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In this open access paper in cultural geographies (Sage) , I reflect on the everyday nature of authoritarian places - like mega-churches and hardcore gyms - and their seductive capacity for atmospheric joy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

"God's Viral Warriors: Christian Nationalism, Masculinity, and the Representation of Self" by Jason Luger, in the latest special issue of the Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities on "Viral Masculinities": bit.ly/4bHBKeL Jason Luger

New open-access paper in @Pol_Geog_Jl exploring how far-right ideologies and digital medias become encoded in built environments and urban developments, using examples from Saxony to Carolina. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Issue 2:2 read Jason Luger and @Tilman_Schwarze's thought provoking contribution on "post-industrial cities" - pure intellectual sustanance! Fantastic debate with @GeogForthcoming, Michael Glass, Jason Hackworth, James Pattison, June Wang and Sherry Xueyue Miao.

Anticipating a superb exhibition here Farrell Centre for anyone interested in not only brutalist architecture but also unbuilt cities and utopian urban dreams

Call for papers, AAG 2025 in Detroit: "The Critical Lives of Urban Ruins", with myself and Jacob Miller, and Stephanie Wakefield Stephanie Wakefield 🌴 🦩 as discussant. Get in touch if interested.

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Exciting series of events this fall with the Northumbria Social and Cultural Geographies Research Group. Hybrid when possible, so get in touch for Teams links. Geog & Env Sciences

Crisp day for the first field activity of our Encountering Urban Worlds 🌎 class, unpeeling public space.

Was an absolute pleasure cosupervising the eminently talented (now officially) Dr. Matt Kirby. 👏 Well done Matthew Kirchoff

This was a celebratory, stimulating and deeply-welcomed distraction from the events of an otherwise despondent day.

Advertising a fully-funded PhD opportunity at Northumbria, looking at urban social infrastructures (USI) for young mens' health and wellbeing in UK Cities. See link for details: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

Braving #Bert for our "Encountering Urban Worlds" trip to Amsterdam, crossing the North Sea tonight. @nugeog

Nice to see this Antipode.bsky.social intervention out in the world which critically responds to some of the troubling world-building (and world-breaking) happening now. Conversations began in sessions at the AAG2023 in Denver. antipodeonline.org/2024/12/12/new…

Have a look at our introduction for this Interventions section I guest edited with my friend Elisabeth Moerking for Critical Studies on Security. It comprises some great short-form creative interventions on the micro-, ordinary affective politics of global reaction. tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/10…

Had a bit of fun with this short-fiction piece in forthcoming Critical Studies on Security. In this, a character finds himself trapped on 'Alpha Male Island', a site of 'Manospheric' fantasy. He then manages to escape, and reconsider his subjectivity. tandfonline.com/eprint/YKBVNBX…

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New #OpenAccess special issue article by Jason Luger and Miklós Dürr: The urban question under illiberalism? Three thematic approaches buff.ly/YZSrZkM #UrbanPolitics #illiberalism #UrbanGovernance

Linking Silicon Valley's 'California Forever' to Kigali's technocratic plans, our article of the week explores how illiberalism thrives through urban density and the viral speed of digital 'Extrastatecraft'. By Jason Luger & Miklós Dürr in Urban Studies Journal buff.ly/sPpXvuA