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Derek Ruez @derek-ruez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Excited to be in such great company in this thought-provoking @edinburghup.bsky.social collection, Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe, edited by @stilllife0.bsky.social, @ajsecor.bsky.social & @mikkojorge.bsky.social. The book is open access: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cultura...

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📢Call for papers for #AAG2027: "Desirable Futures in/from Historical Geography” What desirable futures can historical geography help us imagine—and build? @geographers.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @culturalgeogsg.bsky.social

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Vol. 14, issue 4 of the AAG Review of Books now available! Reviews from Matthew Zook on The Computable City, James Sidaway on Geographical Thought: A Critical Introduction, and forums on Emily Mitchell-Eaton’s New Destinations of Empire and Yolanda Collins’ Forests of Refuge

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please consider applying to be the next editor of the AAG Review of Books journal. Information can be found at www.aag.org/journal/the-... Here’s the call:

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

With a heavy heart, I have to announce my early resignation as editor of the AAG Review of Books journal. My position at WSU will be eliminated by Oct. 2027 due to budget cuts. It’s been an honor to serve the discipline and fellow scholars.

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Stanford APARC @aparc.stanford.edu · 05/10/2026

Now available! Lives in Limbo, by Dr. Gerhard Hoffstaedter, professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland and APARC's 2023-24 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Southeast Asia. Watch our book talk with Hoffstaedter: youtu.be/KtFoO4KjmzM

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Lives in Limbo: Book Author Gerhard Hoffstaedter on Refugee Journeys in Malaysia

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to Rachel Horowitz on the publication of her new book, Ancient Maya Embedded Economies! #Anthropology #AncientHistory #AcademicPublishing #MayaStudies

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is it. Learning is a beautiful struggle. “All of us who teach at MIT will need to be prepared to help students understand both that the process of education is necessarily a productive struggle, and that the most important product of their education is not a GPA or a diploma but themselves”

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In "Black Undertow," Hugo ka Canham @riotousdeathscapes.bsky.social listens for African ancestors who linger in water, sand, corals, ritual, and unruly imaginations along the shores of the Indian Ocean, where blackness and queerness frequently intersect. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/eolCsbI

Cover of Black Undertow by Hugo ka Canham. The cover is an expressionist styled painting using thick paint strokes and high contrast colors such as whites, grey blues, and a bright crimson. The paint features a group of black figures wearing long white garments. They stand on a white ground against a moody sky. The bottom of the cover is solid white and contains the title in a red lowercase sans serif font on the left side and the author’s name in a dark grey blue all caps serif font on the right side.

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An insightful essay by Eric Carter on four(!) books about stadiums and sports marketing, and urban developments. Centered mostly on North American teams, Carter explores the meaning of the stadium, its commercialization, and its influence on fan culture.

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Beyond the Game: Stadiums, Sports, and Space

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A review of Alex Werth’s On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland by Kevin C. Holt now available. The book “unpacks the intricacies…of Oakland’s history of using policy to restrict Black sound (and by extension Black people) while also noting how Black Oaklanders have used sound as resistance.”

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On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

AAG Review of Books vol. 14, issue 3 now available. Featuring reviews of Judith Scheele’s Shifting Sands by my grad school colleague JP McCool, Chris Philo’s Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination by Yuan He, and a forum on Believing in South Central by Pamela J. Prickett.

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The AAG Review of Books

Volume 14, Issue 3 of The AAG Review of Books

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“Ross Douthat is the Ezra Klein of Ezra Kleins.” - W. Kamau Bell

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Great stuff!

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The second edition of THE PLEASANT PROFESSION OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN by @effjayem.bsky.social is out January 2027! This critical analysis examines Heinlein's arguments about the nature of science fiction, American politics, and himself. Pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thanks to GSU historian Marni Davis’ new article and map, you can now take a step back in time to 1896 to explore the state of Atlanta's immigrant population long before Atlanta developed its reputation as a destination for newcomers. Check it out 👇 atlantastudies.org/2026/07/21/i...

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Nicholas Chan's The Politics of Counter-Terror achieves the seemingly impossible feat of saying something original about both the politics of counter-terrorism and the politics of Muslim-majority states .... A must-read." —Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge Out now: ow.ly/meqM50Zn78X

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It’s incredible what people will compartmentalize. FIFA has demonstrated what a corrupt organization they are for at least the last 16 years, but Balogun having his ban suspended is what triggers people. Not FIFA’s complicity in human rights violations, though. Not the bribery and extortion, though

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New summer list of books for geographers! I personally curated the list and hope that there’s something for everyone. Contact me if you’d like to review a title! www.aag.org/new-books-fo...

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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

For my geospatial friends. (a) try this web site about the National Geospatial Digital Archive Project www.digitalpreservation.gov/partners/ngd... and (b) make it makes sense when I go to click on the final report (without seeing the irony)

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National Geospatial Digital Archive Project - Partners - Digital Preservation (Library of Congress)

The Library of Congress and its digital preservation partners from the federal, library, creative, publishing, technology, and copyright communities are working to develop a national strategy to colle...

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

'The authors have assembled an impressive collection of sounds from around the world, and beyond, and from the dawn of the universe to the atomic age.' 📌 buff.ly/iMpzsJN 📚 buff.ly/g5eT7r8

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 14/05/2026

Published with some minor changes! Please share widely. 😊 Guest, O., Suarez, M., ... & van Rooij, I. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education, 16(2), 85–118. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Journal: www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-162

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Volume 16.2 — Digital Culture & Education (ISSN: 1836-8301)

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Watch now: TwiceTold with Michaela Vieser & Isaac Yuen: The Sound Atlas 🎥 buff.ly/UX1AXn4 📚 buff.ly/z3IQW0V

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e. kinkaid (they/them) @queergeog.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can preorder my book — disorienting phenomenology: queer space and trans life — now!

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools.” — Ray Bradbury

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Reluctant Theologian @reluctantheologian.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

If you have ANY interest in Black boys and men... If you wish to be IN COMMUNITY with Black women and girls (across genders and sexualities)... Please pick up Loving Black Boys! www.dukeupress.edu/loving-black.... Use code E26LOMAX for 30% off. @dukepress.bsky.social

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Oregon State University Press @osupress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Richard Sudell: a man of his time 📌 buff.ly/EK0YPKF 📚 buff.ly/L6CW8Ts

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Dr. Samantha Fladd co-edited an issue in Advances in Archaeological Practice. The issue “Beyond Leaky Pipelines” highlights barriers shaping inequality in the field and Dr. Fladd provides actionable strategies in her contributions. Read the press release here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Movements to shut down or ban data centers are amassing power and notching victories. Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content in articles. Publishers and entertainment studios are being pushed to reject AI-produced content outright. In other words: It's open season for refusing AI.

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It's open season for refusing AI

There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

AAG Review of Books vol. 14, issue 2 now available! Featuring two important forums about contemporary Palestine by distinguished scholars, Noel Castree’s review of Slavery and Capitalism, Catherine Walker’s review of Climate Justice and the University, and 2 reviews by Cincinnati grad students

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Volume 14, Issue 2

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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

1/13 Check out our new chapter, Philosophy and Race Science, co-authored with Sahotra Sarkar for The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Race. In it, we track the historical development, the temporary retreat, and the subsequent reincarnation of race as a biological concept: doi.org/10.4324/9781...

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

“We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets. The widgets and the grand views come, but they are a consequence of the exploration, not the cause.” — Brian Cox

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Assembling the list of new books for geographers is one of the great joys of my editorship.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I mean it’s more like the Curve of Hormuz

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Congratulations to one of our authors, Subodhana Wijeyeratne, on the publication of his nonfiction book about Japan’s space programs and global space exploration! 🚀

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Congratulations to the authors and contributors to this important issue of the journal. Their message moves the discipline, and the academy as a whole, closer to a more just and equitable institution. There’s still work to be done, and I offer my thanks to the authors for moving the needle.

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Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

How inclusive is archaeological data? Carrie Heitman’s latest digital review examines #feminist data science. She highlights how power and bias shape everything from collection to interpretation, outlining approaches for more transparent and equitable #research. 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Feminist Data Science in Archaeology? | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Feminist Data Science in Archaeology?

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“Nation-states are people too, my friend.” - Mitt Romney, probably

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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

"Sweet Land, Bitter Deal: Immigrant Detention and Unbreathable Air in Florida's Sugarcane Heartland" -- the Antipode Foundation is honoured to be among the funders of this important new report earthjustice.org/press/2026/a...

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

“An intellectually serious investigation of our ambivalent attitudes towards work... lays the conceptual groundwork for thinking of work as a space for the play of collective freedom.” @impractknow.bsky.social on 'Working for Each Other' by Deryn Thomas Out 5th March 👀👇 bit.ly/3ZWz0WD #philsky

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I hope OpenAI gets sued into the sun

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

“…we advocate for a metaphorical shift focused on care, inclusivity, and diversity—that of a garden. The garden metaphor provides a way to express and explore the complex and intertwined ways disciplinary norms, institutions, and individuals structure and shape experiences in archaeology.”

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Joe Hedges, my colleague at WSU, writes, “this book makes clear the ways that physical locations and geography inform songwriting…what a magical thing-that this art form [album cover art] invites me into the heart and mind of the lyricist…” A wonderfully curated collection by Damien Saunder.

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Maps on Vinyl: An Atlas of Album Cover Maps, Volume No. 1

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