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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · 16d

Congratulations 🥳 to @urbanstudiesfoundation.org Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Matina Kapsali for receiving Research Staff of the Year award! 👏 👏 👏 @officialuom.bsky.social @matinakapsali.bsky.social

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

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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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks, Dimitra! :)

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

@uomhums.bsky.social

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks so much, Cristina!!

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

@manchester.ac.uk

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

@uomseed.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org @cperguom.bsky.social

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

After-award celebrations with my two favorite people in the world — and of course, pizza! 🍕

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 16d

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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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

The project was co-facilitated by myself, Alex Holloway and Jess Küçükkalyon.

It was funded by a @uomseed.bsky.social Social Responsibility Fund as part of my @urbanstudiesfoundation.org scholarship.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

Read the full version here
heartandparcel.org/2025/07/30/f...

heartandparcel.org

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

It showed that meaningful outcomes don’t come from having everything perfectly planned but from creating room for shared experimentation and allowing participants’ strengths to lead the way.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

From the beginning, we approached the work as equals with the participants. We understood how collaborative design, openness, and honesty can create a space where scholars and communities learn from each other as equals.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

The project’s impact goes beyond the final publication. We'll share more on the process soon but some initial thoughts 👇

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Aug 5

So happy this is out!! 👩🏽‍🍳📚🌍✍🏾🍜

Over the past 6 months, I’ve been working with 6 inspiring women of
Heart&Parcel to co-create CuiZine—an online zine exploring “The social lives of food” through a series of collaborative workshops. 🧵

Read and share widely!

#CuiZine #foodstories #zinemaking

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Right now it has a membership of over 70 participants located all over the world. We plan to use the network to build community and to spark collaboration. If interested, please join us by sending an email to [email protected]."

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 28

We seek to challenge this by continuing working with these organisations (more soon) and creating a network of scholars and activists working on urban social reproduction.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Notwithstanding the important debates initiated in events such as this workshop, they often start and finish during the one or two days of the event. This lack of continuity does not enable the building of sustained and long-term collaborations between scholars and activists"

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 28

Last year, Nina Ebner & I ran a workshop on urban social reproduction w/ scholars & community orgs from Greece, Mexico & the UK.
This included a zine-making workshop capturing shared practices & challenges—a rich, collaborative experience! 📚✨

Read more 👇

Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · Jul 25

🔔 How are grassroots infrastructures reshaping cities from below?
In this guest post, #USFPostdoctoralFellows @matinakapsali.bsky.social and Nina Ebner reflect on their workshop “Grassroots Infrastructures and Urban Social Reproduction”
📖 Read more: ow.ly/Wbzs50Wve57
#UrbanStudies #Infrastructure

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 25

Can’t wait to dive into this edited volume on Aesthetics and the City! Looks like @joeblakey.bsky.social and @amycbarron.bsky.social have done a fantastic job putting it together. 👏📚

Joe Blakey @joeblakey.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today marks the launch of our edited volume Aesthetics and the City. @amycbarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled to see this in print. We hope it’s of interest! Do let us know what you think. We are hosting a hybrid launch event in early October.

🔗More details: www.routledge.com/Aesthetics-a...

A copy of the aesthetics and the city book against a stone wall with ivy on the left

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Working Class Movement Library @wcmlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 24

Announcing a new research project! In partnership with the University of Manchester’s ‬ new PGR Placement scheme, we’ll be welcoming a PhD researcher, Arielle Lawson, to the Working Class Movement Library archives this summer.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks for sharing!

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.collectivecarepr.com

thanks to @uomseed.bsky.social and @manchester.ac.uk
for supporting the project through a Research Stimulation Fund 2024-25

Collective caring in and against urban crises: solidarities, networks and infrastructures

www.collectivecarepr.com

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yesterday we held the 2nd Collective Care workshop "Transnational solidarities"

Huge thanks to all participants for their beautifully crafted talks. ✨🙏

While this was a closed event to allow for open discussion among participants, our website will be updated soon with reports and details.

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.collectivecarepr.com

thanks to @uomseed.bsky.social and @manchester.ac.uk for supporting the project through a Research Stimulation Fund 2024-25

Collective caring in and against urban crises: solidarities, networks and infrastructures

www.collectivecarepr.com

Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Jul 17

Nov: “Here are your revisions. Submit by July, no rush.”
Me: easy, plenty of time!

Me in July: 🫣 …better get started

Tell me I'm not alone 😅