My name is Ana Laura and I am a human rights lawyer and a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Geography. I am currently exploring the Afro-descendant geographies of the Colombian Caribbean while analysing patterns …
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‘Rediscovering soils: knowledge and care in the world of soil’
When is the last time you thought about soil? And yet without soils, you could not exist. Without soils there is no terrestrial life. Soils surround you. Soils sustain you. They support your home, filter …
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Anticipating the HART lecture: Interview with Professor Elspeth Probyn
Are you pleased with the reception that your book (Eating the Ocean) has received? I was delighted to have a wonderful review by Philip Hoare in the THES. Philip is such a fantastic writer of …
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16 May: Guest Lecture Professor Jeff Malpas
‘Spatialisation of the world’ The ‘Culture, Place and Difference Research Cluster‘ of the Geography Department are hosting a special visit by Professor Jeff Malpas. Prof Malpas will speak on ‘Spatialisation of the world’. Date: 16 May …
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Scientists discover networks of lakes and streams on Antarctica’s ice sheets
Scientists discover vast networks of lakes and streams on surface of Antarctica’s ice sheet Surface water drains onto ice shelves that are vulnerable to collapse Meltwater drainage is more extensive than previously thought and could …
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11 May 2017: Geography HART Lecture
‘Eating the Ocean: how to represent a fish’
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25 April 2017: Purging the Nation: Race, Conviviality and Embodied Encounters in the Lives of British Bangladeshi Young Women’
Department of Geography, Human Geography Seminar Prof. Anoop Nayak, University of Newcastle:
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3 May 2017: Black Feminism Series 2017
“The work is harder but it is still the same” The CREN Black Feminisms Seminar Series 14:00 – 17:00, May – July 2017 The University of Sheffield To signal the end of CREN, we will …
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Reflections on Alpha Diagne’s “Blue House” installation at the Southbank Centre
The most recent article about art of the African Diaspora published on the Museum Geographies blog features commentary about the work of refugee artist Alpha Diagne –
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Politics in development: reflections from DSA 2016
By Ellie Chowns, Research Associate in the Department of Geography.
The annual conference of the Development Studies Association is always a stimulating event. Held this year in Oxford’s grand Examination Schools, panellists (more…)