Dom Davies
@drdomdavies.bsky.social
Reader in English at City Uni London. The Broken Promise of Infrastructure (2023), Graphic Refuge (2025). Convening Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social
More info: www.drdomdavies.com
More info: www.drdomdavies.com
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Dom Davies
@drdomdavies.bsky.social
· Jul 4
Novara FM: Britain is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It? w/ Dom Davies
Podcast Episode · Novara Media · 04/07/2024 · 1h 1m
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1 year ago today Britain went to the polls & I spoke with Moya for Novara FM about the ways infrastructure had become embroiled in a cultural politics that often passed unnoticed.
We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
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We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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What would you say if you had 5 minutes to talk to Matt Damon about the “global water crisis”?
Our conversation with Filippo Menga about Thirst published this year by @versobooks.bsky.social is now available on our Soundcloud channel and most podcast platforms.
on.soundcloud.com/cp29Zt2aTJKK...
Our conversation with Filippo Menga about Thirst published this year by @versobooks.bsky.social is now available on our Soundcloud channel and most podcast platforms.
on.soundcloud.com/cp29Zt2aTJKK...
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What would you say if you had 5 minutes to talk to Matt Damon about the “global water crisis”?
Our conversation with Filippo Menga about Thirst published this year by @versobooks.bsky.social is now available on our Soundcloud channel and most podcast platforms.
on.soundcloud.com/cp29Zt2aTJKK...
Our conversation with Filippo Menga about Thirst published this year by @versobooks.bsky.social is now available on our Soundcloud channel and most podcast platforms.
on.soundcloud.com/cp29Zt2aTJKK...
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Download the Introduction to Graphic Refuge by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, now Open Access on our website @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Download the Introduction to Graphic Refuge by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, now Open Access on our website @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
Great to see the intro to Graphic Refuge now available open access from @wlupress.bsky.social !
Download the Introduction to Graphic Refuge by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, now Open Access on our website @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Great to see the intro to Graphic Refuge now available open access from @wlupress.bsky.social !
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It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall
Stream Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall by Thinking Through Infrastructure Network on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free ...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
This was such an inspiring discussion highlighting the value of an infrastructural approach to borders but also of alternative methods that bring wide audiences with them through the research process
A great pleasure to chat to @drdomdavies.bsky.social about infrastructure, comics, and why using visual essays changes how we observe, think and write about the world.
The podcast is available to listen to on the link here 👇, as well as on the other usual platforms (spotify, apple podcasts, etc).
The podcast is available to listen to on the link here 👇, as well as on the other usual platforms (spotify, apple podcasts, etc).
It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This was such an inspiring discussion highlighting the value of an infrastructural approach to borders but also of alternative methods that bring wide audiences with them through the research process
Looking forward to this conversation with Filippo (a coauthor of mine on comics and climate change from a few years ago) next week about his new book Thirst: The Quest to Solve the Global Water Crisis, out now with @versobooks.bsky.social. Join us!
Join us next week for a session on global water infrastructure with Filippo Menga & others - online Tuesday 17 Nov at 12pm GMT. Link below
Our second session of the term will explore the global water crisis through discussion of Filippo Menga’s new book, Thirst (Verso 2025), with responses from Naho Mirumachi and Julie Froud
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Looking forward to this conversation with Filippo (a coauthor of mine on comics and climate change from a few years ago) next week about his new book Thirst: The Quest to Solve the Global Water Crisis, out now with @versobooks.bsky.social. Join us!
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Looking forward to presenting along @drdomdavies.bsky.social and @mediocre.bsky.social at the 22nd Annual Historical Materialism conference in our "Comics Against Capitalism" panel on Saturday, 8th 10:00-11:45 GMT. conference.historicalmaterialism.org #ComicsStudies
Historical Materialism Conference
conference.historicalmaterialism.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Looking forward to presenting along @drdomdavies.bsky.social and @mediocre.bsky.social at the 22nd Annual Historical Materialism conference in our "Comics Against Capitalism" panel on Saturday, 8th 10:00-11:45 GMT. conference.historicalmaterialism.org #ComicsStudies
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I just listened to an excellent presentation on comics & infrastructure by Dr Giada Peterle, part of online talks organised by @drdomdavies.bsky.social within @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social. Such a creative, inspiring & generous scholar! (Her drawings on my book from gh.copernicus.org/articles/80/...)
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I just listened to an excellent presentation on comics & infrastructure by Dr Giada Peterle, part of online talks organised by @drdomdavies.bsky.social within @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social. Such a creative, inspiring & generous scholar! (Her drawings on my book from gh.copernicus.org/articles/80/...)
If you like infrastructure and you like art, and you like thinking about infrastructure through the embodied visual arts, join us for this event!
This Wednesday we’ll be talking drawing, walking, and writing infrastructure with Giada Peterle. Join us at lunchtime for this online seminar by registering here www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you like infrastructure and you like art, and you like thinking about infrastructure through the embodied visual arts, join us for this event!
Excited for this hybrid launch of Graphic Refuge with my co-author @crifkind.bsky.social and colleague @ernestopriego. Join us on 19 Nov for a discussion of the way comics intervene in our anti-migrant visual culture with relations of refuge. And some beautiful pictures of some beautiful comics!
Co-authored by @drdomdavies.bsky.social and @crifkind.bsky.social, Graphic Refuge (@wlupress.bsky.social 2025) explores graphic narratives about a range of refugee experiences. You're invited to a panel event to celebrate the book: www.hcid.city/news/graphic...
Graphic Refuge Panel Event - 19th November
You are invited to the Graphic Refuge panel event with Dr. Dominic Davies and Dr Candida Rifkind
www.hcid.city
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Excited for this hybrid launch of Graphic Refuge with my co-author @crifkind.bsky.social and colleague @ernestopriego. Join us on 19 Nov for a discussion of the way comics intervene in our anti-migrant visual culture with relations of refuge. And some beautiful pictures of some beautiful comics!
It was great fun to record this conversation exploring transformations in the railway imaginary, from Dickens’s Dombey & Son to EM Forster’s Howard’s End and beyond
The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It was great fun to record this conversation exploring transformations in the railway imaginary, from Dickens’s Dombey & Son to EM Forster’s Howard’s End and beyond
Reposted by Dom Davies
The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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And our third and final online event of the term assembles a diverse panel of academics, practitioners, and activists to reflect on what gentrification means today and how we can remake cities without displacing residents. Sign up below.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
And our third and final online event of the term assembles a diverse panel of academics, practitioners, and activists to reflect on what gentrification means today and how we can remake cities without displacing residents. Sign up below.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Looking forward to participating in MCCI's Connect: Graphic Refuge panel event with authors @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social and fellow respondent Mihaela Precup www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... (19 November 2025 5pm) #ComicsStudies
MCCI's Connect: Graphic Refuge panel event | City St George's, University of London
Graphic Refuge is the first in-depth study of comics about refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and detainees by artists from the Global North and South.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Looking forward to participating in MCCI's Connect: Graphic Refuge panel event with authors @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social and fellow respondent Mihaela Precup www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... (19 November 2025 5pm) #ComicsStudies
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Our second session of the term will explore the global water crisis through discussion of Filippo Menga’s new book, Thirst (Verso 2025), with responses from Naho Mirumachi and Julie Froud
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our second session of the term will explore the global water crisis through discussion of Filippo Menga’s new book, Thirst (Verso 2025), with responses from Naho Mirumachi and Julie Froud
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us online, sign up here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
TTiN’s first event of the new term. Join us online for this lunchtime discussion about infrastructure, art, and autoethnography.
How can art and storytelling help us to make sense of infrastructures? Join us online at lunchtime on Wed 29 Oct for our first session of the new academic year with visual artist, urban walker, and comics creator Giada Peterle. Sign up below! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
TTiN’s first event of the new term. Join us online for this lunchtime discussion about infrastructure, art, and autoethnography.
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Thanks @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for inviting me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social to talk about our new co-authored book exploring how comics can document & disrupt dominant images of war & forced displacement @wlupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/graphic-refuge
Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thanks @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for inviting me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social to talk about our new co-authored book exploring how comics can document & disrupt dominant images of war & forced displacement @wlupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/graphic-refuge
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Also excited to have been accepted to participate in the 22nd Historical Materialism conference, in a panel with colleagues @drdomdavies.bsky.social & @mediocre.bsky.social [6-9 November 2025] www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Deadline extended to 27 May! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025
www.historicalmaterialism.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Also excited to have been accepted to participate in the 22nd Historical Materialism conference, in a panel with colleagues @drdomdavies.bsky.social & @mediocre.bsky.social [6-9 November 2025] www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
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"The only social space left after the evisceration of society and the undermining of the individual is the family"
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues @drdomdavies.bsky.social
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues @drdomdavies.bsky.social
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Reclaiming inheritance tax as a social good - Red Pepper
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues Dominic Davies
www.redpepper.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"The only social space left after the evisceration of society and the undermining of the individual is the family"
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues @drdomdavies.bsky.social
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues @drdomdavies.bsky.social
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
My latest for @redpeppermag.bsky.social argues that public opposition to inheritance tax must be understood in the context of Britain’s crumbling infrastructure. The more people lose faith in the state, the more they feel the need to look out for their families.
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Reclaiming inheritance tax as a social good - Red Pepper
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues Dominic Davies
www.redpepper.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My latest for @redpeppermag.bsky.social argues that public opposition to inheritance tax must be understood in the context of Britain’s crumbling infrastructure. The more people lose faith in the state, the more they feel the need to look out for their families.
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
It’s a privilege to have an essay in this month’s bumper issue of @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the cultural politics of decline in Britain.
Out this week and available online to subscribers tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
Out this week and available online to subscribers tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
The Decline Rollercoaster
In response to the harsh reality of national decline, Labour has offered only a ‘theme park politics’ fuelled by the sugar rush of the growth delusion. Might a more substantial, more humane vision of ...
tribunemag.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It’s a privilege to have an essay in this month’s bumper issue of @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the cultural politics of decline in Britain.
Out this week and available online to subscribers tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
Out this week and available online to subscribers tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
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Can Refugee Comics Effect Political Change? Discussing Comics Journalism and “Refugeeness” - Ep. 3 of the podcast I did with co-author @drdomdavies.bsky.social is up!
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
July 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Can Refugee Comics Effect Political Change? Discussing Comics Journalism and “Refugeeness” - Ep. 3 of the podcast I did with co-author @drdomdavies.bsky.social is up!
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
The first of our 4 part conversation about Graphic Refuge is now out with The Authority File on all good podcast platforms!
It was so great to record this podcast with @drdomdavies.bsky.social about our book on refugee comics. First ep is up now, 3 more 15 min eps to come later this month @wlupress.bsky.social
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...
What the Implied Reader of Refugee Comics Tells Us about the Genre and Citizenship - Choice 360
Candida and Dom, authors of Graphic Refuge, introduce us to refugee comics, defining the genre, its history, and readership.
www.choice360.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The first of our 4 part conversation about Graphic Refuge is now out with The Authority File on all good podcast platforms!
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TTiN is now on Apple Podcasts! Check out our talks and conversations from 2024-25 and give us a follow and a rating!
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Education Podcast · A network for academics, policy makers, & community organizers who work to understand & address the social, political, & cultural impacts of infrastructure. Follow @TTinfraNetwork
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July 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
TTiN is now on Apple Podcasts! Check out our talks and conversations from 2024-25 and give us a follow and a rating!
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
1 year ago today Britain went to the polls & I spoke with Moya for Novara FM about the ways infrastructure had become embroiled in a cultural politics that often passed unnoticed.
We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
Novara FM: Britain is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It? w/ Dom Davies
Podcast Episode · Novara Media · 04/07/2024 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
1 year ago today Britain went to the polls & I spoke with Moya for Novara FM about the ways infrastructure had become embroiled in a cultural politics that often passed unnoticed.
We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
We unpacked these in our conversation and I think it still it bears listening to.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...