One of the best bits of my job is getting to work with wonderful scholars - @sarahhuque.bsky.social writes here on work she has led, + some we are doing together #suicidecultures #discoveringliveability - finding joy in collaborative, qualitative approaches, even when studying #suicide

Next week (6-7th) is our @wellcometrust.bsky.social supported symposium on #suicidecultures and the #sociology of suicide! We've got a diverse and exciting programme of speakers & roundtable discussions. We'll be providing remote access to many of the talks 👇
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Beyond excited to see what this edited collection becomes!

See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies

#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui

Lots to think about so far @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social - looking forward to sharing emerging #suicidecultures work on materiality, emotions, and structures tomorrow in Oral Session 20!

Our next #suicidecultures seminar: @carolinelenette.bsky.social + Achol Arop reflect on a recent publication addressing South Sudanese youth advocates perspectives on suicide via poetic/reflexive inquiry www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13...

12th May, 9am UK time

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📰New paper from @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #suicidecultures PhD researcher (and now postdoctoral researcher with @d-liveability.bsky.social) Emily Yue.

The paper considers statistics about ethnicity as 'tricky tools' in suicide prevention work 👇

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Next #suicidecultures seminar is with Kamesha Spates!

'The Price of Strength: Understanding Suicide Among Black Women Through a Black Feminist Lens'

25th March, 2pm UK time

Kamesha will be online, + you can attend online OR in person if in/near Edinburgh 👇

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Final day to submit an abstract or application to attend our Sociology of Suicide symposium @ Edinburgh, 6-7th May, with @annamueller.bsky.social and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social + several of the #SuicideCultures + @d-liveability.bsky.social teams

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

A blog from me about our #suicidecultures online seminars past and future, and some early plans for something similar but different as part of our work on #DiscoveringLiveability

Powerful review of Alexandre Baril's Undoing Suicidism, by Ruth Pearce, in Symbolic Interaction

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Relevant to #suicidecultures + @d-liveability.bsky.social

Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

Looking forward to our next #suicidecultures seminar - w/ Dr Kamesha Spates (University of Pittsburgh) -

'The Price of Strength: Understanding Suicide Among Black Women Through a Black Feminist Lens'

25th March, 2pm UK time

Sign up to attend here:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...

Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide, University of Edinburgh 6-7th May 2025

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

Sociologically inclined + working on suicide? You can apply to hang out with @annamueller.bsky.social + @sethabrutyn.bsky.social and the #suicidecultures team for 2 days

Top of my reading pile this week:

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New paper from Sigita Doblyte (former visiting researcher w/ #suicidecultures)

From Public Culture to Personal Worth: A Sociological Inquiry into the Cultural Roots of Suicide

Two roles still open for applications with our team:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY615/r... - closing 13.1.25 - joining the Discovering Liveability team, focus on activism in/as suicide prevention

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLB203/r... - closing 20.1.25 - joining the #suicidecultures team

About to sign off after a busy year, and looking forward to an even busier one!

New teaching, new team members and new research! And while our new project (Discovering Liveability) gears up, #suicidecultures is still ongoing, with a super-cool set of speakers for our final year of online seminars 👇

New publication from the #suicidecultures team

'Jarring Encounters: Discomfort, Disruption, and Dominant Narratives of Suicide' in #Qualitative Health Research

Led by former Research Fellow, Rebecca Helman

#suicideresearch #affect

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Latest publication from #suicidecultures team - #openaccess courtesy of Wellcome

"Embodiment and space in understandings of suicide and self-harm"

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Collaborative effort with the whole team, thanks to a lovely invite to contribute from Louise Boyle.