Call for abstracts Institute of Australian Geographers Conference (Hobart, Tasmania 9-13 July 2019) Session: Tackling ethical and methodological challenges and possibilities in geographical research There is rarely a ‘box on the form’ for the ethical challenges which arise in geographical research. These challenges tend to be ‘dynamic, ongoing and complex’ (Gillan and Pickerill, 2012) rather … Continue reading Tackling ethical and methodological challenges and possibilities

Austerity, in the minds of most, is an economic policy. For others it might represent a paradigm; for others still, a class conflict. Kirsten Forkert's book considers austerity as something more ubiquitous and mysterious: as a public mood. Mood, of course, is a tricky thing to pin down. Forkert notes that mood is somewhat undefinable … Continue reading My review: Austerity as public mood: social anxieties and social struggles

This piece was published by Future Perfect magazine. The picture painted by Raffi Khatchadourian in his New Yorker profile of Julian Assange is not flattering. The Wikileaks founder variously appears as a paranoid recluse, playing white noise in his conference room and concocting elaborate eating routines for fear of poisoning; a genius turned strange through fame (even … Continue reading Julian Assange: Man without a country

Books I really loved: Commonwealth Ann Patchett How to set a fire and why Jesse Ball In the dark room Susan Faludi The rules do not apply Ariel Levy Idaho Emily Ruskovich The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood La Rose Louise Erdrich In Defense of Housing Peter Marcuse and David Madden The Year of Magical Thinking … Continue reading Books I read in 2017