Sam Burgum
@samburgum.bsky.social
urban researcher. author. editor. teacher.
CITY journal. Urban Institute (Sheffield).
urban movements, occupation, squatting, homelessness, roadside travellers, property, trespass, archives, politics of aesthetics.
samuelburgum.uk
CITY journal. Urban Institute (Sheffield).
urban movements, occupation, squatting, homelessness, roadside travellers, property, trespass, archives, politics of aesthetics.
samuelburgum.uk
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Sam Burgum
@samburgum.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Squatting London
Squatting in London has a rich and diverse history. Today, squatters live a marginalised, stigmatised and criminalised existence, yet they persist. Behind th...
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#squattinglondon is out in world tomorrow. privileged to have had all that time to research. it took a lot longer than planned to write-up. nervous-excited to hear what people make of it. met some incredible people. ✊ every1 putting empty spaces back to use. www.plutobooks.com/978074534143...
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I am old enough to recall as far back as 2018 when Cooper sported a suffragette rosette. A reminder that the suffragettes, unlike Palestine Action, actually planted bombs and destroyed property.
June 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I am old enough to recall as far back as 2018 when Cooper sported a suffragette rosette. A reminder that the suffragettes, unlike Palestine Action, actually planted bombs and destroyed property.
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Excited to be getting involved in this. And to see what can happen around this really important issue that brings together land, ecology, water/flooding, air pollution, and social justice.
Much kudos to this new campaign group - give them a follow! @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social
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‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors
Around 40 local residents from Sheffield and North Derbyshire have started a campaign to bring local grouse moors in to community ownership. The group ‘Reclaim Our Moors’ held its inaug…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Excited to be getting involved in this. And to see what can happen around this really important issue that brings together land, ecology, water/flooding, air pollution, and social justice.
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Join us at the @oxfordgeography.bsky.social for In Defense of Housing (2nd ed.) with @davidjmadden.bsky.social – reading group (1 July) + book launch (4 July). Organised by the Rent Cultures Network. Register: forms.gle/vYUf2F1ciPha...
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us at the @oxfordgeography.bsky.social for In Defense of Housing (2nd ed.) with @davidjmadden.bsky.social – reading group (1 July) + book launch (4 July). Organised by the Rent Cultures Network. Register: forms.gle/vYUf2F1ciPha...
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
Outreach with @streetskitchen.bsky.social this morning 🫧
#theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist
#solidaritynotcharity
@bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
@city-journal.bsky.social
#theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist
#solidaritynotcharity
@bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
@city-journal.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social
This is (predictably) excellent @urbanpolitical.bsky.social urban lives of property. Heather Dorries in conversation with Hannah Hilbrandt and Markus Kip. open.spotify.com/episode/4p2Y...
88 - In Conversation with Heather Dorries (The Urban Lives of Property Series V)
Urban Political Podcast · Episode
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May 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is (predictably) excellent @urbanpolitical.bsky.social urban lives of property. Heather Dorries in conversation with Hannah Hilbrandt and Markus Kip. open.spotify.com/episode/4p2Y...
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George Osborne pretended he was taking 'tough decisions', but politically he took the easy one of beating up on students and disabled people, while passing the toughest ones over to local government to deal with. Did he ever pick a fight with anyone that might pose a political risk to him?
May 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
George Osborne pretended he was taking 'tough decisions', but politically he took the easy one of beating up on students and disabled people, while passing the toughest ones over to local government to deal with. Did he ever pick a fight with anyone that might pose a political risk to him?
30/4 - King’s X (7pm)
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
30/4 - King’s X (7pm)
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
#squattinglondon book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Keeping some good company… @potentiaspace.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social Shabna Begum, Isaac Rose, Don Watson…
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I did a podcast for the wonderful @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social, with @malcolmtait.bsky.social and Hugh Ellis, policy director of the TCPA. We talked about planning reform, nature, and the need for bigger urban ambitions.
Listen here!
open.spotify.com/episode/4ZI3...
Listen here!
open.spotify.com/episode/4ZI3...
Episode 4: BATS, BUILDINGS & BIG IDEAS (+ local action on water, +the urban impacts of tariff wars, and more...)
Urban Radar · Episode
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April 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I did a podcast for the wonderful @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social, with @malcolmtait.bsky.social and Hugh Ellis, policy director of the TCPA. We talked about planning reform, nature, and the need for bigger urban ambitions.
Listen here!
open.spotify.com/episode/4ZI3...
Listen here!
open.spotify.com/episode/4ZI3...
Talking about #squattinglondon at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk (a university whose dreaming spires were built by squatters from Headington Quarry) @plutopress.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Talking about #squattinglondon at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk (a university whose dreaming spires were built by squatters from Headington Quarry) @plutopress.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social
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Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
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This project will be supervised by @samburgum.bsky.social and Dr Shey Fyffe...
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Becoming Brixton: the British Black Panthers, squatting, and community empowerment through histories of the present
Working alongside Dr Samuel Burgum (sociology) and Dr Shey Fyffe (sociology/black studies), this research project will explore the intersections of Black histories and squatting in Brixton through com...
www.bcu.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This project will be supervised by @samburgum.bsky.social and Dr Shey Fyffe...
www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...
www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...
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Great to see Sam Burgum @samburgum.bsky.social today and very much looking forward to reading his new book
March 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great to see Sam Burgum @samburgum.bsky.social today and very much looking forward to reading his new book
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at #AAG2025 this week! on friday at 12.50, i'll be presenting on research conducted with @samburgum.bsky.social on how those criminalised under laws of trespass negotiate spaces of discretion. will be focusing on our work with gypsies and travellers in west yorkshire @geographers.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
at #AAG2025 this week! on friday at 12.50, i'll be presenting on research conducted with @samburgum.bsky.social on how those criminalised under laws of trespass negotiate spaces of discretion. will be focusing on our work with gypsies and travellers in west yorkshire @geographers.bsky.social
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Looking forward to hearing @samburgum.bsky.social talk about his new book #squattinglondon tomorrow in our @uoy-sociology.bsky.social seminar series. All are welcome - link to register and further info here: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Squatting London: The politics of property
Sociologist, Dr Samuel Burgum, presents an alternative account of the real lives of London's squatters: their ambitions and struggles.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Looking forward to hearing @samburgum.bsky.social talk about his new book #squattinglondon tomorrow in our @uoy-sociology.bsky.social seminar series. All are welcome - link to register and further info here: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Available now from Past Tense:
‘Black Women Organising’
The Brixton Black Women’s Group and the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent
A5 pamphlet
Buy online here:
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‘Black Women Organising’
The Brixton Black Women’s Group and the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent
A5 pamphlet
Buy online here:
pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/blac...
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Available now from Past Tense:
‘Black Women Organising’
The Brixton Black Women’s Group and the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent
A5 pamphlet
Buy online here:
pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/blac...
‘Black Women Organising’
The Brixton Black Women’s Group and the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent
A5 pamphlet
Buy online here:
pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/blac...
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"Our opening show, How to Survive the Apocalypse, was meant to be tongue in cheek," writes Jess Turtle from @ourmoh.bsky.social
"But also honestly it isn’t."
Here's how we prepare for a possible far-right win in 2029 ⬇️
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"But also honestly it isn’t."
Here's how we prepare for a possible far-right win in 2029 ⬇️
buff.ly/3vmTsMP
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Our opening show, How to Survive the Apocalypse, was meant to be tongue in cheek," writes Jess Turtle from @ourmoh.bsky.social
"But also honestly it isn’t."
Here's how we prepare for a possible far-right win in 2029 ⬇️
buff.ly/3vmTsMP
"But also honestly it isn’t."
Here's how we prepare for a possible far-right win in 2029 ⬇️
buff.ly/3vmTsMP
Book launch this week:
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Book launch this week:
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East.
@cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
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Are you a PhD or early-career researcher working on #urban #inequalities and related themes? Join us for the Emerging Urban Inequalities #Conference in Sheffield, UK on 26-27 June 2025. Submit your abstract by 25 April. More info at: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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A conference for post-graduate and early career researchers
Sheffield, UK - June 26th and 27th, 2025
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March 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Are you a PhD or early-career researcher working on #urban #inequalities and related themes? Join us for the Emerging Urban Inequalities #Conference in Sheffield, UK on 26-27 June 2025. Submit your abstract by 25 April. More info at: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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There are many more women abused by #spycops. The 5 in the show had exceptional skills & luck in identifying the men. The public inquiry has granted anonymity to most officers, meaning they'll never be held to account. To get the truth they must release the names & open the files ...
March 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
There are many more women abused by #spycops. The 5 in the show had exceptional skills & luck in identifying the men. The public inquiry has granted anonymity to most officers, meaning they'll never be held to account. To get the truth they must release the names & open the files ...
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They were involved in political campaigns (or had friends who were). The #spycops started in 1968 & spied on 1000+ groups from Climate Camp to South Uist Hedgehog Rescue to Stop The War Coalition. Courts have ruled the entire operation unlawful & at odds with democratic society ...
March 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They were involved in political campaigns (or had friends who were). The #spycops started in 1968 & spied on 1000+ groups from Climate Camp to South Uist Hedgehog Rescue to Stop The War Coalition. Courts have ruled the entire operation unlawful & at odds with democratic society ...
Great evening catching up with people at Freedom. One of my favourite spaces. ASS 50 years this year 🔥 An honour to be launching the book here. @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great evening catching up with people at Freedom. One of my favourite spaces. ASS 50 years this year 🔥 An honour to be launching the book here. @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social