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A few years in the making, I am stoked to see "Music, Forced Migration and Emplacement: Sounds of Asylum Bristol" out w/Palgrave Macmillan. Very grateful for the generous endorsements from Nichola Khan, Aarti Ratna & Brett Lashua link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… BU SPARC BU Seldom Heard Voices Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡

As always, sharp analysis of #Paris2024 by Jules Boykoff : "The Olympics create a State of Exception - a celebratory State of Exception. It allows for local officials to ramp through national laws that would basically be impossible to put through during normal political times."

The 2024 Paris Olympics & Paralympics are imminent, stimulating reflections on sport, culture & politics. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff/David Rowe on the Olympics, inequality, basketball, football, laïcité, and sex podbean.com/ew/pb-syzaj-16… Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) TASA Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Australian Academy of the Humanities

1️⃣0️⃣ Today marks 10 years since Glasgow 2014! Our survey carried out with Centre for Culture, Sport and Events shows that the people of Scotland have high expectations of the legacy events should deliver – and that Glasgow 2014 met those expectations. Read the full briefing: spiritof2012.org.uk/insights/glasg…

#Paris2024 is here and I’m excited. Of course, like every Olympic Games, it is where sport meets politics and human rights. From banning hijabs to expelling homeless people - from Gaza to Ukraine - here are a few of the big issues that have been hanging over the games… 🧵

Spoke to The i Paper about the recent infrastructural sabotage at the Olympics, drawing connections to anti-tech collectives in Germany and France. Thanks for the chat Olly inews.co.uk/news/world/why…

Out-of-office is almost on, but I need to share what a wonderful week I've had QRSE 2024. I'm fizzing with ideas, enthusiasm, & friends new and old. Can't wait to do it all again. Huge thanks to the organisers for a fab conference. Here's me talking about Sport Mobilities.

The 1st article in our 'Geography & Nothingness' special issue (SCGeog Journal) is now out. L Roberts proposes sitting with futility as a way of "being alert to what continually falls away and reconstitutes itself therein." tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…

Read my new blog for AWGSA titled 'On Meeting the World Halfway as an Intersectional Feminist' awgsa.asn.au/on-meeting-the…

Paralympian @gmunrocook writes that just 19% of women with disability are regularly involved in organised sport, which is a big concern nine years before the Brisbane Paralympics. @griffith_uni theconversation.com/the-paris-olym…

CALL for SESSION and PAPER proposals Recreation, Tourism & Sports Specialty Group 2025 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting March 24-28, Detroit

JOB ALERT: Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies is looking for a Postdoc Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Sociology (Level A/B) to work w/ Dr Michelle Peterie on the impacts of immigration detention & deportation on children & families. bit.ly/3ySljhF

This breaks my heart 12 public primary schools in Sydney have pulled out of their interschool sports competition bc the buses they need to get to the council playing fields are too expensive & unreliable & the teachers don’t have time to attend. 👇 smh.com.au/politics/nsw/p…

This is tragic on so many levels…Ugandan #Olympic Athlete Rebecca #Cheptegei Set On Fire By Boyfriend, Leaving Her With 75% Burns

Excited to share my new book: 'Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka' (Cambridge University Press) More details here: cambridge.org/core/books/syn…

Really thrilled to be part of this great collection. Peter Adey and I reflect on the development of a Mobilities course RHULGeography and critically consider where we teach mobilities from and why it matters. berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/… Not OA 😔 but please message for access.

Buzzing with excitement to present at this event - please come along

Join us on 8 Nov for the Winning Medals with Equity and Diversity symposium! Explore how equity & diversity can boost performance in #ParalympicSports. Experts, #athletes, and community leaders will share insights on inclusion and innovation. Register now! shorturl.at/njSbs

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📕 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 📕 'Yearning for care: an examination of South Asian women’s experiences of physical activity in gymnasiums on the Gold Coast, Australia' with @adele_pavlidis out now! doi.org/10.1080/117453…