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We’re delighted to announce that Professor Gurminder K Bhambra has been elected as the next BSA President. We look forward to working with
@GKBhambra
over the next few years to continue the work of the Association.
Read more:
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The BSA is pleased to announce that our next President will be Professor Rachel Brooks, of the University of Surrey
@_rachel_brooks
#Sociology
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New BSA President,
@GKBhambra
gives her welcome address: “This is a critical moment for sociology and a critical moment for us as sociologists – the challenge before us is to develop a sociology that will secure our planetary future”
#sociologist
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Professor Diane Reay grew up in a council estate in a coal mining part of Derbyshire “I had to fight not to be in the bottom set; I was told that girls like me don’t go to university,” she says in this podcast on education
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The conclusion of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report contradicts a considerable body of scientific research by sociologists (and other disciplines) that evidences the structural factors affecting racialised groups in the UK
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Call for papers for ‘Emotions and Society: Inequalities and Solidarities’ a
@BSAemotions
symposium, 28-29 June, online. ‘We invite researchers to submit work on the connections between emotions, inequalities and solidarities.’ Deadline 29 May
#cfp
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Congratulations to
@RemiJS90
, University of Manchester, winner of this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for his book, ‘Black Mixed-Race Men: Transatlanticity, Hybridity and “Post-racial” Resilience’
#britsoc19
@OfficialUoM
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BSA gives Lifetime Achievement Awards to: Margaret Archer,
@AcademicDiary
, Avtah Brah,
@AnthonyGiddens
,
@lynnjamieson
, Ann Phoenix, John Scott, Beverley Skeggs, and Laurie Taylor
#britsoc23
Congratulations and well deserved
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Funding opportunity! The British Academy is giving non-UK scholars in any humanities or social science discipline the opportunity of a 4-year research position in the UK. Full details at:
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BSA President
@susanjhalford
writes to University of Leicester VC on the proposed closure of Critical Management Studies and Political Economy
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BSA expresses ‘very deep concern’ about proposed redundancies in Criminology and Sociology at University of Brighton
#Sociology
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The BSA is deeply saddened to learn that Professor David Morgan, a highly influential thinker on the
#sociology
of the family, has died.
@morgancentre
at Manchester Uni is named after him. The BSA has a summary of his work. For his account see (Word doc)
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We're delighted to announce the winner of the 2021 Philip Abrams Memorial Prize!
Congratulations to
@LukeEdeNoronha
- watch Luke discuss his winning book 'Deporting Black Britons: portraits of deportation to Jamaica' with
@cj_pope
at
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"As sociologists around the world adjust to a pandemic society, now more than ever, we need to use our sociological insight to make a difference." BSA President
@susanjhalford
invites responses from the sociological community to
#COVID
-19
#COVIDsociology
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We're delighted to welcome
#britsoc2021
delegates to our first ever virtual conference in celebration of our 70th anniversary - we hope you enjoy it!
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the cancellation of our Annual Conference (
#britsoc20
) in Birmingham (21-23 April) and our Postgraduate Conference (20 April).
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The BSA is saddened to learn of the death of Professor Margaret Archer yesterday, a leading sociological theorist and an advisor to Pope Francis
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‘Racism operates in all processes and at all levels within universities, creating a vastly different playing field for BME students ’– read summary of BL-BSA Equality Lecture given by
@KalwantBhopal
, written by
@dr_sarahevans
#sociology
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The BSA is opposed in the strongest possible terms to plans recently announced by President Bolsonaro of Brazil to withdraw government funding of sociology and philosophy from Brazil’s public universities - see full statement
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BOOK GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the launch of our
#SociologicalFutures
paperbacks, we have 2 copies of 'Higher Education and Social Inequalities' to give away - Retweet and one of them could be yours! Ends 10am, 5th March
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The BSA is saddened to learn of the death of Professor John Eldridge, the founder member of the media analysis research group, the Glasgow Media Group, and also an expert on industrial sociology
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After raising five children and retiring from her secretarial job, Janet Fein, 84, graduates from the University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor’s degree in
#sociology
- taken because she felt it was “substantial”
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"We are still educating different social classes for different functions in society” says Diane Reay in Guardian feature on her book Miseducation, published by BSA and
@policypress
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To mark the opening of our 70th Anniversary conference, Gary Younge will give a free public lecture on Monday, 12 April.
This event is open to all but places are limited, so book now to avoid disappointment!
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Congrats to Prof Alan Warde who is awarded this year's Distinguished Service to Sociology award at
#BritSoc19
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for
#britsoc2021
and helped make our first virtual conference a success, we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have!
Please help us keep on improving our annual conference by filling in the survey you'll receive via email.
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SAVE THE DATE: The Work, Employment and Society Conference 2023 will take place at Glasgow Caledonian University from 13-15 September 2023. More information will be put on the website soon:
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Call for Papers: Abstract submission for
#britsoc2021
is now open! Submit by 30th Oct - more details at:
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BOOK GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the launch of our
#SociologicalFutures
paperbacks, we have 3 copies of 'An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology?' to give away! Retweet to enter your name in the prize draw. Ends 10am, 20th Feb
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3 days, 16 streams, 650 presentations, our annual conference is our biggest UK sociology event each year
#britsoc19
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‘It’s always useful to have a helping hand. When I did my PhD my supervisors introduced me to people, took me to conferences and co-wrote with me,” Dr Richard Waller talks about the value of mentoring in our videos series for PGs and ECRs
#BSAMentoring
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Liz Stanley has been awarded the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award for 2020!
#britsoc2020
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3 days, 16 streams, 700 presentations, our annual conference is the biggest UK sociology event each year
#britsoc18
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‘As long as white identity and privilege are not threatened white groups are supportive of diversity and inclusion programmes - as long as their white privilege remains intact’ -
@KalwantBhopal
British Library/BSA Annual Equality Lecture
#equalitylecture
@britishlibrary
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Academics good at talking about marketisation in society but not at fighting it in academia - Zoe Williams
#britsoc17
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"Pubs offer their communities far more than just a place to drink. In the face of adversity, they can help a community come together and support those in need."
@culturalclare
for Everyday Society
#COVID19
#COVIDsociology
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"We believe that this reduction in capacity to research and teach Sociology will be deeply damaging." - Read the BSA's latest statement on the compulsory redundancies of 8 social scientists
@UEL_News
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That’s it for another year – big thanks to all delegates, organisers presenters and staff at our annual conference
@OfficialUoM
#britsoc23
– a great success – see you all again next year at
#britsoc24
!
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Save the date! The next BSA annual conference takes place online from 3-5 April 2024, on the theme of ‘Crisis, Continuity and Change’
#Sociology
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Call for Papers! Submit your abstract for the
@BSABourdieuSG
2020 conference in Barcelona! 8-10 July 2020 - full details at:
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Congratulations to Professor Liz Stanley, who has been awarded the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award for 2020!
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BSA issues statement supporting members affected by pension strike, and calls for Universities UK to engage meaningfully with proposals from UCU
#ussstrike
#ucustrike
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Register now for 'W.E.B Du Bois, racialized modernity, and the global colour line', a BSA Post/Decolonial Transformations Study Group webinar
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Have you submitted your abstract for
#britsoc20
yet? To be in with a chance of winning a FREE conference place, simply RT this with "See you at
#britsoc20
" to enter! Ends 11th Oct 5pm
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BSA President
@susanjhalford
writes to Hungarian Prime Minister to express concern that Gender Studies is to be banned in universities in Hungary
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As Members of the Board of BSA we express solidarity and concern for our fellow sociologists involved in UCU-led Action-Short-Of-A-Strike (ASOS) the national marking boycott and localised strike action regarding the reduction in pay, due to ASOS 1/3
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The BSA condemns racist murder of George Floyd - statement from BSA President Susan Halford:
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Submit by 1st December for 'Sociologies of the Future and the Future of Sociology', a special issue of
@sociologyjnl
celebrating our 70th anniversary, edited by BSA President
@susanjhalford
and Dale Southerton
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The BSA report on Race and Ethnicity in British Sociology is now available for free download here:
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BSA Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award given to John Solomos
@BaggieJohn
researcher of race, ethnicity and multiculturalism
#britsoc18
Congratulations!
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This year we're bringing our annual conference to you! From 20-24 April we have a variety of exciting online activities planned in lieu of
#britsoc2020
- visit our website for details:
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‘People born into working-class families are far less likely than those born wealthy to get an elite job and on average earn 16 percent less in the same fields of work’
@Daniel_Laurison
and
@SamFriedmanSoc
feature in The Atlantic
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The shortlist of nominees for the prestigious Philip Abrams Memorial
#sociology
Prize is published. The winner will be announced at our
#britsoc19
conference. Congratulations to
@DrEmilyNicholls
@RemiJS90
@DrRachelONeill
@HalfTheSkyZoe
@AlistairHunter_
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"As sociologists around the world adjust to a pandemic society, now more than ever, we need to use our sociological insight to make a difference." BSA President
@susanjhalford
invites responses from the sociological community to
#COVID19
#COVIDsociology
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Watch the recent
@BSATheory
event 'Colonialism and Modern Social Theory' on the BSA YouTube channel. Featuring our newly elected president
@GKBhambra
and John Holmwood, Ipek Demir, Steve Kemp & Christian Morgner
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Philip Abrams Memorial sociology award given to Lucy Mayblin
@LucyMayblin
for her book Asylum after Empire
#britsoc18
Congratulations!
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We therefore ask Vice Chancellors to urge UCEA to engage with UCU to resolve this dispute – from the Trustees of the BSA 3/3
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This year’s Sociology of Health and Illness book prize is awarded to LaTonya Trotter
@phdlt
for her book More than Medicine – congratulations to LaTonya
#MedSoc2022
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Working class children damaged by education system says
Diane Reay in first book in new series by BSA
@policypress
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Big thanks to all delegates, presenters and staff at our annual conference
@CaledonianNews
#britsoc19
– a great success – see you all again next year at
#britsoc20
@AstonUniversity
!
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‘The death of the literature review’ -
@gorgikrlev
proposes that researchers should instead develop ‘dynamic knowledge maps’ that display the relationship between new research and the existing literature
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Congratulations to Dr Natasha Carver, who wins this year’s BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, for her book ‘Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration’ on Somali migrants
#britsoc22
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Congratulations to Prof Graham Crow on receiving the 2021 DSA!
He said: "It has been a privilege to have been able to contribute to the collective good through the Association, and [...] to have worked with so many inspiring and dedicated people"
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Call for Papers - abstract submission for
#britsoc20
is now open! The theme for our 2020 Annual Conference is 'Researching Social Bodies: Self, Institutions and Societies'
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A date for your diary: BSA 2019 Annual Conference, on theme of ‘Challenging Social Hierarchies and Inequalities’ will take place at Glasgow Caledonian University from 24–26 April
@gcutoday
#britsoc19
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First
#britsoc23
plenary, by
@britsoci
President
@GKBhambra
starts, on theme of
‘Sociology Reconstructed: Histories, Concepts, Reparations’
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‘There Ain’t No Black on the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, now in its thirties, is a book that made and makes the world differently’ - read
@AcademicDiary
on
@bungatuffie
in
@DiscoverSoc
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Congratulations to Owen Abbott &
@anna_bull_
, joint winners of the 2020 Philip Abrams Memorial Prize!
Watch the winning announcement from BSA President
@susanjhalford
& find interviews with Owen & Anna here:
#britsoc2020
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What should early career academics be thinking about in terms of their publication strategy? Professor Linda McKie gives her advice as part of our series of short mentoring videos for PGs and ECRs
#BSAMentoring
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"The perspectives, skills and capacity provided by Sociology are an essential part of the joined-up thinking that is required to drive effective responses to global challenges" -
@susanjhalford
open letter to
@uwanews
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Book now for ‘From data to theory: Theorising at the intersection of digital sociology, economic sociology and STS’ a
@BSAPGForum
event on 13 October, University of Edinburgh
#Sociology
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Call for Papers! Submit by 2 Aug for 1-day workshop 'Sociology in the Archives: Black and Asian activism by and for young people'. Full details here:
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.
@GKBhambra
plenary addresses 5 fictions of modern social theory: 1) stages of social development; 2) modern subjectivity; 3) the nation-state; 4) class and formally free labour 5) sociological reason
#britsoc2021
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Calling all Sociology teachers!
There's never been a more important time to study Sociology - that's why we're inviting you to our next event to learn how we can support you in teaching the next generation of sociologists
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Big thanks to all delegates, presenters and staff at our annual conference
@NorthumbriaUni
#britsoc18
- a great success - see you all again next year!
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Funding Call: The British Academy is inviting proposals from ECRs in humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project
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.
@SocresOnline
has officially launched its new ‘Sociology in Action’ section today, with the publication of 'Normal Island: COVID-19, border control, and viral nationalism in UK public health discourse' by
@Des_Fitzgerald
Read more:
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Registration for
#britsoc22
is now open! Join us on 20-22 April 2022 for our virtual annual conference to discuss Building Equality and Justice Now:
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This year’s prestigious Philip Abrams Memorial book prize is won by Dr Sarah Kunz of
@Uni_of_Essex
for her work, Expatriate: Following A Migration Category. Congratulations!
#Sociology
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Book now for ‘Being Disabled and Queer on Campus’ a
@BSAPGForum
event that focuses on the intersection between disabled-queer students and staff in higher education - 22 June, University of Strathclyde
#Sociology
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We're pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2021 Philip Abrams Prize! The BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize is awarded for the best sole-authored and first published Sociology book
#britsoc2021
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Congratulations to everyone whose abstracts have been accepted for
#britsoc2021
! Don't forget to book by 12 Feb if you're presenting at the conference:
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A piece of history, and it's still going strong...
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Professor Susan Halford is elected to serve as next BSA President. She is Director of the Web Science Institute at University of Southampton
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The 2021 BSA Annual Conference will now be held virtually. Please read this important announcement from the BSA Trustees regarding this decision for
#britsoc2021
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Book now for ‘Doing Creative and Participatory Methods’, a
@BSAECForum
event, 28 April,
@unilincoln
The pandemic has prompted many social researchers to consider how they do qualitative research. This workshop explores such methods
#sociology
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BSA condemns recent police violence against peaceful protesters and the detention of pro-democracy leaders in
#HongKong
as ‘an end to the rule of law ’ - see our statement
@britsoci
#sociology
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We’re looking forward to welcoming delegates to our
#Sociology
annual conference
@OfficialUoM
next week - hashtag is
#britsoc23
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We're excited for this plenary by
@GKBhambra
at
#britsoc2021
! To find out more and register for the conference, visit
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Earlier this year,
@susanjhalford
Sarah Cant &
@MikeSav47032563
met with A Level Sociology teachers and subject leads from the Exam Boards to discuss the challenges facing Sociology in schools. Read more in the latest piece from Everyday Society:
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Join us on 24 April for a special online symposium on the social and sociological implications of
#COVID19
. Full details at
#BSAcovid
#COVIDsociology
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We're delighted to announce our confirmed plenary speakers for
#britsoc20
!
@susanjhalford
@AkwugoEmejulu
@KA_Garthwaite
@WandaWyporska
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Take a look at our 'Speak up for Sociology' leaflet, which explains why
#sociology
is important for our society and why it is a great choice of degree subject and career:
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‘I am excited about the opportunity to explore the British Library’s collections relating to Britain’s minority communities’ Meet Emma Abotsi, the new British Sociological Association Fellow at the British Library
#sociology
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