Zuhri James
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Zuhri James
@zuhrijames.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate from Hackney researching the urban landscapes of twenty-first century London
blog: https://zuhrijames.wordpress.com
I wrote about London, psychogeography and Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia for @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social October / November issue.

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Thanks @jamiepcameron.bsky.social for the great editorial work
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Mark your calendars for the Infrastructural Geographies Michaelmas Term 2025 Seminar Series! @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social

Four exciting talks, starting with @kbrickell.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes University).
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Our October / November 2025 issue is out now!

Cover image by Sandra Blow, cartoon by Dan Sperrin.

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October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Infrastructural Geographies Easter Term Seminar Series. Final two talks will be given by Caixia Mao and @amoorelouise.bsky.social (@geogdurham.bsky.social). All welcome! Has been a real pleasure co-convening the group this year with @laszlocseke.bsky.social & @maanbarua.bsky.social !
May 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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'Staged ecologies: Aesthetics, nature and infrastructure in the late-modern metropolis'

@zuhrijames.bsky.social examines the relationship between urban nature and landscape design within a £1.5 billion regeneration project.

Link to paper: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper examines the relationship between urban nature and landscape design within a £1.5 billion regeneration project that is currently unfolding in Thamesmead, a town in south-east London. It de...
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April 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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"Sound Carries: Coloniality, Race, and the Spatial Politics of Representation," a special issue of Social Text edited by Tariq Jazeel and Tom Western, is now available. View the full TOC: buff.ly/H08Sm55

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April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Featuring:
@zuhrijames.bsky.social on Rachel Cusk and the limits of autofiction.
@patrickchristie.bsky.social on Brixton and Goeff Dyer’s The Colour of Memory.
Tony Roberts on Raymond Aron and post-war France.

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January 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Coming soon…👀

February / March 2025
January 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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New from me and @dzenetakarabeg.bsky.social: an article called 'Diasporic Littering: Civility, Citizenship, and the Politics of Leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina', examining how waste has become a site of political contestation over growing diaspora power in Bosnia. I enjoyed writing this with Dženeta!
Diasporic littering: civility, citizenship, and the politics of leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article examines the unexpectedly tense politics of littering in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the improper disposal of waste has become a flashpoint in larger struggles over the absent-presen...
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December 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
A ventilation shaft north of Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock reminding me of a quote from Ballard:
'Is it a model for some strange psychological state... What effect does using these buildings have on us? Are the real myths of this century being written in terms of these huge unnoticed structures?'
December 7, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Lifting the Lid - just some reflections on how (also why) so many complaints come out so quickly. With reference to #GreggWallace. Hope it is useful. More to come (on complaints not the with reference).

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Lifting the Lid
Or why so many complaints about Gregg Wallace?
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December 4, 2024 at 1:58 PM