Giulia Champion
@giuliachampion.bsky.social
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Research fellow exploring deep-sea mining, seabed heritage, energy transition, kelp, safe sea swimming... just to spend my time by, in and thinking about the ocean.
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/629gxd/doctor-giulia-champion
Research fellow exploring deep-sea mining, seabed heritage, energy transition, kelp, safe sea swimming... just to spend my time by, in and thinking about the ocean.
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/629gxd/doctor-giulia-champion
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This is a poem and piece I wrote reflecting on what the photo "Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution" tells us about how women in resistance movements have always been integral to freedom and drawn strength from those fighting similar battles across time and space.
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Freedom Takes Forever, Freedom Takes Together
‘Freedom is a Constant Struggle’
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October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is a poem and piece I wrote reflecting on what the photo "Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution" tells us about how women in resistance movements have always been integral to freedom and drawn strength from those fighting similar battles across time and space.
folukeafrica.com/freedom-take...
folukeafrica.com/freedom-take...
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My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
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This reminds me of when many newspapers—for some reason—would describe outright racist episodes as "racially tinged." It is as if they are describing interior decor or wine.
"Sounds like the racist bouquet on this is a bit horrible with a texture of hatred and an aftertaste of dread."
"Sounds like the racist bouquet on this is a bit horrible with a texture of hatred and an aftertaste of dread."
Describing an tsunami of racism as an “undercurrent” is definitely a choice.
This headline actually makes it harder to understand what the segregationists are doing. Their is nothing subtle about attempting to destroy civil rights protections.
This headline actually makes it harder to understand what the segregationists are doing. Their is nothing subtle about attempting to destroy civil rights protections.
February 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This reminds me of when many newspapers—for some reason—would describe outright racist episodes as "racially tinged." It is as if they are describing interior decor or wine.
"Sounds like the racist bouquet on this is a bit horrible with a texture of hatred and an aftertaste of dread."
"Sounds like the racist bouquet on this is a bit horrible with a texture of hatred and an aftertaste of dread."
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Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
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Here I explain my scepticism about Black History Month in UKHE: a "celebration" of Black "culture" with no entrenched study of African history, a marking of Black trauma/experience, that often sees no intellectual value in engaging with Black/Africana scholarship.
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Black History, Knowledge, Memory & Future I
Getting to African Futures by Revisiting African Pasts
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October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here I explain my scepticism about Black History Month in UKHE: a "celebration" of Black "culture" with no entrenched study of African history, a marking of Black trauma/experience, that often sees no intellectual value in engaging with Black/Africana scholarship.
folukeafrica.com/history-know...
folukeafrica.com/history-know...
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The largest number of perpetrators of sexual violence in the UK are white men. Any attempt to place blame squarely on racialised groups is not only racist, but it also obscures the systemic problem of men’s violence against women (within homes, which is the most dangerous place for women).
“The majority of child sexual abuse gangs are made up of white men under the age of 30 … there was not enough evidence to conclude that child sexual abuse gangs were disproportionately made up of Asian offenders.”
Sexual violence isn’t a “migration issue” — it’s a systemic issue across communities.
Sexual violence isn’t a “migration issue” — it’s a systemic issue across communities.
Most child sexual abuse gangs made up of white men, Home Office report says
Study of England, Scotland and Wales dispels myth of ‘Asian grooming gangs’ popularised by far right
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The largest number of perpetrators of sexual violence in the UK are white men. Any attempt to place blame squarely on racialised groups is not only racist, but it also obscures the systemic problem of men’s violence against women (within homes, which is the most dangerous place for women).
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✨ Please consider joining the 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 & 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩’s upcoming discussion of Shalanda Baker's book 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2021) online on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 24𝐭𝐡 at 14:00 CET. ✨
#energysystems #energiewende #energytransition
#energysystems #energiewende #energytransition
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
✨ Please consider joining the 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 & 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩’s upcoming discussion of Shalanda Baker's book 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2021) online on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 24𝐭𝐡 at 14:00 CET. ✨
#energysystems #energiewende #energytransition
#energysystems #energiewende #energytransition
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The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
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This is an essay, a reading list and a poem on why I think Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and Decolonisation can be insightful tools for realising visions of flourishing future worlds for all.
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Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and Decolonisation: A reading list
Knowledge will be the first frontier of our freedom.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is an essay, a reading list and a poem on why I think Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and Decolonisation can be insightful tools for realising visions of flourishing future worlds for all.
folukeafrica.com/pan-africani...
folukeafrica.com/pan-africani...
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'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...
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I’ll be sharing some #envhum insights from *A Cold Colonialism* in a @greenhouseuis.net book talk next Monday, September 8th at 7 am PT / 10 am ET / 4 pm CET. Please join us! ❄️
Click below for more info, including the Zoom link ⬇️ #envhist #cdnhist
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Click below for more info, including the Zoom link ⬇️ #envhist #cdnhist
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Online book talk: Adcock, Cold Colonialism – The Greenhouse
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September 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’ll be sharing some #envhum insights from *A Cold Colonialism* in a @greenhouseuis.net book talk next Monday, September 8th at 7 am PT / 10 am ET / 4 pm CET. Please join us! ❄️
Click below for more info, including the Zoom link ⬇️ #envhist #cdnhist
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Click below for more info, including the Zoom link ⬇️ #envhist #cdnhist
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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Six weeks from publication! Forgive a little book promo. I’ve got some talks lined up this autumn if you want to hear more about Electric Wind. Feel free to message me for more details.
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Six weeks from publication! Forgive a little book promo. I’ve got some talks lined up this autumn if you want to hear more about Electric Wind. Feel free to message me for more details.
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Members, pls join us for the 6th of our Spring 2025 #waterstudies #envhum Reading Group Series! Topic #Media Infrastructures & the #Ocean Sept 4 | 12pm-1pm GMT Register:tinyurl.com/estuarysept4 or scan the QR code. An ECR but not yet a member? Join us-it's free! www.estuary-harbour.com #academicsky
August 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Members, pls join us for the 6th of our Spring 2025 #waterstudies #envhum Reading Group Series! Topic #Media Infrastructures & the #Ocean Sept 4 | 12pm-1pm GMT Register:tinyurl.com/estuarysept4 or scan the QR code. An ECR but not yet a member? Join us-it's free! www.estuary-harbour.com #academicsky
Join our first hybrid talk for 25-26 as part of the SMMI Ocean Justice SIG by @josiegoldman.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au on #nuclearmemory in the #pacific. Register on QR code for ms team or join us in the room in person
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
The Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI) Ocean Justice SIG is hosting a hybrid event: ‘Sounding Mā’ohi memories through podcast: Spiralling towards Mā’ohi #climate change futures in “Nu/clear stories” (2023-) ft our very own Dr Josephine Goldman tinyurl.com/simmijgsept9 #academicsky
August 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join our first hybrid talk for 25-26 as part of the SMMI Ocean Justice SIG by @josiegoldman.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au on #nuclearmemory in the #pacific. Register on QR code for ms team or join us in the room in person
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
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Happening today at #RGSIBG2025 📢
Publishing research on development, planning & policy in the global South?
Meet Dr Daniel Hammett, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, to discuss your work.
📅 13:10–14:25 BST
📍 Muirhead 118
@rgsibg.bsky.social @hamstertowers.bsky.social
Publishing research on development, planning & policy in the global South?
Meet Dr Daniel Hammett, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, to discuss your work.
📅 13:10–14:25 BST
📍 Muirhead 118
@rgsibg.bsky.social @hamstertowers.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Happening today at #RGSIBG2025 📢
Publishing research on development, planning & policy in the global South?
Meet Dr Daniel Hammett, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, to discuss your work.
📅 13:10–14:25 BST
📍 Muirhead 118
@rgsibg.bsky.social @hamstertowers.bsky.social
Publishing research on development, planning & policy in the global South?
Meet Dr Daniel Hammett, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, to discuss your work.
📅 13:10–14:25 BST
📍 Muirhead 118
@rgsibg.bsky.social @hamstertowers.bsky.social
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Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025.
Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene
Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester.
Call for Papers
blogs.manchester.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025.
Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
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400 signatures and counting!!!
Please help. Please sign. I work on a part-time degree for mature students to study for a BA in English Literature & Community Engagement. Its direct access and designed for those who didn't or couldn't go to Uni at 18. Bristol plan to close it. We want to save it.
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Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol
19 August 2025
Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor)
cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students)
The School of Humanities has ...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
400 signatures and counting!!!
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
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I once gave a talk at Bristol Museum about the Benin Bronzes. Many of the questions afterwards sounded like:
"But if we give them back, what will we look at?"
I had an answer to that but did not use it. It was a Sunday, so a no-violence day for me. Here is the talk:
folukeafrica.com/museum-talk-...
"But if we give them back, what will we look at?"
I had an answer to that but did not use it. It was a Sunday, so a no-violence day for me. Here is the talk:
folukeafrica.com/museum-talk-...
Museum Talk: Benin Bronzes – a controversial past and present.
The story of an ‘expedition’ that destroyed a civilisation, killed thousands and looted billions.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I once gave a talk at Bristol Museum about the Benin Bronzes. Many of the questions afterwards sounded like:
"But if we give them back, what will we look at?"
I had an answer to that but did not use it. It was a Sunday, so a no-violence day for me. Here is the talk:
folukeafrica.com/museum-talk-...
"But if we give them back, what will we look at?"
I had an answer to that but did not use it. It was a Sunday, so a no-violence day for me. Here is the talk:
folukeafrica.com/museum-talk-...
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"academia (is) a competitive, ultra high-pressure, deadline-heavy environment that sometimes seems more aimed at perpetuating itself than at any kind of scientific improvement." Ali Hazelwood
August 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"academia (is) a competitive, ultra high-pressure, deadline-heavy environment that sometimes seems more aimed at perpetuating itself than at any kind of scientific improvement." Ali Hazelwood
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August 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh
Postdoctoral Researcher on Aquatic Science and Technology Studies and More-than-human relations
Postdoctoral Researcher on Aquatic Science and Technology Studies and More-than-human relations
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July 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh
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"Now 55, [Jonathan] is the eldest son in the fourth generation of the mining dynasty that began with Ernest Oppenheimer in the early 1900s. The family is worth $10.4-billion, according to Forbes. Almost all of that money was made from gold and diamonds dug from beneath southern African soil."
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 207 of The Continent.
One of Africa’s richest men tried to shape politics on the continent through his Brenthurst Foundation — using extreme luxury to charm and influence. Last month, it suddenly shut down. What happened?
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TC_207
Welcome to Issue 207 of The Continent.
One of Africa’s richest men tried to shape politics on the continent through his Brenthurst Foundation — using extreme luxury to charm and influence. Last month, it suddenly shut down. What happened?
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TC_207
August 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Now 55, [Jonathan] is the eldest son in the fourth generation of the mining dynasty that began with Ernest Oppenheimer in the early 1900s. The family is worth $10.4-billion, according to Forbes. Almost all of that money was made from gold and diamonds dug from beneath southern African soil."
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It is good that universities in the Global North assess what they GAIN from an empire of blood. However, in this poetic reflection, I suggest that this accounting often means that we don't notice what has been and is still being LOST, which in many ways is far more.
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The Middle Passage: or what we lost to the waters
A lament
folukeafrica.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It is good that universities in the Global North assess what they GAIN from an empire of blood. However, in this poetic reflection, I suggest that this accounting often means that we don't notice what has been and is still being LOST, which in many ways is far more.
folukeafrica.com/the-middle-p...
folukeafrica.com/the-middle-p...