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Ari Jerrems @arijerrems.bsky.social · May 13

Great to see Beryl Pong's article 'Volumetric mediations' is out in Area. It is the first article in an SI on 'Atmospheric Borders' edited by @kayatbarry.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social Andrew Burridge and I @acbsnetwork.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper contributes to scholarship on drones’ more-than-military realms as they pertain to the atmospheres they create in visual culture. Focusing on two humanitarian drone documentaries, Ai Weiwe...

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 16

We are very luck to have @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social present his new book Free the Map today. Do join us!

Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Mar 31

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration

Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Mar 31

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration

Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

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Henk van Houtum @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social · Apr 3

Looking forward to presenting and discussing my book “Free the Map’, online, for @acbsnetwork.bsky.social Cc: @nai010.bsky.social #borders #migration #cartography #mapping #Atlas #FreetheMap

Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Mar 31

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration

Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

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Ari Jerrems @arijerrems.bsky.social · Feb 12

I've neglected this for a while but have made a couple of new additions to the Critical Border Studies starter pack go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN Shout out to our friends @polgeographygroup.bsky.social who are now on Bluesky

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jan 13

NEW: remember Joe the pigeon, who supposedly flew to Australia all the way from the US? In this essay I explore Joe's legacy, his connection to practices of migration and detention, and the more-than-human mobilities that underpin biosecurity.
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Coming in to land? More-than-human mobilities, biosecurity, and practices of coexistence

Geographies of more-than-human relations have flourished in the past decade, offering innovative methodological and conceptual approaches to studying how humans are entangled with an array of anima...

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 12

Good to see our friends from @polgeographygroup.bsky.social on Bluesky!

polgeographygroup.bsky.social @polgeographygroup.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hello from the new social digs of the Political Geography Study Group of the Institute of Australian Geographers 👋 We'll be at the upcoming conference in Newcastle June 30-July 5 and we hope to see you there!

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Dec 10

We've made some new additions to our Critical Border Studies starter pack. If you are new and would like to join let us know! go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Nov 29

next week I'll be talking about art and migration at the amazing UQ Visual Politics seminar series — join us! online or in-person, details in link: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uq-visual-...

UQ Visual Politics: Art and Migration with Dr Kaya Barry

A conversation with Dr Kaya Barry about her ARC DECRA Project on Migration and Community Engagement.

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 28

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 24

In case you missed it, we made this critical border studies starter pack last week. There have been quite a few additions since then but still some space. Let @arijerrems.bsky.social know if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 20

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 19

We've made some additions with new people we've seen/come across. Let us know if you can think of anyone missing! go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 19

What do you think @umutozguc.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social ? Is it time to rebrand?

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 19

AESTralian Critical Border Studies?

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

Oh yeah and our latest contribution is a starter pack of critical border studies related people. We haven't met too many people on here yet so the list is just a beginning. To be added contact @arijerrems.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN 7/6

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

You may wonder why we are a critical border studies network with 'Australian' in the title. We don't like it either! We just found it necessary to include so everyone understands the time zones our events are held in. Borders in time etc. etc. 6/6

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

We also collaborated with some friends for a symposium on the world-making power of borders somewhere in between. Some of the papers from that were published in this virtual special issue in Political Geography www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... 5/6

Political Geography | The World-Making Power of Borders (A. Jerrems, U. Ozguc, S. Suliman, C. Agius, convenors) | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Political Geography at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

In 2023, we held another symposium on 'Atmospheric Borders' acbsnetwork.wordpress.com/atmospheric-... More to come from this soon! 4/6

Atmospheric Borders

4th, 5th and 6th October 2023 (Brisbane AEST time) We have an exciting selection of international contributions, papers, and presentations – please join us online for this virtual symposium! …

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

We've also organised a couple of symposiums. The first one was on Border Hotels during the pandemic. Some of the papers were published in this symposium section of @politicsandspace.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 3/6

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

This has included regular online seminars. You can see a list of our past seminars here: acbsnetwork.wordpress.com/past-seminars/ 2/6

Past Events

16 October 2024 – Dr Ari Jerrems – Bordering the Neighbour 16 May 2024 – Dr Sahana Ghosh – A Thousand Tiny Cuts 10 April 2024 – Dr Timothy Raeymaekers – The Natu…

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Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 18

A bit about the Australian Critical Border Studies Network for the benefit of our new followers. We are a bit of an academic garage band convened by @arijerrems.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social and Andrew Burridge. The last few years we've organised a bunch of stuff... 1/6

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