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Why is my Curriculum White?
A Lancaster launch of the national NUS campaign “Why is my Curriculum White?” will be held next week at which all staff and students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please circulate widely to colleagues and friends. Watch the UCL campaign video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dscx4h2l-Pk The campaign began at UCL and has now spread to several…
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John Urry (1946-2016)
I am saddened by the untimely death of my colleague and friend Professor John Urry. I have worked alongside John for 17 years at Lancaster. He was my mentor when I was appointed as a lecturer in 1998 and he has been the warmest, kindest and most encouraging colleague. His death will leave a gaping hole…
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‘a tremendous pressure to feel useless’: Disability as a Political Problem
The right to a dignified and independent life: Learning from The History of the Disability Rights Movement Imogen Tyler, March 2016 ‘Those who cannot work, such as the sick, aged or unemployed, are subject to a tremendous pressure to feel useless … we reject any view of ourselves as being lucky to be allowed to…
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The Marketization of Mobility: Some thoughts on Value, Movement and Classification
Originally posted on Mobilities Research: ‘We often pull up skulls and bones in our nets.’ (Lampedusa fisherman to BBC reporter, April, 2015) Imogen Tyler, professor of Sociology at Lancaster, discusses her research on stigma and migration. In the context of the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe, Tyler warns against ‘the intensive proliferation of legal instruments to…
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Researching Mad Pride: The Stigma and Violence of Knowledge Production
by Brigit McWade Introducing myself I am an early career researcher, whose work to date has led to my involvement in something called Mad Studies. What is Mad Studies? As Lucy Costa, from The Empowerment Council in Toronto, Canada puts it: ‘Mad Studies is an emergent area of scholarship that aim to bring to the…
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The Sociology of Stigma: A Sociological Review Monograph
We are glad to share the news of a forthcoming Sociological Review Monograph to be edited by Imogen Tyler and Tom Slater, which, all being well, will be published early in 2018. it will include articles by Imogen Tyler, Tom Slater, Jenna Loyd, Anne Bonds, Lynne Friedli, Joanna Latimer, Brigit McWade, João Queirós, Virgilio Borges Pereira, Graham Scambler, Dayna Keene and Gergő…
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Connor Sparrowhawk: the erosion of accountability and the administrative grotesque #JusticeforLB
reblogged from a guest post i did for justiceforlb.org @justiceforlb, with thanks to Dr George Julian for formatting and editing, and Sara Ryan for feedback. Connor Sparrowhawk, the erosion of accountability and the administrative grotesque We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal (Thatcher, 1975). For me, it’s not a question of saying…
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#justiceforlb: The multiple afterlives of Connor Sparrowhawk
Imogen Tyler will be taking part in this panel discussion with George Julian, Chris Hatton, and Hannah Morgan at The Futures of the End of Life conference, Lancaster House Hotel, 21st-22nd January. I made sounds at the John Radcliffe hospital yesterday I never expected to make. Or even knew I could make. Sounds of keening,…
Professor Imogen Tyler 