Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control.

🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social

Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence.

🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635

New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity?

Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance.

Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI.

Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

👕Another stark reminder of the human costs of #fastfashion.

🤒In #India’s “castoff capital”, workers are falling ill recycling the world's discarded clothes.

📈Lung disease. Skin infections. Cancer.

Via the The Guardian

theguardian.com/global-devel...

🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse

❓What went wrong?

👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect

🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...

Let workers take you behind the scene's of #Jordan's clothing and footwear industry👕👀

Led by Katharina Grueneisl & our Invisible Workers team

📅Sat May 3rd
⏰4pm UK/6pm Amman
📍Online or in person at MMAGFoundation, Amman
🔗More info and link to register: invisibleworkers.org.uk/events

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫

🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025

📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025

#RGSIBG25

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫

🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025

📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025

#RGSIBG25

"There are enough garments in the world to clothe the next 6 generations!"

A frequently cited claim... yet hard to evidence

I crunched the numbers with BBC Radio 4's More or Less but found a lack of transparency masks the scale of fashion overproduction

Listen here:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"There are enough garments in the world to clothe the next 6 generations!"

A frequently cited claim... yet hard to evidence

I crunched the numbers with BBC Radio 4's More or Less but found a lack of transparency masks the scale of fashion overproduction

Listen here:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our @invisibleworkers.bsky.social team is running a creative methods workshop on body mapping next week, led by artist Elizabeth Alster 👩‍🎨🎨

It's open to all staff at #WeAreUoN

More info👉 invisibleworkers.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-a3gzw-ctaej

Spaces are limited! Please get in touch to join 👋

Our @invisibleworkers.bsky.social team is running a creative methods workshop on body mapping next week, led by artist Elizabeth Alster 👩‍🎨🎨

It's open to all staff at #WeAreUoN

More info👉 invisibleworkers.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-a3gzw-ctaej

Spaces are limited! Please get in touch to join 👋

Exciting to see the 1st of our Dialogues in
Radical Geography series out in print 🤩🔖

It's a MUST READ w/ crucial thoughts on how we save each other from "unsustainable intensity of work demands" in academic life 😰⌛️

Thank you, @jennypickerill.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1111/area...

More to follow 👀

Exciting to see the 1st of our Dialogues in
Radical Geography series out in print 🤩🔖

It's a MUST READ w/ crucial thoughts on how we save each other from "unsustainable intensity of work demands" in academic life 😰⌛️

Thank you, @jennypickerill.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1111/area...

More to follow 👀

Of course, just added 😊

Hi Katrin, hope more of us move over to keep things going! Added you to the pile 👍

Added, ahkun 🙏

Perfect, I've added you now 😀

Please apply & share widely!

These board appointments are for 2-3 years, and are an excellent way of gaining editorial experience in a really supportive environment, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of Transactions.

📢Join the TIBG team!📢

We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board.

We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America.

Deadline: 4 December

www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

Hey #Cambodia watchers! I've made the move from the other place but miss the local chatter. So I've made a starter pack of people writing in/on/from the Kingdom of Wonder. Please share and follow, and let me know if you want to be added... go.bsky.app/Te5k6z7