Ari Jerrems
@arijerrems.bsky.social
Borders | neighbouring | political geographies | IPS | convenor of @acbsnetwork.bsky.social
Really thrilled to see that my episode of Material Crimes 'Location, Location, Location' is now out: open.spotify.com/episode/5iKq... Please do check it out and give it a like on Spotify!
Location, Location, Location (Ari Jerrems)
Material Crimes · Episode
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Really looking forward to the new season of Material Crimes being launched next week. I've got an episode called 'Location, Location, Location' looking at the history of the Port Hedland detention centre. You can listen to the trailer for the new series here: www.instagram.com/p/Da2m0QotNIu/
I've got a new co-authored article out in Australian Geographer with Paul Munro, Andrew Burridge and Marilu Melo Zurita tracing the history of Political Geography in Australia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... It is intended as the first of a two part series.
Australian political geography I: conservative beginnings, 1920s to early 1980s
This article, the first in a two-part series, traces the development of Australian political geography from the 1920s to the 1980s, offering the first comprehensive review of the sub-discipline's e...
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Today is my first day back at work after a few weeks off. Over the break I accumulated quite a few new books (including quite a bit of fiction!) that I'm looking forward to reading in 2026. Wishing everyone all the best for the new year! It hasn't been a great start...
The official book launch of The Spatial Limits of Political Community was great fun last night. Huge thanks to Ethan Blue, Jamal Barnes and Nardine Alnemr for their kind and thoughtful comments on the book and Megan Price for being a stellar chair.
Today is publication day for my book "The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain": bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-... 1/8
The Spatial Limits of Political Community
The Spatial Limits of Political Community - Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain; Through analysis of political events in Madrid, Spain, this book explores what the figure of the neighbour can tell ...
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Ari Jerrems (@arijerrems.bsky.social), The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain - @brisunipress.bsky.social, September 2025 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-...
The Spatial Limits of Political Community
The Spatial Limits of Political Community - Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain; Through analysis of political events in Madrid, Spain, this book explores what the figure of the neighbour can tell ...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
We have an ongoing Lecturer (International Relations) position open at UWA We encourage interdisciplinary applicants, including political geography, political sociology, political psychology, and critical security studies. Full description and details here: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia
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Inspiring scenes coming out of Sydney today. Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza
NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested
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And another honourable mention to Zali Fung for her paper: Fung, Z. (2024). Amorphous infrastructure: Contesting the proposed Yuam River water diversion project in the Salween River Basin. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(6), 2386-2412. doi.org/10.1177/2514... Congratulations to all!
We had fantastic submissions this year and would like to give honourable mentions to two papers, including Henrietta McNeill: McNeill, H. (2023). Deportation as a neo-colonial act: how deporting state influence extends beyond the border. Political Geography, 102, 102845. doi.org/10.1016/j.po...
We are very happy to announce the winner of the 2025 Political Geography ECR/HDR Paper Award goes to Miriam Deprez for her article titled ‘Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine’. Congratulations! Full article: doi.org/10.1093/ips/...
Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine
Abstract. The Israeli military’s occupation of Palestinian territory relies heavily on its ability to shape the visual environment and set the terms of how
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There are two jobs going in the School of Social Sciences at UWA. In Human Geography: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52... And Anthropology: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : IN DEVELOPMENT
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The deadline for the IAG @polgeographygroup.bsky.social Paper Award has been extended until Friday the 30th of May. Do submit a paper if you haven't done so already. 500$ AUD are up for grabs! Full guidelines and requirements: politicalgeographyaus.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/i...
IAG Political Geography HDRs and Early Career Paper Award 2025
The Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) Political Geography Study Group Award will award AUD 500.00 to the best paper on a political geography topic published by an ECR/HDR candidate that is …
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Great to see Beryl Pong's article 'Volumetric mediations' is out in Area. It is the first article in an SI on 'Atmospheric Borders' edited by @kayatbarry.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social Andrew Burridge and I @acbsnetwork.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper contributes to scholarship on drones’ more-than-military realms as they pertain to the atmospheres they create in visual culture. Focusing on two humanitarian drone documentaries, Ai Weiwe...
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As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...
Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration
Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.
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🥷🏿🥷🏿🥷🏿💜💜💜💜 un lujo compartir espacio con gran parte de la gente de la #RockSchool (nombre en homenaje a Paco Peñas 😜) del @geri_uam. @gea-uam.bsky.social @uam.es
Ari Jerrems@arijerrems.bsky.social · last yr.Thrilled to receive a copy of this new and important textbook on critical international relations theory in Spanish and to have a chapter in it with my good friend Melody Fonseca based on work we have been doing together for many years now @itziarrga.bsky.social
Thrilled to receive a copy of this new and important textbook on critical international relations theory in Spanish and to have a chapter in it with my good friend Melody Fonseca based on work we have been doing together for many years now @itziarrga.bsky.social
#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated.
Call for Sessions for IAG 2025: please send your proposal to our convenors by 22 Feb if you would like it to be sponsored by the Political Geography Study Group. More details below!
My book on the spatial limits of political community is now in production! To be released in September 👀
Join us — 13 March in Canberra for the launch of TEMPORARY: we wanted workers but we got people — an exhibition of images & stories of temporary migration from the Pacific to Australia. By Matt Withers, Kirstie Petrou, Jeanette Tanghwa, Ema Moolchand, and me. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/temporary-...
Temporary: We wanted workers but we got people
Images and stories of temporary labour migration from the Pacific.
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NEW: remember Joe the pigeon, who supposedly flew to Australia all the way from the US? In this essay I explore Joe's legacy, his connection to practices of migration and detention, and the more-than-human mobilities that underpin biosecurity. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KGVWT...
Coming in to land? More-than-human mobilities, biosecurity, and practices of coexistence
Geographies of more-than-human relations have flourished in the past decade, offering innovative methodological and conceptual approaches to studying how humans are entangled with an array of anima...
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My PhD on geoengineering, Producing the Climate, is now available to read via USyd library! Huge thanks to my wonderful supervisors @garethbryant.bsky.social and @kurtiveson.bsky.social as well as my generous examiners @geoffmann.bsky.social and Chantel Carr. ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...
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I've neglected this for a while but have made a couple of new additions to the Critical Border Studies starter pack go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN Shout out to our friends @polgeographygroup.bsky.social who are now on Bluesky
Hello from the new social digs of the Political Geography Study Group of the Institute of Australian Geographers 👋 We'll be at the upcoming conference in Newcastle June 30-July 5 and we hope to see you there!
