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Cultural Geography Australia @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Dear Study Group Members, our latest newsletter is coming your way soon....

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Cultural Geography Australia @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Are you heading to the NZGS-IAG conference in Palmerston North this December? If so consider submitting a paper to 'New and Emerging Research in Cultural Geography', the IAG Cultural Geography Study Group's signature session.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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.

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Julian Brigstocke @jbrigstocke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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

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Cultural Geography Australia @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎉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:

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Cultural Geography Australia @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Area by Liz Murphy-May, with Yandaarra including, Aunty Shaa Smith, Uncle Bud Marshall, Lara Daley, Sarah Wright & Paul Hodge (2025) entitled: 'Being land, becoming research: Relational and Country-led accountability in research outputs and milestones' with a black banner at the top.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

New initiative from the IAG cultural geography study group

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

📣 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...

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Nina Morris @ninajm.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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!

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Urban camping survey

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

❁ 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 ❁

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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...

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40: If you could talk to trees, what would you say? by Dense City

On today's episode, we welcome Dr. Catherine Phillips who joins us from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha/The University of Canterbury in Aotearoa/New Zealand along with Dr. Elizabeth Straughan from the Univ...

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Meg Lightheart she/her @megalightheart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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!

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Patricia Piccinini and Rosi Braidotti in conversation: Planetary Civics and Regenerative Futures

YouTube video by RMIT Culture

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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

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Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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..

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Geography, Interdisciplinarity and the Humanities

This session presents and discusses ideas relating to the themes of mental (ill-)health geographies, interdisciplinarity and the humanities.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Straughan @lstraughan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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

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