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Refugees are not a crisis, global apartheid is the crisis
by Imogen Tyler and Jenna Loyd, also published on Open Democracy This is my family. Baba, mama, baby all washed up on the shore. This is 28 shoeless survivors and thousands of bodies. Bodies Syrian, Bodies Somali, Bodies Afghan, Bodies Ethiopian, Bodies Eritrean. Bodies Palestinian. Jehan Bsesio, ‘No Search, No Rescue’, 2015. Ursula Le Guin’s dystopian…
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A Berlin visit to talk Human Rights, Austerity, and Refugee Mobilizations
The week commencing 2nd November 2015, Imogen will be contributing to two events in Berlin. The first event on Monday 2nd November 2015 is panel discussion on Austerity and Human Rights in Europe and the UK at 6pm, hosted by The Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University. In the Auditorium, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 3, 10117 Berlin. The second on…
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Underclass Ontologies: extract from a review essay by Samuel Strong
Underclass ontologies (extracted from a review essay in Political Geography, 2015) by Samuel Strong @samuelrstrong “There’s a lot to be said about euthanasia regarding certain members of todays society. We are creating a bigger problem with these feral excuse for humans. We complain about immigrants and rightly so but we now have a under class…
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The Sociology of Stigma: Why research stigma today?
I am honoured to have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize, which means that from September 2015 I will have some relief from my day job (teaching and administration) for two years to focus on my new research project on stigma and inequalities. Below I outline the initial research questions, aims and hopeful outcomes of this research. This wordpress site…
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No Justice, No Peace: From Tottenham to Baltimore
No Justice, No Peace: From Tottenham to Baltimore Imogen Tyler, Lancaster University and Jenna Loyd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (first published http://theconversation.com/from-tottenham-to-baltimore-policing-crisis-starts-race-to-the-bottom-for-justice-40914) West Baltimore, 8.39 am April 12: Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, stood on the street talking with friends. Police officers approached on bicycles and made “eye contact” with Gray, who then attempted to…
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Professor Sarah Green: Comments on Imogen Tyler’s Sociological Review Annual Lecture “Classificatory Struggles: Class, Culture and Inequality in Neoliberal Times”
Professor Sarah Green: Comments on Imogen Tyler’s Sociological Review Annual Lecture “Classificatory Struggles: Class, Culture and Inequality in Neoliberal Times” 20 February 2015 [You can hear my lecture here and Sarah’s spoken response here as well. The full and extended text the lecture was based upon will be published as an article in a forthcoming issue of the Sociological…
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Feminist Activisms Summer School 19-22nd May 2015, Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies Lancaster University
Feminist Activisms: Feminist Media and Cultural Studies Summer school/ MA course, Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Lancaster University 19th-22nd May 2015 Enroll online here http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/sociology/event/5178/ Campus Map http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/maps/campus.pdf Programme At a Glance Tues 19th May Faraday SR3 9–‐10 Registration and welcome 10–‐1 Session 1: Introduction to feminist media and cultural studies: with Anne-Marie Fortier and…
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The Business of Immigration Detention: Events and Conference Programme
Conference Programme: The Business of Immigration Detention: Activisms, Resistances, Critical Interventions. Lancaster University, January 22-23 2015 Sponsored by the ESRC, the North West DTC and the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) JANUARY 22 – PUBLIC EVENTS 5.30-6.30pm Public Lecture: Professor Alison Mountz, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. ‘”The business of detention, the death of asylum and the…
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“Being Poor is Not Entertainment”: Class Struggles against Poverty Porn – By Imogen Tyler
“Being Poor is Not Entertainment”: Class Struggles against Poverty Porn – By Imogen Tyler.
Professor Imogen Tyler 