Nirmal Puwar
@spatialmutation
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Sociologist at Goldsmiths - British Academy Innovative Fellow - Bk: SPACE INVADERS mutating methods | shifting terrains | creating domains
Academic Goldsmiths Sociology
Joined February 2014
A bit of my bk as writer-as-resident, 'One Mile Walk: decompositions + recompositions' is on the walls of Kingsway Corridor. My fave location on campus for generating gatherings. Pleased to be part of marking 30 years of @thecucr Here are some segments: https://t.co/ZJHkIxMP1F
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Tonight, much needed solidarities, 6-9pm 'Food Sovereignty across Latitudes' @CovCathedral in collab with @food_union @the_pod_cafe. Rhubard cake and tea. Three short films and panel discussion with @Tilley101 @munadajani
https://t.co/2n40xUG461
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BROKEN - word for how we feel this week, as we get scored for our jobs in @SociologyGold + 10 other departments.
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Now we have very different diaries of living with the shock created to our collective, bodies and psychic states by the creation of a 'crisis' by management, depletion through restructure 1 and a hostile environment.
The new print of Academic Diary… is a very beautiful thing even better than the first printing of the book. Poignant arriving the week that the Goldsmiths redundancy notices will be issued. The book is like a love letter to higher education before the break up.
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horrendous situation of disregard from on high, when the students and colleagues are saying no, no, no...
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A wonderful connecting audience @jaagcollective yesterday, for dementia and music. It always takes me a while to tune back into this urgent way of Striking a Chord, with @maiopatti
https://t.co/xKeOIJVkBt
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Thoughts of solidarity with friends and colleagues at goldsmiths this week as they await the outcome of this hatchet job.
Current plans to reduce staffing in the historic @SociologyGold by as much as *HALF* risk “reducing it to a corpse fit only for autopsy.” Damning words of solidarity from Professor Les Back @AcademicDiary 🙏 #NotADoneDeal @GoldsmithsUoL
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Alternative Trails continues to unfurl and build circles of activist stories with new and old boliyan. Today @jaagcollective Festival in Birmingham. https://t.co/rXBXko2bTP
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Alternative Trails from @warwickengages comes alive again this Sat, in Birmingham this time. More activist stories are here from the team:
Bring your giddha moves to JAAG! Join us for a giddha session blending traditional Panjabi folk art with narratives of activism. Led by Preet Grewal, Gursharan Randhawa & Nirmal Puwar, we'll explore the early creation of South Asian women's orgs in Coventry. Tickets in bio!🎟️
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Our special issue in #Darkmatter is out! Thanks to our great contributors @RoshiRouzbehani, @KavehAbbasian, @faribabalouch1, #JosephConway, @DuncanWhitley & @spatialmutation Special thanks to @sanjay_digital and others in the editorial board. https://t.co/5Ug9ctwdHf
'Woman, Life, Freedom: The Sounds of A Revolution' - a Special Issue (Issue 17) published on darkmatter journal. Co-edited with @MahsaAlami
https://t.co/AF9YxRoNXx
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Current plans to reduce staffing in the historic @SociologyGold by as much as *HALF* risk “reducing it to a corpse fit only for autopsy.” Damning words of solidarity from Professor Les Back @AcademicDiary 🙏 #NotADoneDeal @GoldsmithsUoL
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The controversy of the Acorn Event took place on 15 June 1968 in @CovCathedral This year the stolen acorns were found varnished. Now on display @beatlesmuseum_
@spatialmutation @HollybushG @BarberInstitute @TurnerPrizeArt @MahsaAlami On a separate note - I saw this at @TateModernSW and thought of your lovely one mile project. Yoko Ono and John Lennon at Coventry Cathedral
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Beyond stereotypic captures. Vulnerability, strength, movement, stillness, fabrics, figuring lines, deep colours, presence. Do go see Claudette Johnson's @HollybushG first sola show in Birmingham @BarberInstitute On the way to the @TurnerPrizeArt Photos by @MahsaAlami
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Looking forward to the opening of Claudette Johnson's show back in Birmingham tonight, at the @BarberInstitute
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Food Sovereignty across Latitudes at @CovCathedral 26 June, 6-9pm. Tea, films and panel discussion, part of our Global Ecologies series, with @Tilley101 Muna Dajani and led by Georges Felix. Another wonderful collaboration with @the_pod_cafe @food_union
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A key justification for sacking 130+ staff @GoldsmithsUoL is that staff costs are way above the sector average that the College insists is 43% acc to HESA. Except that HESA says the average is 51%. Management wouldn't want to exaggerate would they? @goldsmithsucu #NotADoneDeal
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The students vote of no confidence in the Warden and SMT at @GoldsmithsUoL And still they choose not to speak to staff or students about alternatives. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Students and staff agree: Frances Corner has got to go! The results are in, and 98.91% OF STUDENTS at Goldsmiths have no confidence in the Warden or her Senior Management Team (SMT). This follows two previous votes of no confidence in Frances Corner by staff during her tenure.
The students vote of no confidence in the Warden and SMT at @GoldsmithsUoL And still they choose not to speak to staff or students about alternatives. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Goldsmiths’ managers are counting on our fatigue and our apathy. But no such luck — the sunshine is on our side and we’ll be here as long as it takes! #NotADoneDeal
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📣 Students don’t come to @GoldsmithsUoL to become robots. Nor accountants. Nor management consultants. They come to learn, to think, to fight. Listen to @MichaelRosenYes - he knows the score ⬇️ #NotADoneDeal
#SexyAndPoor
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