This is a wonderful collection published in Transactions to mark the annual RGS-IBG conference theme, 'Mapping'. Guest edited by Stephenlegg, this is a brilliant set of commentaries. Big thanks to Steve for bringing this to the journal & to Dr Anna Lawrence for the great work

My pitch for #geography: "Why it matters that Gov. Tim Walz was a geography teacher" minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/28/why… Minnesota Reformer American Association of Geographers NCGE Macalester College The American Geographical Society MAGE AP Human Geography Kevin Turner Greg Hill Marie Price IGU Lisa Benton-Short Patricia Ehrkamp (she/her) African Geographical Review

Powerful discussion of the debt trap, punitive policies and stigmatization of indebtedness and the disproportionate impacts on women in the SCGeog Journal Annual Lecture by Prof Katherine Brickell and Fraser William Curry with Mel Nowicki : 'Women are not failing. Women are being failed'. #RGSIBG24

Huge thanks to David Bissell + audience for Social & Cultural Geog Journal keynote #RGSIBG2024 - on the debt trap that homeless families in temporary accommodation are facing in England. Honoured with Mel Nowicki & Fraser William Curry to talk re. our Urban Studies Foundation The British Academy research

Urban Futures member Nathaniel at the #RGSIBG24 today, presenting his new practice-based research on global geographies of black life across London & Dominica through the botanical garden + their imperial histories His Super 8 film of flora and fauna played as he talked

Spending on temporary accommodation has soared by 29% in just one year. Councils have repeatedly warned spiralling homelessness costs are threatening them with bankruptcy. The govt must intervene to prevent vital services being withdrawn. bigissue.com/news/housing/c…

📢 Join us for our "Teaching with Zines" online workshop, Friday 9/13 at 9am Pacific! 📢 We'll be joined by 4 geographers who will share how they use zines in their classrooms & share some resources. Curious about zines & GEOZONe? Register here: bit.ly/4e3mk5q. 📓

'Unhoused people & protesters are outsiders in the eyes of the law...[their threat] to the dominant order is revealed in the violence of the police response. Under threat of removal, they will collectively occupy space until the need to do so becomes obsolete' tracy rosenthal

Saturday reading Urban geography in The Atlantic WHY DO RICH PEOPLE LOVE QUIET? The sound of gentrification is silence. By Xochitl Gonzalez theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Cities Community Insight video on Time for Geography | with King's Geography King's College London timeforgeography.co.uk/videos-list/ci…

Missing the conversations and camaraderie of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography sessions at the @IGC2024Dub ? Interested in the feminist city? If visa Gods smile do consider femcities.at/de/conferences… No registration fee Spread the word!

JOB ALERT: Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies is looking for a Postdoc Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Sociology (Level A/B) to work w/ Dr Michelle Peterie on the impacts of immigration detention & deportation on children & families. bit.ly/3ySljhF

Inspiring campaign from Groundswell and Amnesty UK that puts the voices of people with lived experience front and centre. People who have faced homelessness deserve a seat at the table in creating solutions to end it. Sign their petition: amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-ho…

Final dates announced for our opening season! We will close the museum to the public in November to focus on winter community action. Catch it while you can friends ☺️ museumofhomelessness.org/news/finaldates

🚨 Grenfell Inquiry report 🚨 - "Complacent" govt "well aware" of risk of cladding disaster but failed to act - "Systematic dishonesty" by product manufacturers "very significant reason" for fire - "Chronic and systemic" fire safety failures by tower's social landlords

But in a decision likely to disappoint some bereaved, survivors and campaigners it has NOT made direct recommendations covering social housing providers - saying the recent changes to consumer regulation are sufficient to deliver change insidehousing.co.uk/news/grenfell-…

Is this acceptable accommodation? The sketches here are based on images sent to us by a migrant domestic worker (MDW) on her living conditions. According to her, she was made to sleep on a mattress squeezed in the kitchen, with no privacy. (1/3)

CLOSING 6 SEPTEMBER: Recently finished, or soon to finish, a PhD in the humanities or social sciences on a Southeast Asia-related topic? Then New Mandala would love to support the promotion and expansion of your research with our Emerging Scholar Award: newmandala.org/apply-for-new-…

The publication of the Grenfell report is a good day to read Nadine El-Enany wonderful essay on the disaster. Grenfell was a catastrophe produced in part by empire and borders, a story internal to the welfare state rather than a symbol of its decline. jstor.org/stable/j.ctvg8…

Fancy £10k for humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small research grants. Do share. Awards will be allocated through partial randomisation - awarded randomly between those applications that meet our quality threshold thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-lev…