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Hannah Jones
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Sociologist. I work @sociowarwick.bsky.social but I am not my employer, obviously.
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"Starmer attempt to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is a dangerous own goal"
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Image of text reading : Last November, ahead of a Europa League match against Ajax, Maccabi ultras marched through the streets of Amsterdam chanting “Death to Arabs” and “Why is there no school in Gaza? There are no children left there.” Some fans reportedly kicked in the front door of a house which had a pro-Palestine poster in the window.
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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😍"Island of strangers"😍
July 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Wait ages for an article then 2 come along at once: w @alasirriyeh.bsky.social in @csp-journal.bsky.social

"Student antiracist activism & institutionalised equality, diversity & inclusion in UK #universities"

on #EDI #DEI in #HE as gateway to actual #antiracism
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Image of article abstract text reading: This article presents research into trajectories of racially minoritised students to and through antiracist and decolonial activism in Higher Education. For some student antiracist activists, neoliberal equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) agendas provide entry points to antiracist activism which enable them to build knowledge, networks and platforms and make institutional changes, often exceeding these institutional roles to become more independent and radical. This is despite and in tension with the documented limitations of EDI and Student Voice measures of which the activists were well aware. We draw on narrative biographical interviews with racially minoritised undergraduate and postgraduate antiracist activists from seven universities across England, taking a broad understanding of activism to include everyday as well as more spectacular acts of resistance.
July 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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New article out with @ckulz.bsky.social :"Culture Wars as a War on the Young: Understanding the UK Culture Wars Through the Lens of Young People's Political and Civic Resistance"
#CultureWar #CultureWars
#ChildQ #LGBTQ #antiracism
#AcademicSky #Sociology #OpenAccess

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Article abstract text, reading: Culture Wars as a War on the Young: Understanding the UK Culture Wars Through the Lens of Young People’s Political and Civic Resistance Hannah Jones1  · Christy Kulz2 Accepted: 9 June 2025 © The Author(s) 2025 Abstract This article puts forward an analysis of contemporary ‘culture wars’ in the UK, engaging with these ‘wars’ as fundamentally political and material power struggles which are largely enacted on the bodies and lives of young people (among others). Refusing to be drawn in by a widespread scholarly inclination to treat culture wars as simply ideological disagreements, or as tactical froth and distraction, or as rheto- ric to be endlessly debated, this article takes its cue from acts of resistance by chil- dren who fnd themselves at the sharp end of the punitive discipline, disempower- ment and erasure which is a fundamental outcome of the culture war’s performative struggles. By engaging with three specifc case studies of youth-led resistance, we identify and apply the analysis implicit in these acts. Tethering this to the theoretical resources of cultural studies and a historical perspective on the disciplining func- tions of educational institutions, we suggest that understanding the current culture wars as an actual war—on young people and the futurity they represent and on ‘oth- ers’—is a useful analytic for understanding their cultural and political signifcance and for developing a political, cultural and analytical response. We conclude by rec- ognising the coalitional politics that young people manifest, and sometimes literally articulate, to resist the embodied control and erasure enacted on them. We set this alongside a recognition of the ongoing trauma that the culture wars impose on them and society at large. Keywords Culture wars · Young people · Education · Race · Nation · Gender
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Good morning from the Midlands
A snowy garden scene
November 19, 2024 at 7:49 AM