Murray Lee
@muzmarinator.bsky.social
Prof in criminology at Uni Sydney researching the criminalisation of music, eco protest, perceptions of crime. Songwriter / musician.
The ARC Funded Policing Australian Popular Music project is seeking a PhD researcher to be based at the University of Sydney. While the successful candidate will be part of the project team, you will get to develop your own discrete related project.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
March 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The ARC Funded Policing Australian Popular Music project is seeking a PhD researcher to be based at the University of Sydney. While the successful candidate will be part of the project team, you will get to develop your own discrete related project.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
In this article coauthors Harry Wynter, @aakallio.bsky.social , Toby Martin and @profjiojiravulo.bsky.social & I explore the policing of drill music through FOI and placing it in the context of historical colonial practices that constructed some music as a threat.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The dangerisation of drill music in Western Sydney: cultural signifiers, pre-crime policing and the decline of the presumption of innocence
Despite Australian legal systems being underpinned by a presumption of innocence that reserves punishment for individuals found guilty of committing crimes, laws such as the Crimes (Criminal Organi...
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February 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In this article coauthors Harry Wynter, @aakallio.bsky.social , Toby Martin and @profjiojiravulo.bsky.social & I explore the policing of drill music through FOI and placing it in the context of historical colonial practices that constructed some music as a threat.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What a gross waste of resources that this case even saw a courtroom, let alone a jury trial.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Sam Kerr's not guilty verdict boiled down to three things
The jury was left with just three things to consider after a week-long trial that spent hours examining a 34-minute police video and the hours that led to the words "stupid and white".
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What a gross waste of resources that this case even saw a courtroom, let alone a jury trial.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Reposted by Murray Lee
Reading this gives me some ease (and hope and determination) after the chaos of the last few weeks. #contentioussky #AcademicSky
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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Reading this gives me some ease (and hope and determination) after the chaos of the last few weeks. #contentioussky #AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New article co-authored with Chloe Keel out today in Gender, Place and Culture. Explores the gendered dynamics of perceived risk of crime victimisation.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YVXKZ...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YVXKZ...
Local gendered dynamics: a study of perceptions of risk in Australian high crime communities
Perceptions of risk and safety are tied to local community dynamics, and these have implications for both women’s and men’s perceptions of risk. This paper draws on 8 community focus groups of 56 p...
www.tandfonline.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New article co-authored with Chloe Keel out today in Gender, Place and Culture. Explores the gendered dynamics of perceived risk of crime victimisation.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YVXKZ...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YVXKZ...
Been reading this Brian Eno bio of late. Musically, sonically and intellectually inspiring - though he had his foibles of course. Bio is beautifully written. #brianeno #popularmusic
February 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Been reading this Brian Eno bio of late. Musically, sonically and intellectually inspiring - though he had his foibles of course. Bio is beautifully written. #brianeno #popularmusic
trying this platform. By X, hello bsky
November 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
trying this platform. By X, hello bsky