Recorded sessions from the Caste as Practice research network are now live on CRASSH's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....

I had the most wonderful time running a story writing workshop with my research participants. We spoke about what it is to be writer, who we can take inspiration from & what they want to share with the world. A lot more to come! Thanks again to @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this project.

Next was a great panel on the past, present, and future of the study of the Indian caste system at @crasshlive.bsky.social with Joel Robbins, Joel Lee, Surinder S. Jodhka, and Manali Desai www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6y... (4/5)

I am delighted to share my article, The Odour of Segregation, where I explore how odours associated with the spatial boundaries of caste ghettos act as a powerful mechanism for reproducing caste boundaries. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

'Creative Interventions in Prison and De-carceral Activism: Sharing knowledge and practice' Join us from 21-22 Feb for workshops, screenings, and talks about engaging creatively and critically with mass incarceration. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45377

Passports, past and future: @michaelabenson.bsky.social explores citizenship, post-Brexit Britain and the changing status of HongKongers. 🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers free educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists. buff.ly/4j8HthF

Today 4PM ET book talk with @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social on Work in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industries. Join us on DigiLabour Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XVL...

Penned some thoughts as we welcome the 'new' year! This is not a pessimistic retraction from celebrating 2025, but mere reflections on how eccentric time and temporalities are and how strangely they place us!

great article: Luxury is in a death spiral - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...

New on our blog: a quiet revolution taking root in Punjab. platform.coop/blog/the-unt...

Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion. Submission deadline is 13 January. buff.ly/4izyRjO Keffiyeh artwork: buff.ly/41uSBir

Today is publication day for the new book - Critical Data Studies. But since my copies are stuck in Holyhead parcel pileup & open access version not yet available on publisher website I'm saving marketing stuff to new year. As a launch day it's a bit of an anti-climax! But it's no longer 'in press'

Congratulations to Saloni Atal who has been shortlisted for the most influential article of the year by NextBillion. The article shares insights on how to measure systems change - nextbillion.net/measuring-sy...

We are looking for a new Outreach and Communications Officer as our wonderful current officer is moving on to a new role: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49463/

#JobOpportunity: join us! The Foundation is seeking two new Sociological Review magazine editors to build on the excellent work of outgoing editors Milena Kremakova and Asiya Islam. Interested? Don’t delay – 19 December is the deadline to apply. buff.ly/3B99lBe

Today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gig-work-i...

The wonderful Damni Kain and I will be organizing a symposium titled Titled “Movement in (Ethnographic) Method” in May at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social as part of The Sociological Review Seminar Series. More soon! thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

Now, you can easily compare and choose digital platforms based on their Fairwork scores, which reflect how they measure up against Fairwork principles. Whether you're a consumer looking for ethical choices or a worker seeking better opportunities, this tool helps you prioritise fairness.

The latest @sociologicalreview.bsky.social Magazine issue is out and it’s about ‘Waste’. It offers a range of reflections on waste, wasting away, and wasted lives, thinking about gender, race and capitalism.

Big thanks to TSR for supporting @snehaannavarapu.bsky.social and me in organising the symposium — 'Movement in (Ethnographic) Method: Space, Time and Theory'. Call for participants will be out soon! Also, do not miss the promising keynote lectures by Nayanika Mathur and @asiyaislam.bsky.social

In the Philippines, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social worked with two gig worker unions to develop a pamphlet answering frequently asked questions that workers have. fair.work/en/fw/public...

NEW BLOG from #FairworkIndonesia on the big changes ahead for Indonesia’s platform workers! 🇮🇩 🚨 President Prabowo’s campaign pledge to improve app-based jobs could bring key protections for millions of workers in the country: https://buff.ly/4fg6jJD @oiioxford.bsky.social