peace Bench, round the Peace Tree @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Reflections with and for the whole University Community - from the youngest in our Nursery to those serving the longest.
A yearning for peace in our heart, lives and universe.
@uofgunescorila.bsky.social
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Still time to register for our next #IdentitiesEvent!
'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers'
23 Sep, 1-2.30pm (Online)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers'
23 Sep, 1-2.30pm (Online)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
September 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Still time to register for our next #IdentitiesEvent!
'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers'
23 Sep, 1-2.30pm (Online)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers'
23 Sep, 1-2.30pm (Online)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
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Really touched by all the messages and comments from colleagues and friends who have read (or attended) our BERA plenary, also by the academics and academic associations choosing to share the text. 🙏🏾
#KeepTellingOfGaza
#AntiPalestinianRacism
@khawlabadwan.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social
#KeepTellingOfGaza
#AntiPalestinianRacism
@khawlabadwan.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social
Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure
Keynote presented at the BERA Conference, 10 September 2025, University of Sussex, by Alison Phipps, Khawla Badwan and Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes.
www.gla.ac.uk
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Really touched by all the messages and comments from colleagues and friends who have read (or attended) our BERA plenary, also by the academics and academic associations choosing to share the text. 🙏🏾
#KeepTellingOfGaza
#AntiPalestinianRacism
@khawlabadwan.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social
#KeepTellingOfGaza
#AntiPalestinianRacism
@khawlabadwan.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social
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Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇
Just City by the Med
Research network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts.
justcitymed.org
September 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇
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Perhaps I live closer to death than many, but I also live closer to life, real life, joyful moments and the things that at the end of the day really matter.
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
10 positive stories from my 30 years of working with refugees
IN the 30 years of working with refugees worldwide I’ve never once looked back. Whilst there are many things I’d love to change in the system I…
www.thenational.scot
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Perhaps I live closer to death than many, but I also live closer to life, real life, joyful moments and the things that at the end of the day really matter.
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
In Paris next week for @unesco.org's Digital Learning Week. I'm especially looking forward to conversations on the speculative and imaginative uses of AI. Grateful to @uofgunescorila.bsky.social for the opportunity to join as a delegate and affiliate artist-researcher! @uofgsociology.bsky.social
www.unesco.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In Paris next week for @unesco.org's Digital Learning Week. I'm especially looking forward to conversations on the speculative and imaginative uses of AI. Grateful to @uofgunescorila.bsky.social for the opportunity to join as a delegate and affiliate artist-researcher! @uofgsociology.bsky.social
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Here's something a bit special and a bit different - with thanks to @awtsn.bsky.social for facilitating these exciting engagements, and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social, @academicdiary.bsky.social, @kenglish.bsky.social, @erdemavsar.bsky.social, @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social and more...
Would you like to read a special @uofgsociology.bsky.social edition of the So Fi Zine wonderfully curated by @awtsn.bsky.social and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social @academicdiary.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social and more (& me)?
Thought so:
sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Thought so:
sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Edition #17
OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…
sofizine.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here's something a bit special and a bit different - with thanks to @awtsn.bsky.social for facilitating these exciting engagements, and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social, @academicdiary.bsky.social, @kenglish.bsky.social, @erdemavsar.bsky.social, @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social and more...
The new special edition of So Fi Zine is live! A beautiful collection of sociological fiction - HUGE thanks to the legend that is Ash @awtsn.bsky.social for making this possible and including my piece, and to everyone involved.
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Edition #17
OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…
sofizine.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The new special edition of So Fi Zine is live! A beautiful collection of sociological fiction - HUGE thanks to the legend that is Ash @awtsn.bsky.social for making this possible and including my piece, and to everyone involved.
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
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Just City by the Med brings together researchers interested in investigating social injustice and inequality in a contemporary urban context; and exploring actions, approaches, and pathways towards just urban futures, specifically within the fast-evolving context of the Mediterranean.
July 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just City by the Med brings together researchers interested in investigating social injustice and inequality in a contemporary urban context; and exploring actions, approaches, and pathways towards just urban futures, specifically within the fast-evolving context of the Mediterranean.