Josep 🍉 Almudever Chanza
@josepchanza.bsky.social
Lecturer in Social Geographies, Newcastle University: religious innovation, gender, sexuality, ethnography, Europe's South. Poet. He/him. Posts my own.
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Queer and Trans Life: Anthropological Futures | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
So happy to see this published, and in such great company💞 My chapter 'Of Nails, Varnish and Kisses' explores how care of the human and non-human emerges through baroquely-informed community action. Thank you to the nurturing editors and my loved interlocutors.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Posocc...
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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
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Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
Still time to apply for this Postdoc opportunity at Newcastle Uni with a great team: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Postdoc RA in Military Supply Chains
Postdoc RA in Military Supply Chains
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Still time to apply for this Postdoc opportunity at Newcastle Uni with a great team: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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📢 New in The GJ! 📢
We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding.
All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding.
All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📢 New in The GJ! 📢
We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding.
All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding.
All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University.
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Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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June 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University.
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I am thrilled to share with you the organisation of the international workshop "Futures of Gender and Sexuality in Europe". As advances in equality and recognition face growing resistance this workshop brings together international researchers to reflect on these issues @nclpolitics.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I am thrilled to share with you the organisation of the international workshop "Futures of Gender and Sexuality in Europe". As advances in equality and recognition face growing resistance this workshop brings together international researchers to reflect on these issues @nclpolitics.bsky.social
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.
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Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle University compulsory job cut fears grow amid £4.2m savings shortfall
As industrial action continues, union bosses continue their plea with Newcastle University chiefs to reject any potential compulsory job losses
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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We've written an open letter to RGS/IBG re: Supreme Court ruling + EHRC update. If you're an academic geographer (broadly conceived) at any career stage anywhere in the world, please read, consider signing, and share (closes 1700 GMT 30 April) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter to RGS on Supreme Court and EHRC events April 2025
If you are an academic geographer (broadly conceived) of any career stage, To sign the open letter please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/AmjaJh37xLt4CMwx5. Your signature will be added manually....
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April 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We've written an open letter to RGS/IBG re: Supreme Court ruling + EHRC update. If you're an academic geographer (broadly conceived) at any career stage anywhere in the world, please read, consider signing, and share (closes 1700 GMT 30 April) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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all of a sudden, after a decade of research, this book is available to pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
Checkpoint 300
Tracing how a notorious checkpoint shapes power, resistance, and lives in Palestine Checkpoint 300, the highly securitized border facility between occupi...
www.upress.umn.edu
April 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
all of a sudden, after a decade of research, this book is available to pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’ -
photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
‘If I die, I want a loud death’ -
photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding
Why is the government and the news so indifferent to the meltdown happening in UK #HigherEd right now?
Our universities are the envy of the world. Yet we are at risk of losing a generation of academics and damaging the sector beyond repair.
Our universities are the envy of the world. Yet we are at risk of losing a generation of academics and damaging the sector beyond repair.
April 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
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Job at KCL geography - join us! - Lecturer in Geopolitics (permanent post) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112649-...
April 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Job at KCL geography - join us! - Lecturer in Geopolitics (permanent post) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112649-...
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Wonderful news! Edinburgh welcomes the Palestine Museum and I can't wait to visit. cc @edinburghminute.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Wonderful news! Edinburgh welcomes the Palestine Museum and I can't wait to visit. cc @edinburghminute.bsky.social
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Tuesday we’ll be out again. People keep telling us how angry and upset they are, how they don’t understand that there is ZERO movement, and wonder how much management even care. People are done, students are done, management need to stop these damaging cuts NOW.
March 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Tuesday we’ll be out again. People keep telling us how angry and upset they are, how they don’t understand that there is ZERO movement, and wonder how much management even care. People are done, students are done, management need to stop these damaging cuts NOW.
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His name is Hamdan Ballal and this type of violent retaliation is exactly what his Israeli co-director, Yuval Abraham, predicted in their Oscar acceptance speech
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
His name is Hamdan Ballal and this type of violent retaliation is exactly what his Israeli co-director, Yuval Abraham, predicted in their Oscar acceptance speech
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-...
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A mob of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian filmmaker and activist Hamdan Ballal just three weeks after he won an Oscar. Israeli soldiers then blocked the ambulance transporting Ballal after the attack and detained him. His current condition and location is unknown.
Israeli Settler Mob Attacks “No Other Land” Co-Director Hamdan Ballal
Israeli soldiers blocked the ambulance transporting Ballal after the attack and detained him.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A mob of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian filmmaker and activist Hamdan Ballal just three weeks after he won an Oscar. Israeli soldiers then blocked the ambulance transporting Ballal after the attack and detained him. His current condition and location is unknown.
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I wrote about #Karachi's flyover geographies — an ethnography of uneven flows, liminal inhabitations in road #interstices, and experiences of #walking bodies. Fully open access as part of a special issue @CogitatioUP here:
www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
October 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I wrote about #Karachi's flyover geographies — an ethnography of uneven flows, liminal inhabitations in road #interstices, and experiences of #walking bodies. Fully open access as part of a special issue @CogitatioUP here:
www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
A one-year lectureship in Political Geography @newcastleuni.bsky.social - check it out 💞
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Lecturer in Political Geography
Lecturer in Political Geography
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A one-year lectureship in Political Geography @newcastleuni.bsky.social - check it out 💞
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Jo ha sabiem!
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La jueza desmonta al Gobierno de Mazón: “Correspondía a las autoridades autonómicas alertar a la población”
La magistrada recrimina a los responsables del Consell la tardanza en el envío de la alerta, el retraso en la reunión del Cecopi, que recibieron avisos suficientes para conocer el alcance de las riada...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Jo ha sabiem!
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The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
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Shall be joining some amazing folks for this @newcastleucu.bsky.social ‘teach out’ on Wednesday 12th March at 1pm at the Newbridge Project. Join us!
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thenewbridgeproject.com/news/ucu-new...
UCU Newcastle Teach Out: Art, Education, and Inequality - The NewBridge Project
Please join us for this UCU teach-out event hosted by The Newbridge Project. We will be discussing the conditions of working life in art, culture, and education.
thenewbridgeproject.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Shall be joining some amazing folks for this @newcastleucu.bsky.social ‘teach out’ on Wednesday 12th March at 1pm at the Newbridge Project. Join us!
thenewbridgeproject.com/news/ucu-new...
thenewbridgeproject.com/news/ucu-new...
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New zine drop on geoz.one! "People, Ports, and Power, 02" shares people’s experiences & thoughts around inhabiting port territories – considered as critical zones between sea & land, whose destinies are increasingly dependent on transformations in global shipping.
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
New zine drop on geoz.one! "People, Ports, and Power, 02" shares people’s experiences & thoughts around inhabiting port territories – considered as critical zones between sea & land, whose destinies are increasingly dependent on transformations in global shipping.