Anna Viola Sborgi
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
Research Fellow @leedsunimedia.bsky.social on
Class&TV project: https://shorturl.at/uIkTP @whatsontvclass.bsky.social
co-chair SCMS U/G/A SIG @scmsurbanism.bsky.social
housing/gentrification/cities/feminist media
https://mediahomesproject.com/
Class&TV project: https://shorturl.at/uIkTP @whatsontvclass.bsky.social
co-chair SCMS U/G/A SIG @scmsurbanism.bsky.social
housing/gentrification/cities/feminist media
https://mediahomesproject.com/
Pinned
Now that the proverbial ink has dried, I am very happy to say that I have signed a contract with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for my first monograph, "Screening East London: Gentrification in Film and Television”.
Have a listen!
🆕 Listen to the special episode recorded as part of our symposium for our @ukri.org funded project last September!! 🎙️ Featuring our PI @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC).
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What’s Class Got to Do with It? | Rethinking class in the UK TV industry
Recorded live at the University of Leeds during the What’s Class Got to Do with It? Symposium in October 2025, this special episode explores how social class shapes the television industry - from who ...
rethnkingclassinuktv.podbean.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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We are looking for participants for the short film we are making as part of our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social project!
𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗩 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮? 𝗪𝗲’𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. We’re making a short film with Candour Productions as part of the @ukri.org -funded project 'What’s On? Rethinking Class in the UK Television Industry'
📍 Filming in Leeds w/c 5 January 2026 (expenses covered)
📅 Deadline: 21 November 2025
📍 Filming in Leeds w/c 5 January 2026 (expenses covered)
📅 Deadline: 21 November 2025
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We are looking for participants for the short film we are making as part of our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social project!
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You can catch up with @philralph.bsky.social Keynote here www.linkedin.com/pulse/common... we will be sharing highlights and updates in the weeks to come! Stay tuned!
COMMON PEOPLE: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE ON CLASS IN TV AT A TIME OF CRISIS…
Here is the full text of my opening keynote address given at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on class and the UK TV industry at the School o...
www.linkedin.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You can catch up with @philralph.bsky.social Keynote here www.linkedin.com/pulse/common... we will be sharing highlights and updates in the weeks to come! Stay tuned!
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Thanks to our keynote @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC Audiences) for their thoughtful contributions, the team and colleagues @leedsunimedia.bsky.social for supporting and contributing to a wonderful day
packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!
packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thanks to our keynote @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC Audiences) for their thoughtful contributions, the team and colleagues @leedsunimedia.bsky.social for supporting and contributing to a wonderful day
packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!
packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!
Can’t believe it’s been a week already since our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social it went so fast but still very much immersed in all the discussions we had and thinking about all I learnt from the wonderful papers of our fellow panelists!
Huge hanks to all who came to our 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on Friday! from our What's On Team @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Can’t believe it’s been a week already since our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social it went so fast but still very much immersed in all the discussions we had and thinking about all I learnt from the wonderful papers of our fellow panelists!
Very excited for our Symposium at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social tomorrow!
Looking forward to welcome speakers and attendees tomorrow for the “What’s Class Got to Do With it? Rethinking TV from the Inside Out” symposium aligned to our AHRC Project! We are delighted to have us @philralph.bsky.social as Keynote and Nicola Crowther (BBC) as Responder for plenary sessions!
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very excited for our Symposium at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social tomorrow!
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Looking forward to presenting our @UKRI What’s On project findings at #Screen25 in Glasgow this weekend in our panel “Returning to Class: Power, Aesthetics, and Labour in Contemporary Television @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Looking forward to presenting our @UKRI What’s On project findings at #Screen25 in Glasgow this weekend in our panel “Returning to Class: Power, Aesthetics, and Labour in Contemporary Television @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
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Thanks everyone who came to our panel yesterday at the Screen 2025 and for engaging so thoughtfully as we discussed how class continues to shape TV production, aesthetics, and working conditions @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thanks everyone who came to our panel yesterday at the Screen 2025 and for engaging so thoughtfully as we discussed how class continues to shape TV production, aesthetics, and working conditions @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
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Still time to apply for our @ukri.org What’s On Project One-Day Symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in September! Get your abstract in by July 4! 🗓️
We are super excited to have a CFP out for our upcoming What's On Symposium at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social on 19th September 2025! See all details below Deadline to apply: 4th July. Looking forward to reading your proposals!
June 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Still time to apply for our @ukri.org What’s On Project One-Day Symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in September! Get your abstract in by July 4! 🗓️
We have a brand new CFP out today! Looking forward to receiving proposals for our What's On project symposium: "What’s class got to do with it? Rethinking TV from the inside out - A One Day Symposium at The University of Leeds - 19th September 2025"📺 📺👇
We are super excited to have a CFP out for our upcoming What's On Symposium at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social on 19th September 2025! See all details below Deadline to apply: 4th July. Looking forward to reading your proposals!
June 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We have a brand new CFP out today! Looking forward to receiving proposals for our What's On project symposium: "What’s class got to do with it? Rethinking TV from the inside out - A One Day Symposium at The University of Leeds - 19th September 2025"📺 📺👇
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The Bee includes this thebeemagazine.com/publishings-... by me! Asking what’s changed since the landmark publication of @kitdewaal.com’s Common People & highlighting some new @creativepec.bsky.social research too
May 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The Bee includes this thebeemagazine.com/publishings-... by me! Asking what’s changed since the landmark publication of @kitdewaal.com’s Common People & highlighting some new @creativepec.bsky.social research too
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New Research! @creativepec.bsky.social state of the nation on "Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England" pec.ac.uk/state_of_the... (will do a summary 🧵 later this week)
Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
A State of the Nations research report into arts and culture engagement in England and the arts and culture workforce.
pec.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New Research! @creativepec.bsky.social state of the nation on "Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England" pec.ac.uk/state_of_the... (will do a summary 🧵 later this week)
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Excited to see our AHRC research project led by our PI @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social featured in The TV Foundation’s important report released today: "Let’s Talk About Class" @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social Read the report here: lnkd.in/eVycEpjp 🙌
May 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Excited to see our AHRC research project led by our PI @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social featured in The TV Foundation’s important report released today: "Let’s Talk About Class" @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social Read the report here: lnkd.in/eVycEpjp 🙌
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Thrilled to have your book in our new series! 👏👏
I am particularly excited that this will come out as a British Film Institute (BFI) book in the new British Cinema Series edited by the wonderful @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social and @davidforrest.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thrilled to have your book in our new series! 👏👏
Now that the proverbial ink has dried, I am very happy to say that I have signed a contract with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for my first monograph, "Screening East London: Gentrification in Film and Television”.
May 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Now that the proverbial ink has dried, I am very happy to say that I have signed a contract with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for my first monograph, "Screening East London: Gentrification in Film and Television”.
Reposted by Anna Viola Sborgi
email us here at [email protected] or [email protected] by April 30!
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
email us here at [email protected] or [email protected] by April 30!
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Hello SIG Members, we are hoping you had a great SCMS! Just a reminder that we are seeking nominees for SIG co-chair to replace Anna. If you are interested in nominating yourself for the position, or have questions about the role contact the current co-chairs Ipek and Anna by April 30!
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hello SIG Members, we are hoping you had a great SCMS! Just a reminder that we are seeking nominees for SIG co-chair to replace Anna. If you are interested in nominating yourself for the position, or have questions about the role contact the current co-chairs Ipek and Anna by April 30!
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Culture is bad for you is doing a book tour! @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social or me in Bristol 24th March (in person), Manchester 27th March (in person), Edinburgh 1st April (online & in person) & Sheffield 9th April (in person). Details/tickets manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Culture is bad for you is doing a book tour! @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social or me in Bristol 24th March (in person), Manchester 27th March (in person), Edinburgh 1st April (online & in person) & Sheffield 9th April (in person). Details/tickets manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
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👏👏 Congratulations to everyone involved in the "Supporting Shorts" project, aimed to address barriers in the screen industry, check it out here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Steve Swindon (TAPE), Katy Parry and I were delighted to co-host the 'Supporting Shorts' launch alongside brilliant, creative students from Gogarth school. Supporting Shorts was established to address barriers in the screen industries using the 'Easy Write Template': ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Inclusive film project 'Supporting Shorts' launches with the University of Leeds
The project, Supporting Shorts, launched with a showcase of two short films created by participants using a pioneering ‘Easy Write Template’ developed to make screenwriting more accessible
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
👏👏 Congratulations to everyone involved in the "Supporting Shorts" project, aimed to address barriers in the screen industry, check it out here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
there is still some time to submit an essay for the UGA SIG Graduate Student Award @scmsurbanism.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social @mediapolis.bsky.social if you have students working on urbanism/geography/architecture topics, please do encourage to submit!
A reminder that our Graduate Student Essay Prize is accepting submissions through the end of the month!
The winning essay will receive a $200 grant and publication in @mediapolis.bsky.social.
Submissions are due by January 31, 2025, at [email protected].
For more details, please see below:
The winning essay will receive a $200 grant and publication in @mediapolis.bsky.social.
Submissions are due by January 31, 2025, at [email protected].
For more details, please see below:
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
there is still some time to submit an essay for the UGA SIG Graduate Student Award @scmsurbanism.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social @mediapolis.bsky.social if you have students working on urbanism/geography/architecture topics, please do encourage to submit!
Looking forward to discussing the Home as a Site of Resistance @AlphavilleJ Special Issue we published earlier this year on Friday evening with contributors and @larasca, director Olamma Oparah and Brooke Sonenreich, founder of Atl FilmParty. Details and registration link below 👇
Only one more week until our next virtual event!
Please join us on January 24th to discuss Alphaville Journal's special issue, Home as a Site of Resistance.
Register Here:
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Please join us on January 24th to discuss Alphaville Journal's special issue, Home as a Site of Resistance.
Register Here:
lu.ma/sm2kv17l
*Alphaville: Home as a Site of Resistance* SCMS U/G/A SIG 24-25 Virtual Events · Zoom · Luma
The Urbanism, Geography, and Architecture Scholarly Interest Group at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) invites you to its third online event of…
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January 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Looking forward to discussing the Home as a Site of Resistance @AlphavilleJ Special Issue we published earlier this year on Friday evening with contributors and @larasca, director Olamma Oparah and Brooke Sonenreich, founder of Atl FilmParty. Details and registration link below 👇
We have now a Bluesky account for our team project on class&TV 🥳 📺
Hello Bluesky! We just moved and we are really excited to be here!
January 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We have now a Bluesky account for our team project on class&TV 🥳 📺
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New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)
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January 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)