I'm giving talk at RMIT for the Music Industry Research Collective on Monday October 20 at 3pm on 'What is cultural sociology when culture is platformed and financialised?'

When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social‬ and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh!
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...

This is not satire

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I’m writing a public facing trade book currently called Avocados and Algorithms: Why we need to talk about Class. Here’s what the current plan of the book is:
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So chuffed to be asked to be a keynote at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Mid Term International Conference 2025 in Vienna in September. The theme is Rising Complexities in Education: Opportunities and Inequalities. Hope to see you there!
britsoc.co.uk/bourdieu25

Rare sighting in the wild…
About to talk about the cost of living at the Addi Road Writers Festival
addiroad.org.au/writers-fest...