The new Soundings has 4 MCCS co/written articles: @angelamcrobbie.bsky.social - feminism & the right Natalie Fenton &co- What media do we need? @jolittler.bsky.social &co - Feeling political Gholam Khiabany -Iran, Palestine & limits of solidarity journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...

Soundings: Volume 2025 Issue 90 & 91 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart

Soundings: A journal of politics and culture - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 90 (2025)

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@mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Yassmine Tabka on the return to a #London market of an Africa-inspired shopping experience with a side order of cultural offerings. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/africa-for...

Next Wednesday (5/27), A. J. Bauer will be discussing his best-selling new book, MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS at @mediacomgold.bsky.social at 5 pm. tinyurl.com/2hc53sks @ajbauer.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

New book! Out 15 Oct 'The Moralizing Corporation' w/ Grietje Baars, Joel Bakan, Bobby Banerjee, Alan Bradshaw, Andreas Chatzidakis, Robert Deakin, Sara Farris, Marianna Fotaki, Jo Littler, Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, Lisa Ann Richey, Rohit Varman bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-moralizi...

The Moralizing Corporation

The Moralizing Corporation - The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing; This interdisciplinary edited collection interrogates both the deceptions of contemporary corporate ‘carewashing’ and attacks o...

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The new Green party mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social studied MA Political Communications with us here @mediacomgold.bsky.social Story by current journalism student Meena Iyer. www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/loca... Come and study with us and make the future.

And here's a brilliant trip-down-memory-lane by MA Pol Comms Dr Jacob Mukherjee on @liamshrivastava.bsky.social speaking about the radical history of New Cross! If you want to follow in his footsteps, apply to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@mapolcommsg...

Congratulations to @liamshrivastava18, the new @thegreenparty mayor of #Lewisham! Liam studied MA Political Communications at Goldsmiths (2018-19)! Here he is speaking about the radical history of New...

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall@rashmee.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Way to go @liamshrivastava.bsky.social Way to teach @mediacomgold.bsky.social !

With two southeast #London boroughs voting to cut traditional ties with #Labour, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism students assess the big shake-up to the system in #Lewisham & #Hackney & why it’s status quo in #TowerHamlets & #Croydon thegoldstandard1.substack.com

The Gold Standard | Substack

Local to global. Student journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London. Click to read The Gold Standard, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Way to go @liamshrivastava.bsky.social Way to teach @mediacomgold.bsky.social !

Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths@mediacomgold.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Many congrats to the new Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava, an alumnus of our MA Political Communications! www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-politi... @liamshrivastava.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

👻 What do ghosts, empires, and financial capital have in common? @cleabourne.bsky.social Paul Gilbert & Eleanor Newbigin chat to @addiemcgowan.bsky.social & @philiproscoe.bsky.social about how colonial legacies haunt contemporary financial systems and cultural policy. youtu.be/FsYwpQhMNtE?...

Empire’s ghostly afterlives: from financial markets to creative industries

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Journal of Cultural Economy@jcultecon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🔥new episode out this very morning! ‘When the planet hits the balance sheet’ feat. Kristin Asdal & @stistien.bsky.social Stine Engen - hosted as ever by @philiproscoe.bsky.social @addiemcgowan.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4WqW...

Many congrats to the new Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava, an alumnus of our MA Political Communications! www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-politi... @liamshrivastava.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 4mo ago

BREAKING: Second Ever Green Mayor Win 🎉 Liam Shrivastava has been elected Mayor of Lewisham – huge congratulations!

Coming out from under rock to address salient topic of creeping HE financialisation. I'll share ongoing inquiry/interventions into Goldsmiths' partnership w/ US edtech RisePoint. Saturday @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social library 11:30am #freegoldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social

Struck by how Hannah Spencer's brilliant victory speech is a broadside against neoliberal meritocracy – like so many other (esp. female working-class) voices right now. This is exactly what Bev Skeggs & I discuss in our new article, 'Social Mobility is a Joke': journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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How do tech and AI interventions harm some of the world's most marginalised people? Listen to @madianou.bsky.social discuss her recent book 'Technocolonialism' at the 'Rethininking Humanitarianism' podcast ⬇️

Mirca Madianou@madianou.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I enjoyed the conversation with @tammam.bsky.social Rana Sweis and Nathaniel Raymond for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on tech & AI in the aid sector - I spoke about my recent book 'Technocolonialism' out with @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social

I enjoyed the conversation with @tammam.bsky.social Rana Sweis and Nathaniel Raymond for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on tech & AI in the aid sector - I spoke about my recent book 'Technocolonialism' out with @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Rethinking Humanitarianism | The aid sector’s techno-colonialism problem

Experts unpack AI and new tech in crises, the fallback on “techno-utopian” solutions, and the risk of “techno-colonialism” and why it matters.

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@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Declan Miele-Howell reports on a significant planning decision in southeast #London thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/lewisham-a...

New article: In 'Social Mobility is a Joke: Working-class women & British TV comedy on the social floor’ in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social, @jolittler.bsky.social & Bev Skeggs analyse female TV writers who reject bourgeoise narratives of respectability & meritocracy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Mahad Yaqub reports on a rewilding plan in south #London thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/croydon-be...

📣 2 x PhD studentships @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social funded by the Migrant Futures Institute: 1st studentship open to ALL subjects for UK applicants of migrant / refugee background. 2nd open to UK / international applicants on migration-related topic. ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social Please repost!

Migrant Futures Doctoral Studentships

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the call for two fully-funded Migrant Futures Doctoral Studentships

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Join us Monday 12:30 ARB S1 or online for the Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies Research Seminar with Catherine Rottenberg on "The New Menopausal Subject". For online, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-new-me...

The New Menopausal Subject

Part of the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Series.

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On Wednesday 4th Feb 16:00 I'll be giving a talk on Technocolonialism, based on my recent book with @politybooks.bsky.social, at the University of Manchester. If you're in town, it would be so great to see you! @mediacomgold.bsky.social Details below:

Come hear Jess Martin talk about her first book on gender and austerity celebrity! Looking forward to chairing this one

Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths@mediacomgold.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wed 4th Feb: Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity 5pm - 6:30pm. LG01, PSH, all welcome @jessmartin.bsky.social will introduce her new book, Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Wed 4th Feb: Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity 5pm - 6:30pm. LG01, PSH, all welcome @jessmartin.bsky.social will introduce her new book, Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

@mediacomgold.bsky.social #Journalism student Belle Lun samples Hong Kong cha chaan teng classics in #London and hears what thick-cut French toast dripping with syrup and silky milk tea really means. Please read thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/hong-kong-...

Next Tuesday 27th, I'll be visiting Bremen to give a lecture based on my book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... - details below. If you are in town and would like to meet, let me know! @mediacomgold.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social

Prof. Dr. Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths, university of London): Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful

Abstract With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and data are being

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Check out our community lecture series this term! We opened last week with a full house for Linton Kwesi Johnson. Today we have a screening of The Battle for Venezuela plus a panel discussion with director Saniev Johal. Lots of amazing talks throughout the term!

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism students Harper Mahood and Alex Burns get into the spirit and compile a seasonal list of things to do this #Christmas in east #London. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/east-londo...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social ’s Ayesha Manzoor-Karimuddin started her #journalism studies with time-travel thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/greenwich-...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social MA Journalism student Finola Clarke reports on a #Lewisham regeneration project thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/lewisham-s...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social BA #Journalism Year 1 student visits a #Greenwich shop where less is more thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/zero-waste...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social MA #Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a #Lewisham grassroots movement that's calling for houses meant 'for people not profit'. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/meet-the-l...

Meet the campaigners demanding 'housing for people, not profit'

MA Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a grassroots movement in Lewisham

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