@Blood_Bricks

Award-winning research on the climate change-modern slavery nexus in the Cambodian construction industry. ESRC-FCDO funded (2016-2019). RTs NE

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Joined July 2017
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@RalphLauren @Lululemon @jcrew @adidas @Nike @c_en_a and @UnderArmour have all been notified at least twice. Brick workers incinerate the scraps in kilns, in an industry where #debtbondage and #childlabor are persistent problems. Read the full story here: cambojanews.com/garment-wast…
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The home in capitalist times Ever more 'home' to the rhythms of capitalist enclosure & profit The outcome for the indebted = wakefulness in their day & nighttime lives NEW in @theAAG journal from #Cambodia research with #microfinance borrowers: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Photo of a credit officer waiting for an indebted family to return home

ALT Photo of a credit officer waiting for an indebted family to return home

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Can't sleep for money worries? Debts haunting your dreams? You're not alone As @K_Brickell, Dalia Iskander, @VincentGuermond and I show in this NEW Annals @theAAG paper, wakefulness is a feature of indebted life under capitalism Check it out here👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Happy to share this new article written with my PhD student, Rosa Yi, about the impact of #Covid-19 on translocal migrant households in #Cambodia, published in @RGS_IBG's journal Area. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Our paper argues that COVID-19 deepened the translocal precarity of smallholder households, who already had to struggle with volatile commodity production and uncertain labour migration. Through the...

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Very proud to see our analysis featured here in @guardian this afternoon More than 500m bricks were imported in 2022, leading to carbon emissions of 288,190 tonnes - an all-time high! Thanks to @rachelxkeenan for excellent, clear reporting on this issue theguardian.com/environment/…

UK importing more bricks than ever and carbon cost is rising, study reveals

Imports have risen since Brexit despite brick producers saying UK can make enough for its own use

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Climate change and labour exploitation go hand in hand in the Cambodian brick sector This new report with @BBCLBicker - Burning prisons - gives you an insight into the coalface of climate change 🔊Sound on👇
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🧱 BBC revisits our @Blood_Bricks findings 🧱 👕 #Fastfashion is STILL being used as fuel in #Cambodia brick kilns ⚕️ The health consequences are devastating Thanks @BBCLBicker @RHULGeography @kclgeography @lauriefdparsons @nith1989 bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68…

Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

How hot is too hot to work? The BBC visits Cambodia's sweltering brick kilns to find out.

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Ruom@RuomCollective1 Feb 2024
Cambodia: The burning prisons fuelled by fast fashion. @TCristofoletti’s latest collaboration with @BBCNewsAsia - story by @BBCLBicker, produced by @LindleMarkwell bbc.com/news/world-asia-6810…

Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

How hot is too hot to work? The BBC visits Cambodia's sweltering brick kilns to find out.

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From the dreams/memory/imagination of Cambodian artist Chan Phoun, whose art walks us through life as a brickyard debt-slave, where kids work off parents' debts. Podcast for @FreedomCollab ft @Blood_Bricks @TharoKhun @lauriefdparsons @gallery282 open.spotify.com/episode/4Kp…
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged the new government to take action on Cambodia’s brick kiln industry, which allegedly continues to employ child labor and use textile waste to fuel brick kiln factories. cambojanews.com/american-app…
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Great to see @Reuters keeping the issue of brick kilns burning garment waste in Cambodia in the public eye Well done to @clarebaldwin and @helenmariareid for an important piece Check out the piece here: reuters.com/sustainability/w…

Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns - report

Waste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and some workers were falling ill, according to a report by a...

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Jack Brook@jack_brook9623 Oct 2023
Cambodian farmer Nhu Laen died because of a microloan that never should have been granted. And he's not the only borrower who committed or attempted suicide in part because of heavy debt from European development bank-funded microloans. 🧵 Here's what I found for @guardian:
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Fantastic training opportunity with CNN Academy: Content creators & journalists from and in the Global South, apply by Nov 15 to be in with a chance of getting on this all-expense paid program from November 27th to December 10th 2023 in Abu Dhabi. academy.cnn.com/home/?page_i…
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Blood Bricks’ legacy continues through new research funding from @wellcometrust Brilliant PDRA post here. Please share widely.
Laurie Parsons@lauriefdparsons18 Oct 2023
🚨3 Year PDRA Position🚨 Under climate change, excess heat is a growing global risk But its impact is not equal Exploited + vulnerable workers are hit first + hardest by rising temperatures Come work with me @RHULGeography to find out what we can do: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vac…
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Very exciting to see my forthcoming book 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 is now featured in @ManchesterUP's Spring/ Summer catalogue More info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co… Out May 2023!
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Much ink has been spilled identifying the many problems with the sector, but much less so about possible ways forward. Me for @Diplomat_APAC thediplomat.com/2023/07/we-k…

We Know Microfinance Harms Cambodia’s Poor. What Can Be Done About It?

Much ink has been spilled identifying the many problems with the sector, but much less so about possible ways forward.

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