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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · 5d

Portland. The kind people at @streetroots.bsky.social are hosting me Oct. 15 to talk about The Injustice of Property, a book about homeless encampments in Portland. This event will talk about the book but also celebrate the community that supported its creation. If you are free, please join us.

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 18d

New Open Access paper: "Moving ideas: An agenda for expanding the political scope of the policy mobilities approach" in @proghumgeog.bsky.social. Arguing that the #policymobilities & #socialmovements literatures can be combined to study counter-hegemonic activism. 1/6
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Moving ideas: An agenda for expanding the political scope of the policy mobilities approach - Eugene McCann, 2025

This paper addresses the policy mobilities approach’s relative inattention to counter-hegemonic activism and contentious politics. It outlines one way to expand...

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Call for papers for the 2026 @geographers.bsky.social Annual Mtg in SF. The legal geographies specialty group @legalgeography.bsky.social is organizing "Graduate Voices in the Lawscape" and is looking for papers related to law, society, and space. See link for info docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 17

Arresting homeless people for sleeping in public spaces doesn't reduce homelessness, according to a professor who studies the issue. It often leads to worse health and makes it harder to find stable housing. buff.ly/Wceth5F By @sprzybylinski.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets

More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading to more places criminalizing homelessness.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 13

Arresting homeless people for sleeping in public spaces doesn't reduce homelessness, according to a professor who studies the issue. It often leads to worse health and makes it harder to find stable housing. buff.ly/Wceth5F By @sprzybylinski.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets

More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading to more places criminalizing homelessness.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Aug 13

For a quick read on the effects of Grants Pass…

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 13

Arresting homeless people for sleeping in public spaces doesn't reduce homelessness, according to a professor who studies the issue. It often leads to worse health and makes it harder to find stable housing. buff.ly/aHuwSNG By @sprzybylinski.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets

More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading to more places criminalizing homelessness.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jul 15

New OA article w @johlsson.bsky.social (& D Mitchell). We argue the concept of justice is more commonly implied than it is theorized in relation to justice scholarship and offer a qualitative approach to guide scholars through assessing and justifying justice-related research. tinyurl.com/3tvjdnvx

Evaluating Justice: Toward A Methodological Framework for Geographic Research

Geographers have long addressed the spatial dynamics of injustice, examining how various processes shape inequitable geographies. Despite extensive research by geographers into the causes of injust...

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jul 1

Publication day! The Injustice of Property is available from the great @ugapress.bsky.social. The book details how property in liberalism constrains common attempts at ending homelessness, despite land use practices of un/precariously housed people rejecting the proprietarian logic of liberalism.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jul 1

You can use the QR code to receive a 30% discount, or use code from flyer at link here: www.ugapress.org/978082037364...

The Injustice of Property

With the rise of homelessness in many U.S. cities, municipal governments are sanctioning organized encampments as an official strategy for sheltering unhouse...

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jul 1

Publication day! The Injustice of Property is available from the great @ugapress.bsky.social. The book details how property in liberalism constrains common attempts at ending homelessness, despite land use practices of un/precariously housed people rejecting the proprietarian logic of liberalism.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 24

Could not recommend enough! Great place to work.

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Scott Markley @snmarkley.bsky.social · Jun 18

📣 The last article from my dissertation is out!

In this piece, coauthor Anne Bonds and I dive deep into the contents of HOLC’s Area Description sheets.

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

HOLC Area Description for neighborhood D5 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 18

The book is more about the experiences of people living in self-managed encampments in PDX, and how their relationships with property (and its owners) affect their ability to become housing stable. It does not touch on demand for accessible housing:)

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hear Street Roots' editor K. Rambo talk with @opb.org about their recent story on Portland's homeless encampment sweeps, copublished by @streetroots.bsky.social / @propublica.org last week. It's hard to ignore the policy choices that contribute to these outcomes.

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In Multnomah County, homeless deaths are on the rise

In Multnomah County, the number of deaths of homeless residents grew from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very cool, Michael. Thanks for sharing your work with me!

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks!

Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks!

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 18

This link should take you to the same place as the QR code, same promo code too: ugapress.org/book/9780820...

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 17

Oh, I hope it won't be. Please let me know what you think!

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks!

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks Nicole!

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 16

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 16

Nice to come back from fieldwork to see this on my doorstep. While official release date is July 1, books are shipping from warehouse if you are interested. Below in the thread is a 30% discount code.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wow.

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Stephen Przybylinski @sprzybylinski.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks Daniel!