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The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 3d

Save the date!

We'll have materials to share from @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @aiucentre.bsky.social and a roundtable discussion with folks sharing their reflections and experiences from the time. Should be a lively and participatory discussion!

@cperguom.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

Manchester Histories @mcrhistories.bsky.social · 3d

The People’s Papers: Revisiting 1970s Manchester

Explore the activist & community print culture that helped shape Greater Manchester, with PhD researcher Arielle Lawson (@peoplespapers)

📅 Mon 4 Nov
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 Manchester Histories Hub, Central Library
Free & open to all! Book: bit.ly/PeoplesPapers

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 9d

Went ahead a made a separate account for this archival research -- follow along @peoplespapers.bsky.social !

The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 9d

Decided it was about time to make an account for this research project. You can learn more about the current "People's Papers" archival efforts underway @wcmlibrary.bsky.social here:
wcml.org.uk/blog/the-peo...

And catch up on updates via Instagram: www.instagram.com/peoplespapers/

The People’s Papers: Exploring Greater Manchester’s Activist Neighbourhood Newspapers from the 1970s - Working Class Movement Library

Announcing a new research project! In partnership with the University of Manchester’s new Humanities PGR Placement Scheme , we’ll be welcoming a PhD researcher, Arielle Lawson, to the Working Class Mo...

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The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 6d

Interested to learn more about this People's Papers project? Check out a link of upcoming and past events as well as recent blog posts here: linktr.ee/peoplespapers

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Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · 6d

Another excellent event coming up organized by CPE's Arielle Lawson. See you there!

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The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 14d

Special Section in The GJ:

'Legacies of Austerity', edited by @smhall.bsky.social & @sanvanlan.bsky.social

This #OpenAccess collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

A blue tile with a quote from the editorial introduction to the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section by S. van Lanen & S.M. Hall (2025): "As political discourse transforms and the period of fierce austerity implementation moves into history, we believe critical geographers should remain attentive to its traces in everyday practices, policy realities and material conditions. To imagine alternative futures, austerity's legacies should not be forgotten".

A blue tile sharing the titles of 8 open access papers within the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section:
1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall
2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al.
3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock
4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou
5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali
6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al.
7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull
8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy

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Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · 15d

A reminder of our departmental seminar series this autumn.

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Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · 16d

Some good speakers coming to GDI this semester.

Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · 17d

Congrats!

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 17d

Last week was special. Honored to be awarded Research Staff of the Year for the Faculty of Humanities @officialuom.bsky.social

Grateful that efforts get recognized—and even more grateful for the incredible people beside me.
Special thanks to Sarah @smhall.bsky.social for always being there. 🌸🙏✨

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 21d

In Athens 26th Sept? Join us for a workshop on Best Practices for Addressing Homelessness Outreach Across Athens, Greece, Manchester U.K., & Santiago, Chile. English translation provided. The event is part of our UKRI Urban Crisis Project and co-sponsored with the Municipality of Athens.

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Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · 23d

Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.

Poster for Archiving the People's Papers - learning from Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham - Tuesday September 30th, 3pm - online

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 22d

The Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has a really full and exciting seminar series this autumn, if you're in town, do come join us! @cperguom.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

Schedule of speakers for Autumn 2025 Geography Department seminar series

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 22d

It was a pleasure to sit in the passenger seat with Laam Hae's driving on the long journey that became this article. It's focused on her extensive work on the topic here, but I had some modest input with the theoretical framing.... 1/4

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 22d

Next up in the #Manchester Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here: mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social

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Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · 27d

And another upcoming event with CPE members launching an exciting new book!

Aesthetics and the City Book Launch

Join us for the launch of Aesthetics and the City, an edited book that explores the vital role of aesthetics in shaping urban experience

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · Aug 26

Save the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (@rememberlop.bsky.social), Liverpool and Birmingham: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-... @wcmlibrary.bsky.social

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · Aug 27

First @rgsibg.bsky.social session:

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Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM @cperguom.bsky.social · Sep 3

Please join us for this upcoming CPE co-sponsored event later this Sept.

Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Poppy Budworth @poppybudworth.bsky.social · Aug 28

✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at #RGSIBG2025 in Birmingham!

Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community.

Find your moment to stitch & share! #StitchAssemblyRGS25 💫

🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇

Birmingham campus tower in the sun. No people are around and the green trees and plants look peaceful.

Hands reaching for differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table, holding scissors.

Hands holding differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table. There is also some thread and a needle on the table, and a small pair of scissors.

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Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester @healthierfutures.bsky.social · Jul 8

How can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play? @ctemenos.bsky.social investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate #healthinequalities.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c...

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

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Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brings a whole new meaning to "Bread & Roses"!

Speaking of, a small group of us have been coming together for c2yrs as the Bread & Roses Collective to think about radical care and activism in an unequal world.

We have a logo and blurb: @austerityalters site will be updated soon with more info 🍞🌹

Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · Aug 13

ICYMI: Georg Simmel, 'Roses: A Social Hypothesis' - Simmel’s fairy tale tells the story of the emergence of a sense of grievance about differences in the ability to grow roses which became constructed as a ‘terrible inequality’. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Roses: A Social Hypothesis - Georg Simmel, 2021

First published in 1897 in the avant-garde journal Jugend, Simmel’s fairy tale tells the story of the emergence of a sense of grievance about differences in the...

journals.sagepub.com

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Hannah D-C @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Deadline to register for this conference is tomorrow :)

MancHSTM @manchstm.bsky.social · Aug 15

Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025.

Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene

Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester. Call for Papers

blogs.manchester.ac.uk

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 21

Prepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at #RGS-IBG

Follow #StitchAssemblyRGS25 for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session.

If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there!
@poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social

scraps of fabric and threads in a variety of colours

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nice to see that the whole special issue on Korea's martial law crisis and prodemocracy protests is finally out as a complete collection: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcra20/5...

Critical Asian Studies

Volume 57, Issue 3 of Critical Asian Studies

www.tandfonline.com

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · Aug 24

Great news after so many senseless, life destroying lawsuits against workers for exercising their freedom of association rights that should have always been recognised in law.

‘Yellow Envelope’ bill passes despite business backlash

The National Assembly on Sunday passed a contentious labor bill championed by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, despite fierce objections from the oppositio

m.koreaherald.com

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Looking forward to discussing Yu-Shan Tseng's Liquid Democracy at today's #RGS. An important read for anyone interested in understanding contemporary urban democracy!
@rgsibg.bsky.social

Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · Jul 7

Arrived today. Looking forward to discussing this @rgsibg.bsky.social in August! #RGS25

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