Space for Engagement and Epistemic Diversity (SEED) is a platform for ECRs and practitioners for peer engagement and learning. Hosted by InFur- at UniMelb.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined November 2022
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The recording of our last SEED_Connect's session on Island Urbanisms is now available👇🏾 blogs.unimelb.edu.au/infur/2…… Fascinating presentations by
@arnisson & @AaAa28423818 and amazing insights from @anthropam.📷
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This piece—EPISTEMIC JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY—is an offshoot of collective and individual reflections on our experiences as international early career scholars working in/for “world-class neoliberal universities”. Stephanie, Tanzil, Ishita & I began talking about this thinking-
This essay by @_stephbutcher, @TanzilShafique, @RedenRecio & Ishita Chatterjee challenges notions of 'ethics', 'engagement' and 'excellence', developing three ‘intentionalities’ for reclaiming the university as a site of justice tinyurl.com/4juw82bh
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Very pleased to share my latest paper ‘Algorithmic control & resistance in the gig economy’ published in The Sociological Review. This paper explores how Uber drivers in Bangladesh exercise agency through both covert & overt resistance strategies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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The new issue of Lo Squaderno is out now. It focuses on Alliances and Urban Precarity and it has Tacit Alliances, Not Knowing Togetherness by Lancione And Simone.
You can download Lo Squaderno for free here: losquaderno.net/.../2025/03/…
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Open Call for Photographers to capture the precarious yet rich life of various urban commons, third spaces, and temporary occupations across Europe. Apply by 16/06/2025. welcomin.brussels/news/call-… #urban #sociology
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You can access the preprint version of my 'Twin precarities in the platform economy: An interdisciplinary perspective' paper here 👇
#SocArXiv: Twin precarities in the platform economy: An interdisciplinary perspective osf.io/8fd94_v1/
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Very pleased to see our (w @tonyskup ) latest paper 'Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne' published in @HGJournal journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
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Look forward to my book talk today @SOAS_SAI at 5pm London time! Join me for an insightful discussion on spatial justice, contested governance, and livelihood challenges in Bangladesh. Register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/spati…
If you're in Melbourne, join @Lata1319's photo exhibition tomorrow. The photo exhibition will also be open on the following dates and times.
Thursday Dec 12: 5pm - 9pm
Friday Dec 13: 4pm - 9pm
Saturday Dec 14: 4pm - 9pm
Sunday Dec 15: 4pm - 9pm
📣Join us for the opening night of ‘The Everyday Lives of Gig Workers’, a photo exhibition based on photos taken by our research participants. @tonyskup @unimelbsoc
🗓️6 - 9pm, Wednesday 11 December 2024
📍Gig Workers’ Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
#gigwork #everydaylife
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Listen 🔊
Podcast from our #UrbanRiches theme
Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century, Matthew Soules, UBC, 18 June 2024
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…
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WEBINAR TODAY #GenderEquity in the formal & informal sectors can only be achieved with accessible #Childcare services✊
We will look at the models of childcare provision & their effectiveness and suitability for working parents, children & care workers ➡️ bit.ly/4ewoqLL
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🗓️ Excited to announce our upcoming conference, "Doing Ethnography: Notes from the Field," on 18th November, 9 am - 1 pm at the @UCL_IAS!
Join early-career researchers to share experiences and discuss ethnographic methods. ✨
#Ethnography @Ty_Valiquette @SarojiniSapru
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Vacancy: postdoctoral researcher to develop and analyze innovative approaches to enhance inclusive urban green governance among municipalities, civil society, and local residents. Wageningen University. Deadline: 7 November 2024. wur.nl/en/vacancy/postdoctor… #urban #sociology
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A pleasure and privilege to have spoken this week at York University, Toronto, Canada for an event organised by the awesome @gggrrrurani and to receive amazing feedback from @whbutt ! A very enjoyable event! And Toronto was unusually warm!
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Some photos from our @networkedcities Annual Symposium yesterday. #newurbanera #equitablecities #leadingcities #sustainablecities #connectedcities
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Join Professor @carolinebressey on 30 October for “Behind the Bar: Researching the Lives of Black Victorian Barmaids" a #BlackHistoryMonth event hosted with the @UCLSocHistSci EDI Committee. #ReclaimingNarratives #BlackHistory #UCLGeography
ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-…
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Looking forward to talking about my research on #platformlabour, #migration and #resistance at the Asia Institute tomorrow. If you are in town, join us at 5pm tomorrow.
📍 Seminar Room, L3, Asia Institute, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (Building 158), The University of Melbourne
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Join us in person or online tomorrow at the @networkedcities Annual Symposium: Rethinking an Urban Era! We have got a great line of speakers to hear from. Here is the registration link: eventbrite.com.au/e/rethinki…
#newurbanera #connectedcities #equitablecities #sustainablecities
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📣Please join us at the Book Launch tomorrow!
📅 Date and Time: Thursday 17 October 2024, 6pm - 7.30pm
📍 Venue: Arts West Building (Building 148), Research Lounge (L5), University of Melbourne
Details and registration link 👇 eventbrite.com.au/e/spatial-…
See you there!
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Join us tom for this month's @SEED_Connect conversation. @TanzilShafique, @Lata1319, @nitrasam + other Bangla scholars & activists will share their thoughts on the current 'socio-political moment' in Bangladesh.🙂
Zoom details are available👇
infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/202…
