Trump's ICE militia seems an example of what Deleuze and Guattari called 'the war machine'. The WM is actuated by nomadic affects, and is exterior to the state and its legal 'striating' framework. Has Trump now realised that the WM is consequently uncontrollable? Just a thought.

Almost all papers and book chapters written by Nick J Fox are available to download on Researchgate at www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick... Any missing can be supplied privately by contacting Nick.

About five places left for our in-person conference 'Materiality, Society and the More-than-human' on 23 June at Goldsmiths University of London, with keynote by Lisa Blackman. Full programme and registration (from £10) at: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Nick Fox makes links between vital materialism and the monism and post-anthropocentrism of new materialism, indigenous ontologies and feminist posthumanism in this essay paper. Offers frameworks for environmental sustainability, development and justice. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Registration open for in-person day conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on 23 June (Goldsmiths University of London). Keynote from Lisa Blackman, plus nine papers by new materialist scholars. To register: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Exciting panel on sociology and climate justice at the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference. Climate change affects most those who have least contributed to greenhouse gas emissions.

Lucy Harding on the material entanglements of social life and research at BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference

Pam Alldred reports on a EU wide research programme on sexual consent education at the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference in Manchester

Susan Halford gives me theory stream plenary at @britsoci.bsky.social BSA conference on more than human sociodigital entanglements.

Sunny Gunessee at the @britsoci.bsky.social BSA conference on his work to promote the breadth of sociological careers.

Exploring sources of power in the nighttime economy linked to gambling and alcohol use. @britsoci.bsky.social

Katie Powell on how to encourage social explanations of health inequalities at the @britsoci BSA conference workshop on applied sociology.

Katie Powell on the work of the @britsoci BSA Applied Sociology Group and her project on gambling and alcohol inequalities.

Tina Basi talking about clinical sociology at the @britsoci British sociological association conference.

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Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote speaker: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: [email protected] www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...