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Dr. Anna Jackman

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Associate Professor in Human Geography @UniofReading. Feminist political geographer interested in robotic & digital tech in everyday & military life & space.

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@ahjackman
Dr. Anna Jackman
2 years
Our new textbook, 'Political Geography: Approaches, Concepts, Futures' is out now in paperback & hardback! Thank you to the team at Sage for all of your support, and a special thank you to @SquireRachael for being a fab co-author & friend! https://t.co/us9agJoBw3 @UniRdg_GES
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@politicshome
PoliticsHome
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"There is a balance to be struck between legitimate drone use as permitted under the law, and the threats accompanying malleable drones subject to misuse by criminal and malicious actors" ✍️ @ahjackman https://t.co/IxrPaujtCS
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politicshome.com
We can learn lessons from overseas in understanding and responding to consumer drone risk
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Dr. Anna Jackman
7 days
Thank you to @aljwhite for the invitation to write about consumer drone risk for The House, Parliament's magazine. You can read the piece @politicshome here: https://t.co/TZM7QFL6p6 @UniRdg_GES
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politicshome.com
We can learn lessons from overseas in understanding and responding to consumer drone risk
@politicshome
PoliticsHome
7 days
"There is a balance to be struck between legitimate drone use as permitted under the law, and the threats accompanying malleable drones subject to misuse by criminal and malicious actors" ✍️ @ahjackman https://t.co/IxrPaujtCS
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Dr. Anna Jackman
10 days
💡Reminder that tomorrow (14 Jan) the States of Precarity Report Launch and Discussion will be held online, 1:00-2:30PM GMT. Guest speakers: Matilda Fitzmaurice, Jay Todd, Lekan Adekola, Gillian Rose. Register here:
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Dr. Anna Jackman
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‘The current structure…survived the month-long occupation by Russian forces in early 2022. But earlier this year, a drone strike blew a hole in the multi-layered structure…A new report.. states that the structure has lost its “primary safety functions”’
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popularmechanics.com
The New Safe Confinement dome protects the surrounding environment from leaking radiation, but a recent drone strike on the structure has impaired that protection.
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed
2 months
📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report. 📅 Wednesday 14 January 🎦 Online 👉 Sign up to attend: https://t.co/HbdTMBpVE7 Check out the report before the launch: https://t.co/gjAbJGfEGi
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Dr. Anna Jackman
2 months
Pleasure to speak at @oxfordgeography about 'stories of future flight: urban life and design in the drone age' as part of the tech life seminar series. Thank you to Gillian Rose for the kind invitation, to Adam Packer as discussant, and to all who came along! @UniRdg_GES
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@GeogDirections
Geography Directions
2 months
New post 📣 'States of Precarity: new Report and Best Practice Action Plans' Read the full blog by the States of Precarity team here 👇 https://t.co/QxJThPKBOs @SquireRachael @DrJesson @JohanneMBruun @rachelcolls @ahjackman @jazz_joanes
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Dr. Anna Jackman
2 months
💡 Had fun yesterday evening sharing my research with the @HantsSkepSoc - a non-profit organisation promoting critical thinking. Thank you to David and the team for a kind welcome and to the audience for great questions! https://t.co/QRpbZwuebi
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Dr. Anna Jackman
2 months
🚨 New @RGS_IBG report and action plans from the States of Precarity team. Shares findings from our research on the long and short term effects of precarity in UK HEI Geography and includes action plans designed to support more equitable working cultures ➡️ https://t.co/FMi5Qrw4Zw
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rgs.org
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
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Dr. Anna Jackman
2 months
Can't wait to get stuck into Sydney Calkin & @cordyf's De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Political Geography. Thank you for featuring my chapter on Geographies of technology. ➡️Handbook: https://t.co/Zi4TTxn4EY ➡️My chapter:
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degruyterbrill.com
18 Geographies Of Technology was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Political Geography on page 227.
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@SkyNews
Sky News
3 months
UK deploying specialist RAF team to defend Belgium from 'rogue' drones Read more:
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The ground-based unit will be equipped with kit that can track and take down unmanned aerial systems.
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@BBCPolitics
BBC Politics
3 months
“The UK, alongside our 31 allies in NATO, will work to support [Belgium]” The Chief of the Defence Staff Richard Knighton says UK military support is being sent to Belgium after drone incursions on its airspace #BBCLauraK https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k
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@thao_pow
Thao Phan
3 months
So good to see this bad boy out in the world!! New article from me on drone delivery, AI testbeds, and the long history science and technology testing in the colony. Online first and gloriously open access ✨ https://t.co/RAIlnxmEFi
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Dr. Anna Jackman
3 months
Thank you to Daniela Ferreira & @marioafvale for organising the 4th Digital Geographies Conference ( https://t.co/SiIDVfdU1d) @ceg_igot. Great to engage w/ diverse international digital geogs research, & to share on 'Feminist digital geographies in flight: Everyday drone stories'
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@RGS_IBGhe
RGS-IBG Higher Ed
3 months
New #OpenAccess paper published in TIBG by Thomas Cowan (@UoNGeography) 📢👇 📄 'High-resolution property: Drone enclosures in digital India' Read the full paper 🔗 https://t.co/hr0aq8afUC
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@DonRassler
Don Rassler
3 months
African Non-State Actors Put Drones on the Attack | Lawfare
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Groups are increasingly using weaponized drones across the continent.
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@NoContextBrits
No Context Brits
3 months
Pretty sure this is how Terminator started.
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@BBCWorld
BBC News (World)
3 months
UK military to get powers to shoot down drones near bases
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bbc.com
Plans to allow troops to take faster action come after sightings at four airbases last year.
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Dr. Anna Jackman
3 months
Thank you @rita_gayle for joining @UniRdg_GES for a #BHM seminar on the 'Stuart Hall Archive Project: Conjectures, Dialogues & Readings'.Great to hear about the project ( https://t.co/eYlxX7eHaC) & continuing to engage & navigate Hall's work.Thank you @DrAMpofuColes for organising
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birmingham.ac.uk
A major multi-disciplinary research project that will expand public understanding and engagement with the work of the celebrated cultural theorist, Professor Stuart Hall.
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