Call for papers to our session: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Conference aug 2024 "Mapping Invisibilities: Socio-spatial entanglements of urban informalities" Read the detail call / Submit abstract at t.ly/yFEfk Deadline: 23 feb

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by RCC alumnus Vipul Singh 🌏 : “Ecopolitical Space in a Riverine Landscape of South Asia.” This case study of sixteenth-century Bihar, India, provides insights into the relationship between geography and political constructs. environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/ecopol…

“Cooperation, discipline, ability to work as a team, willingness to sacrifice for the common good (in short, asabiya of Ibn Khaldun) is what wins battles and wars, not ferocity of individual warriors.” A brilliant take on the classic sci-fi novel, Dune: peterturchin.com/the-dune-hypot…

Human Geography 17.1 has been published. It has a special symposium on Mike Davis that has been guest edited by Ananya Roy. Please share widely: journals.sagepub.com/toc/HUG/current

Couldn’t be more true!!

New (May 2024): Aníbal Quijano: Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power – Edited by Walter D. Mignolo, Rita Segato, and Catherine E. Walsh | Duke University Press | More information can be found here: dukeupress.edu/anibal-quijano

It was such a pleasure to present my work at the 40th Punjab Research Group Conference. I presented my paper on alternative epistemological approaches towards understanding floods; ‘Floods as Catastrophes or Blessing’

Antipode volume 56, number 6 is out now. This is one of the best journals with a critical approach to urban, spatial and political issues. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678330/2…

Study on "climate justice" (CJ) awareness & beliefs show data on 11 countries, incl 🇵🇭 -Somewhat ⬇️ awareness of term "CJ" -Broad agreement on capitalistic & colonial roots of climate injustice. Good start👍 - Much less so on intersectionality of climate injustice-this needs work

A bunch on incredible authors discussing a diverse range of themes at the British Academy prize winning event. I wasn’t bored for a single moment throughout the event. What a beautiful amalgamation of interdisciplinary thoughts! #BritishAcademy

Beautiful piece on Arundhati Roy by the great Naomi Klein. archive.is/4rVxV?s=09

A phenomenal text!! Always makes me question the question of decolonisation esp when it’s employed very casually by many people.

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨: 📢“Stand up, fight back!”✊ As #COP29 runs into overtime, the Global #ClimateJustice movement ⚖️ calls on the G77 and China to have the courage to reject a bad deal 🚫 on the on the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG)!

Activists are #holdingtheline ahead of the 8pm plenary in #Baku There are folks who haven’t gone home in 24 hours. They are standing tall and bold because they know the decisions made in these halls is going to adversely affect our communities back home #COP29

Position and member quotes: COP29 delivers death sentence for millions amidst “stage managed” Global North takedown of trust, collaboration, and protocol. Media: [email protected] docs.google.com/document/d/1aV…

The Guardian really must do better. The global north didn’t commit to provide $300bn - in the word salad they will simply ‘lead’. And it’s not every year since ‘It’s by 2035’ by which time inflation would mean it’s about the same as $100 bn in 2009 of which only $30bn+ was new $

“This [summit] has been a disaster for the developing world. It’s a betrayal of both people and planet, by wealthy countries who claim to take climate change seriously." theguardian.com/environment/20…

Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Pankaj Mishra being brilliant The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

Malir River: Once a lifeline of Karachi, now a symbol of ecological disaster. This thread explores its history, importance, and the ongoing destruction.. 1/6 #MalirRiver #Karachi #ClimateCrisis UN Environment Programme UN Climate Change Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو Mubashir Zaidi Veengas Hamid Mir حامد میر