Surviving Society

Voting rights editor at the Guardian US , Ankita Rao, joined us to talk about the history and contemporary realities of voter suppression in USA elections. Useful links: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ankita-rao

Kathryn spoke to us about her research focused on the history of internal border controls in Britain and resistance to them, as well as current NHS charges for migrant maternity care. Useful links: Docs not Cops Toolkit - https://patientsnotpassports.co.uk/ Foucault in Tunisia (DM us for a free copy): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0038026119870107 Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis Interview - https://fass.open.ac.uk/school-social-sciences-global-studies-sociology/news/patients-not-passports-challenging-border

Luke joined us for a second time to discuss the publication of his book, Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of deportation to Jamaica Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526143990 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/aug/18/deportation-jamaica-britain-windrush-scandal-foreign-aid https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/deportation-cuts-black-britons/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-guardians-audio-long-reads/id587347784?i=1000491968231

Toni gives us a brief introduction to international relations (IR) ongoing confrontation with race and introduces us to the history and contemporary relationship between the European Union and the African Union. Useful links: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/106092/1/WPS_2020_07_28_race_justice_and_new_possibilities_twenty_years.pdf (Global Racial Hierarchies and the Limits of Localization via National Action Plans. New Directions in Women, Peace and Security, (pp 133 – 151)) https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/03/why-is-mainstream-international-relations-ir-blind-to-racism-colonialism/ (https://academic.oup.com/fpa/article/16/2/199/5788185) On Women, Peace and Security agenda (this is perhaps the most comprehensive theme as it intersects with the others too) Women, Peace and Security - the African Experience - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2041905819838145 (also attached) Creating Cinderella? - https://brill.com/view/journals/iner/23/2/article-p218_4.xml?language=en (available OA) https://blogs.ls

...: Race and nation in twenty-first-century Britain. Vallu joined us to discuss keys from his latest book, The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and nation in twenty-first-century Britain. Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526126146/

Ebun joined us to talk about themes in her latest book, Critical Race Theory and Inequality in the Labour Market: Racial stratification in Ireland. Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526134394/

East-ender and housing enthusiast, Richard, joined us to critically engage and reflect on the re-generation of the East/East end of London. Although Richard’s specialism is based in Hackney, we think this conversation feeds into debates about social housing more broadly across the UK. Useful links: https://ricyeboah.com

Ornette joined us for an extensive philosophical reflection about themes in his book, Black Scholarly Activism between the Academy and Grassroots: A Bridge for Identities and Social Justice. Useful links: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-00837-6?utm_source=sn&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=RMarketing&utm_campaign=SBPS_4_CN01_GL_BlackLivesMatter https://critracemmu.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/24th-session-of-the-working-group-wgepad-ohchr-25-29-march-2019-geneva/ https://critracemmu.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/eu-commission-report-on-being-black-in-europe/ https://mmu.academia.edu/ornetteclennon https://www.academia.edu/18877217/International_Perspectives_of_Multiculturalism_The_Ethical_Challenges

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest hosts: Mwenza Blell: Mwenza is a biosocial anthropologist. She is currently a Rutherford Fellow affiliated to Health Data Research UK, a Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow, and a Grant Researcher at Tampere University. Her research draws from ethnography to examine intransigent and often invisible structures of injustice. She is interested in how subjective experience, socio-political structures and technologies, cultural meaning-making, and human biology interrelate to produce states of well-being and ill-being, with a view to understanding mechanisms underpinning both suffering and flourishing. Furaha Asani:

Scholar- activist and co founder of European Race & Imagery Foundation, Bel joined us to talk about racism in the Netherlands, Blackface and living/growing up in predominately white places. Useful links- https://erifonline.org https://project-parnell.com Reading: Dunn, R.S , A Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia https://buff.ly/33qtMWV J. Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe https://buff.ly/39CKVxU D. Owusu, That Reminds Me https://buff.ly/3i2joZR Listening:

In our final reflection (for now!) we reflect on 20 minisodes of sociologically documenting the lockdown period in the UK. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic

David provides us with an extensive analysis on Britain’s relationship with the Gulf states from his latest book - AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain. Useful links https://politybooks.com/angloarabia-why-gulf-wealth-matters-to-britain/ https://www.ippr.org/juncture-item/uk-ties-with-saudi-arabia-costs-and-alternatives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkp06Jvh0GU&t= Reading: G. Wekker, White Innocence https://buff.ly/2Br6Efu D. Wearing (article) https://buff.ly/3f9WXjz Anna Stavrianakis, https://buff.ly/3aEECK0 B. Bennet The Vanishing Half https://buff.ly/3jGs2OZ Listening PhDivas https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phdivas/id991330312 About Race with Reni https://www.aboutracepodcast.com *Please note season 9 is recorded entirely via video call during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Hosts Chantelle and Tissot and executive producer George pride themselves on ensuring a comfortable and encouraging recording atmosphere but this is clearly difficult to suffice remotely. Bear with

Danny Dorling joined us to reflect on the emerging economic recession (or depression?!) and where we might be be able to find some hope... Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic

Feminism Interrupted: Lola talks through the radical and imaginative themes within her latest book, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power Useful links- https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340067/feminism-interrupted/ https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Fly-Girls-Guide-To-University-by-Odelia-Younge-editor/9781912565146 Reading: W.E.B DuBois, The Souls of White Folk C. Boyce Davis, Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones – A.Davis , Are Prisons Obsolete? C.Sharpe, In the Wake: On Blackness and Being Listening: KUT Stuart Hall: In Conversations - Episode 7 Rustbelt Abolition Radion: Survival Pending Abolition (Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Amanda Alexander, Kim Wilson) Jackie Wang: Interrupt V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smCA9UzDNpA *Please note season 9 is recorded entirely via video call during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Hosts Chantelle and Tissot and executive producer George pride themselves on ensuring a comfortable and encouraging recording atmosphere but t

Khadijah joined us for reflect on how we spiritually, emotionally and intellectually respond to the people around us trying to 'fix' racism. It was a timely discussion for us (we were exhausted!) where we discussed how Blackness transcends modernity. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic

Co-founder of Swimdem Crew -Nathaniel A. Cole - joined us to talk about the organisations brilliant work on swimming, community and belonging in the inner city (London). Useful links- https://linktr.ee/swimdemcrew https://www.swimdemcrew.co.uk/ http://tedxlondon.com/attend/TEDxLondonWomen2019/speakers/NathanielCole Reading C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775985.The_Black_Jacobins Akala, Natives D.Smith, Homie B.Daniel Tatum Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635110.Assimilation_Blues Listening Brave Conversations (with Richie Brave) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07p3dj8 RMR, Drug Dealing is a Lost Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNEapbArnho&list=PLfiMjLyNWxeaqFlZBpIhL7hikjN8dUJ9b The Echo Chamber https://open.spotify.com/show/61NN9bklzhHZs5YvR0jyoT Growing Up with Gal-Dem https://open.spotify.com/show/0VyqpQy8OAMd

Katherine Smith joined us to myth-bust the REF, the impact agenda and the future of university funding. These questions are particular pertinent as the global pandemic is likely to have a dramatic effect on universities and public intellectualism. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic

This week Brendan McGeever joined us to talk through some of the themes in his latest book Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution. In locating racism(s) and antisemitism on the Left during the Russian Revolution, Brenda’s scholarship helps us to understand race, (anti) racism & politics in contemporary society. Useful links- http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychosocial/our-staff/academic/brendan-mcgeever https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/antisemitism-and-the-russian-revolution/AF5AE3BB29CB5A7909C75036694CDADE https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544 Reading: B. McGeever, Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/antisemitism-and-the-russian-revolution/AF5AE3BB29CB5A7909C75036694CDADE H. Jones & E. Jackson (edited) Stories of Cosmopolitan Belonging: Emotion and Location https://www.routledge.com/Stories-of-Cosmopolitan-Belonging-Emotion-and-Location-1st-Edition/Jones-Jackson/p/book/9781138000650#:~:text=Book%20Description,-What%20does%20it&te

Norman joined us to reflect and discuss who attended the far right demonstrations in June 2020. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic

Nadine joined us to discuss key themes in her new book, Bordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire Useful Links- https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526145420/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrMvuqDNMT0 Reading: Field, Bunce, Hassan & Peacock, Here to Stay, Here to Fight L.Back & V.Ware, Out of Whiteness K. Okanlawon (Editor) This is Us: Black British Women and Girls Listening: Faithless, Forever Faithless: the Greatest Hits https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vcq2BbEjHFdfodZ8hlcZL?highlight=spotify:track:2X1zsG1osgirE9cpP2U0f7 Baby D, Casanova (Original Raising Hell Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LButBD9Ew Young T & Bugsey, Don’t Rush ft. Headie One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5kBhLIgkc *Please note season 9 is recorded entirely via video call during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Hosts Chantelle and Tissot and executive producer George pride themselves on ensuring a comfortable and encouraging recording atmosphere but this is clearly difficult to suffice remotely. B