Sam Burgum
@samburgum.bsky.social
urban researcher. author. editor. teacher.
CITY journal. Urban Institute (Sheffield).
urban movements, occupation, squatting, homelessness, roadside travellers, property, trespass, archives, politics of aesthetics.
samuelburgum.uk
CITY journal. Urban Institute (Sheffield).
urban movements, occupation, squatting, homelessness, roadside travellers, property, trespass, archives, politics of aesthetics.
samuelburgum.uk
Outreach with @streetskitchen.bsky.social this morning 🫧
#theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist
#solidaritynotcharity
@bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
@city-journal.bsky.social
#theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist
#solidaritynotcharity
@bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
@city-journal.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social
30/4 - King’s X (7pm)
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
30/4 - King’s X (7pm)
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
Talking about #squattinglondon at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk (a university whose dreaming spires were built by squatters from Headington Quarry) @plutopress.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Talking about #squattinglondon at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk (a university whose dreaming spires were built by squatters from Headington Quarry) @plutopress.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Book launch this week:
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Book launch this week:
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Great evening catching up with people at Freedom. One of my favourite spaces. ASS 50 years this year 🔥 An honour to be launching the book here. @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great evening catching up with people at Freedom. One of my favourite spaces. ASS 50 years this year 🔥 An honour to be launching the book here. @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
In good company at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Three book launches this week:
5/3 @ubcgeography.bsky.social (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social (geography & planning, 12:30)
7/3 @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social (freedom bookshop, 7pm)
@bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
5/3 @ubcgeography.bsky.social (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social (geography & planning, 12:30)
7/3 @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social (freedom bookshop, 7pm)
@bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Three book launches this week:
5/3 @ubcgeography.bsky.social (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social (geography & planning, 12:30)
7/3 @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social (freedom bookshop, 7pm)
@bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
5/3 @ubcgeography.bsky.social (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social (geography & planning, 12:30)
7/3 @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social (freedom bookshop, 7pm)
@bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Off to London town for a @city-journal.bsky.social meeting tomorrow.
📷 Meersbrook, Sheffield. Municipal park since 1887.
📷 Meersbrook, Sheffield. Municipal park since 1887.
February 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Off to London town for a @city-journal.bsky.social meeting tomorrow.
📷 Meersbrook, Sheffield. Municipal park since 1887.
📷 Meersbrook, Sheffield. Municipal park since 1887.
BOOK LAUNCHES (so far)
5/3 - UBC (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 - Sheff Uni (12:30)
7/3 - Freedom/ASS (7pm)
12/3 - Birmingham City (5pm)
26/3 - York Uni (Law, 3:30)
30/4 - Housmans (7pm)
@assquattheworld.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
5/3 - UBC (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 - Sheff Uni (12:30)
7/3 - Freedom/ASS (7pm)
12/3 - Birmingham City (5pm)
26/3 - York Uni (Law, 3:30)
30/4 - Housmans (7pm)
@assquattheworld.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
BOOK LAUNCHES (so far)
5/3 - UBC (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 - Sheff Uni (12:30)
7/3 - Freedom/ASS (7pm)
12/3 - Birmingham City (5pm)
26/3 - York Uni (Law, 3:30)
30/4 - Housmans (7pm)
@assquattheworld.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
5/3 - UBC (online, 6pm GMT)
6/3 - Sheff Uni (12:30)
7/3 - Freedom/ASS (7pm)
12/3 - Birmingham City (5pm)
26/3 - York Uni (Law, 3:30)
30/4 - Housmans (7pm)
@assquattheworld.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Tonight. I’m at the @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social launch of Isaac Rose’s “The Rentier City - Manchester and the making of the Neoliberal Metropolis”. @repeaterbooks.bsky.social @urbaninstitute.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tonight. I’m at the @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social launch of Isaac Rose’s “The Rentier City - Manchester and the making of the Neoliberal Metropolis”. @repeaterbooks.bsky.social @urbaninstitute.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social
Great few days at @unileiden.bsky.social thinking creatively, critically, and radically with archives. Great team behind the ERC Artives project www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/...
January 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great few days at @unileiden.bsky.social thinking creatively, critically, and radically with archives. Great team behind the ERC Artives project www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/...
Presenting in the same room as Einstein… funny how spaces are remembered, rendered significant, and imbued with authority… @unileiden.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Presenting in the same room as Einstein… funny how spaces are remembered, rendered significant, and imbued with authority… @unileiden.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
Squatting London: the Politics of Property will be out on 20 Dec from @plutopress.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Squatting London: the Politics of Property will be out on 20 Dec from @plutopress.bsky.social