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Moving Sounds, Controlled Borders Asylum and the Politics of Culture

This article by Professor Les Back reviews some of the key political interventions by black and Asian theorists on the migrant experience and the politics of culture. Stressing the political dimensions of this work, it argues for a reconnection to the interventions made by Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy who introduced a repertoire of theoretical … Continue reading Moving Sounds, Controlled Borders Asylum and the Politics of Culture

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Les Back On The Radio

Professor Les Back’s book ‘Academic Diary: Or Why Higher Education Still Matters‘, published by Goldsmiths Press, has been a huge success over the summer. Professor Back will be discussing his work in an hour-long special this Sunday [25 Sept] at 8:00pm on Talking Books, the literary programme of Irish radio station NewsTalk. Continue reading Les Back On The Radio

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Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities

A New book by Charlotte Bates, Rob Imrie, and Kim Kullman, has just published: As an increasingly urbanised world is seeking to deal with recent social, natural and technological changes, ‘Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities’ explores how concepts and practices of care can cultivate more responsive forms of design that attend to the fragile relations that … Continue reading Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities

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Secularism Is The Fundamentalist Religion of France

The burkini bans have ignited fierce debate in France and worldwide, while opinion polls suggested most French people backed the bans for reasons of secularism, or laïcité. Sara R. Farris, Senior Lecture in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, examines the fundamentalism of laïcité. http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2817-secularism-is-the-fundamentalist-religion-of-france Continue reading Secularism Is The Fundamentalist Religion of France

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The conflict between religion and media has deep roots

A recent report into the place of religion in public life presented a gloomy picture of the relationship between media and religion. Whilst media misrepresentations usually concern Muslims, the most vocal complainers are Christians. Abby Day argues the reason for this may lie in more fundamental, ancient and even ontological concerns. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionpublicsphere/2016/08/the-conflict-between-religion-and-media-has-deep-roots/     Continue reading The conflict between religion and media has deep roots

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Smart Ethnography?

Call for Papers for a Workshop to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London: 15-16 December, 2016 Convenors: Les Back [Sociology] & Mark Johnson [Anthropology] (Goldsmiths, University of London), Maggy Lee (Hong Kong University), Mike McCahill (University of Hull) Key Note: Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths, University of London) The aim of this workshop is to bring together and … Continue reading Smart Ethnography?