Penelope Anthias
@penelopeanthias.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in Human Geography at Durham. Research on territory, extractivism, Indigenous rights in Bolivia (Chaco). New documentary filmmaker
Of all we do in academia, reviewing important new work is surely one of the joys. It reminds us why we do what we do. Never truer than for this review forum, where I got to discuss Andrea Marston’s exceptional book Subterranean Matters with esteemed colleagues www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Guest Lecture, co-organised by our Geographies of Life research cluster: 'Curating Learning Journeys - Transformational Experiences in the Classroom', Dr Erzsébet Strausz, Central European University, Vienna. Thursday, 30th April 2026, 13.00-14.30, room PCL 054 (Palatine Centre)
Access the introduction and six papers at antipodeonline.org/2026/04/14/q...
Symposium—“Querying Nature and (Anti-/De-)coloniality” - Antipode Online
Organized by Penelope Anthias, Joel E. Correia, and Kiran Asher This Symposium takes on questions of how actually existing movements contest various forms of “colonial Natures,” from settler property ...
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We will never know how many students could have got better marks without using AI. I can only say that, in my experience, the quality of student work has declined since ChatGPT.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Human Geography with expertise in the field of Health Geography that will complement and extend current work in our Geographies of Life research cluster. Application deadline May 10th, further details here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor in Human Geography
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#decoloniality #anticoloniality #indigeneity #Nature #colonialecologies #politicsofrepresentation #socialmovements #embodiedstruggles
Penelope Anthias@penelopeanthias.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur Intro to the Antipode Symposium "Querying Nature and (Anti-/De-)coloniality" is finally out! Co-authored with Kiran Asher and Joel Correia @joelecorreia.bsky.social, it has been a long labour of love (1/8) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Our Intro to the Antipode Symposium "Querying Nature and (Anti-/De-)coloniality" is finally out! Co-authored with Kiran Asher and Joel Correia @joelecorreia.bsky.social, it has been a long labour of love (1/8) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Querying Nature and (Anti‐/De‐)coloniality: Introduction to the Symposium
The introduction to this Symposium outlines how actually existing movements contest various forms of “colonial Natures,” from settler property regimes to extractive frontiers and conservation landsca...
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New publication! Territories of Life: Equivocations, Entanglements, Endurances, co-edited by Mario Blaser, Sylvie Poirier and myself ualbertapress.ca/978177212825...
Territories of Life - University of Alberta Press
Territories of Life highlights the multiplicity and heterogeneity of worlds and collectives, some labelled Indigenous, as they struggle to sustain their terr...
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jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Critical geopolitics lectureship in Human Geography at Leeds
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Human Geography
Lecturer in Critical Human Geography, Faculty of EnvironmentSalary: Grade 8 (£51,753 – £59,966 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be u...
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Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
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Newcastle Chronicle ran a story yesterday about the government's response to People Against Rafael's petition to investigate Pearson Engineering. It also discusses PAR's research on use of Pearson Engineering's Threat-sense technology in Israeli drones www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Government responds to call for investigation into Newcastle arms factory
A petition signed by 5,000 people demanded greater transparency over the operation of Pearson Engineering’s Armstrong Works site on Scotswood Road last year
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@paullangley.bsky.social and @andrewleyshon.bsky.social, Fintech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance - Zone, July 2026 press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/...
Fintech Capital
A thorough examination of the worldwide digital transformation of people’s everyday monetary and financial relations driven by the emergence of FinTech
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up. Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
We are looking forward to welcoming Mark Griffiths (GPS, Newcastle University) to the Department on January 13th (2-4pm, room W010) to speak about his book Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine (University of Minnesota Press, 2025) in conversation with Dr. Lauren Martin from Durham Geography.
A sobering reminder of the new political context in Bolivia: support for the US military invasion of Venezuela with purported support for "democracy" but no mention of sovereignty
Thinking of everyone in Venezuela right now. A reminder to those who aren't Venezuelans or regional specialists that your take isn't required (read and share local commentary instead)
In further evidence that our university employers only care about us as exploitable labour, Durham has suspended staff access to free flu vaccines on 30th November - the official start of peak flu season
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
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Sounds like Structural Adjustment 2.0 in Bolivia: "Funds from creditors including the World Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) will support private sector initiatives in infrastructure, renewable energy, and financial inclusion". www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Bolivia negotiating $9 billion in multilateral loans to spur recovery
Bolivia is negotiating multilateral financing that will exceed $9 billion for public and private projects, Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza said Tuesday in the first major policy announcement si...
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The elephant is now the only thing left in the room #COP30
Let's not forget that appropriating and subverting left agendas has been a key strategy of the far-right. Much easier than winning an argument
Our colleague Gavin Bridge has recently co-created a short animation called the ‘Future of UK Oil and Gas’. The film draws on insights from the Fraying Ties project on Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK oil sector, and was produced by Seed Creativity: youtu.be/8MPHZAhzzLY
The future of UK oil and gas
YouTube video by DurhamUniversity
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Happy to recommend this Bilingual Audiovisual Roundtable "Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods" curated by @samhalvorsen.bsky.social and Adriana Massidda. It hosts 5 short films from Latin America, inc. my film "Urukurenda: In Search of the Land Without Evil" antipodeonline.org/2025/10/29/u...
Bilingual Intervention—“Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods: An (Audio)Visual Roundtable” - Antipode Online
Sam Halvorsen (Queen Mary University of London) and Adriana L. Massidda (University of Sheffield) Spanish language version available at: / Versión en español disponible en: https://antipodeonline.org/...
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