People think writing is this: Aha! I have a fully-formed idea, I will now write it down What writing really is: I kind of have an idea but I will only know what it is as I write it. Then I'll *really* know what it is once I've revised it a few times.

I've not been too well this week. But the neighbours turkey has kept me entertained, every time I sneeze, she answers back. Gobble,gobble,gobble. An oh so more-than-human conversation.

My new book is out!🍾Nonauthoritarian Authority: Cities, Materiality, and the Aesthetics of Power. press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3... II argue that in shattered times, a radical, speculative reinvention of authority is needed. Open-access with @lsepress.bsky.social @rgs.org #geosky #socialtheory

Long weekend friends. Also learnt these Sulphur-cested Cockatoos are louder than chain saws. Eek what a shreek!

🎉Calling all current and aspiring study group members! Join us July 2nd and 3rd for our symposium at the University of Melbourne. See poster for details:

@fayboundalberti.bsky.social Fay Bound-Alberti, The Face: A Cultural History - Allen Lane, February 2026 www.penguin.co.uk/books/459227...

Calling all study group members. The groups latest postcard is now in your email inbox!

New in Area: 'Being land, becoming research: Relational and Country-led accountability in research outputs and milestones' by Liz Murphy-May with Yandaarra et al. This paper reflects on research milestones and Gumbaynggirr Ngambaa ways of being in current-day Australia. doi.org/10.1111/area...

An evening visitor

New initiative from the IAG cultural geography study group

New Commentary w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social in @tibg.bsky.social. Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

What is microculture and why does it matter? Happy to share a new paper by myself @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social and Andrew Gorman-Murray. We consider issues of workplace culture and awkwardness in remote and hybrid modes of working. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣 🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation. 🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...

Call for participants! Have you camped in an urban area in the UK for leisure, fun, wellbeing, or adventure? In a bivvy, tent, van, car…? In your garden, a park, side street…? Please complete my survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/... (anon., 10-15 mins). Please share. Thank you!

We’ve got a 3 year lecturership in human geog and gender now advertised. Deadline 6th May 2025 Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS710/l...

The 2 year old just walked into the kitchen demanding that I "read it".

Looking forward to this next week!

❁ If you're considering coming to the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference in Newcastle NSW this year, please do think about contributing to our session that we're organising on the concept of 'acceptance' in geography ❁ We think that it's a really intriguing and timely theme ❁

I’m delighted to share a new podcast released this week by Dense City showcasing our research on urban trees (Myself, C. Phillips and J. Atkinson). The discussion builds on our article in cultural geographies ‘Finding comfort and conviviality with Urban trees’: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/den...

The first launch event of @darkmatterlabs.org Planetary Civics Inquiry is starting now! www.youtube.com/live/ZQtyehL... This thought-provoking conversation between artist and philosopher about the interconnectedness of all life. Er - good morning!

for those who are geographically inclined, the Cultural Geography Study Group of the Institute of Australian Geographers now has a bluesky account! Follow us here -- @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social

My book “Somatic States” is coming out in a few weeks with @dukepress.bsky.social A decade in the making, it’s not just “another book,” it’s the most important I have written. Introduction available here: shorturl.at/8zMy5 #geography #anthropology #politicaltheory

Great opportunity to work with the lovely @sarah-mills.bsky.social on an important topic.

In this session we are discussing mental ill health, interdisciplinarity and the humanities - with @felicitycallard.bsky.social Ed Kiely, Cheryl McGeachan and Chris Philo. Come along .. sign up! This Wednesday..

The first commute home of 2025 involved spotting 5 kangaroos, 2 wallabies, 1 fox cub and 1 human pulling the emergency cord of the train because they missed their stop before asking the conductor if the train could be reversed.

Breaking the bluesky ice with some pig face blooms from the garden.