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Luqman Muraina

@luqmanmuraina.bsky.social
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PhD researcher, student of decoloniality and Global Development issues and African-based Development advocate. Muslim, Father, Nigerian, and Black!

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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌍 DOAJ is pleased to be part of this collaborative webinar series with ASSAf @crossref.bsky.social @eifl.bsky.social and @pkp.sfu.ca to share practical guidance, resources, and approaches for strengthening the scholarly publishing ecosystem in Africa ▶️ Details: www.crossref.org/blog/strengt...
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Strengthening Scholarly Publishing in Africa - Crossref
French version –– Version française Strengthening Scholarly Publishing in Africa is a collaborative webinar series bringing together ASSAf, Crossref, DOAJ, EIFL, and PKP to share practical guidance, r...
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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Writing for roape.net, Abiola Isikalu argues that Burkina Faso is extending state control over citizens by treating education & mobility as security threats, conditioning belonging on perceived loyalty rather than actual conduct. roape.net/2026/09/02/b...
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Before there is anything to punish: Burkina Faso’s new citizenship question | ROAPE
On July 16, 2026, when addressing the Forces vives in Yagha Province, Burkina Faso’s transitional president Captain Ibrahim Traoré referred to a statistic that seemed to take even him by surprise. “Th...
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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Missed the announcement of the release of our new special issue on #Fanon at 100? Frantz Fanon at 100: class struggle and the future of African liberation Find the journal alert and all the contents, free to access & download anywhere in the world, here: mailchi.mp/09af158365d9... #Fanon100
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads @uoyopenres.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and I reflect on organising training events and open research awards, community-building, researcher engagement and what we’ve learned along the way.
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Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📅 Save the date!!! We have something exciting to share – we’re officially 3 months out from our 10-year anniversary event: What should scholarly book publishing look like in 5–10 years? 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds 📅 Tuesday 17 November ⏰ 3–7pm
White Rose University Press 10th anniversary event graphic. Text asks, “What should scholarly book publishing look like in 5–10 years?” with the theme “Looking ahead to the future” and “Celebrating 10 years of WRUP”. The event will include a keynote address, panel discussion, drinks reception, discussions and networking. On the right is a photograph of a series of open doorways. The graphic features the blue and gold WRUP branding and logos of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great to see the launch of another student journal at York - now added to our Open Research community of practice wiki page 👍 uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/FYBYHQ
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer. Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is an invitation to a meeting to discuss the future of Forever Africa Conference and Events (FACE). Reimagining FACE: A Community Listening Session Date: 28th October 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (UK) | Online Location: Online Cost: Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...
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Reimagining FACE: A Community Listening Session
What should the next chapter of FACE look like?
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We spend months organising academic conferences, only for the conversations to often end after three days. What if we stopped treating the conference as the destination and started treating it as a starting point? issblog.nl/2026/08/18/b... #AcademicConferences #ResearchCulture #HigherEducation
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Beyond 3-day Conferences: From Annual Rituals to Academic Communities - Bliss
In this blog, PhD researchers Luqman Ọpẹ́yẹmí Muraina and Marta Maria Nicolazzi consider ways in which academic conferences can be transformed from annual rituals with set rules and formats, to being ...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads @katievernon.bsky.social and @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social have shared a blog post offering their thoughts on the role and their experiences of promoting a culture of open research at York 👇
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Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Luqman Muraina luqmanmuraina.substack.com?r=3tkz4j&utm...
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Epistemic Frontiers | Substack
Politics of Knowledge | Scholar-activism | Social Justice | Alternative Epistemologies | Decoloniality | Postgraduate Researcher at the University of York, UK. Click to read Epistemic Frontiers on Sub...
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0
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Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just launched Epistemic Frontiers — a Substack on the politics of knowledge, decoloniality, and social justice, from a postgrad researcher at the University of York. Writing for people who think from the margins. substack.com/@luqmanmuraina #Decoloniality #EpistemicJustice #ScholarActivism
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Epistemic Frontiers | Substack
Politics of Knowledge | Scholar-activism | Social Justice | Alternative Epistemologies | Decoloniality | Postgraduate Researcher at the University of York, UK.
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We have a significant vacancy! Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services & University Librarian. Full details here ⤵️ jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/dire...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When tourism turns into colonial violence www.namibian.com.na/scientists-p...
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Scientists probe Namibian desert elephant calf deaths
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Amid its fresh anti-migrant convulsion, SA risks becoming a pariah state again - “All of us are looking at them with sadness and shock, because they have just told the rest of us that we are not brothers.” www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Amid its fresh anti-migrant convulsion, SA risks becoming a pariah state again
As Ghana moves to postpone a binational commission with South Africa and Nigeria’s foreign minister demands an investigation into the deaths of three nationals, South Africa’s reputation on the contin...
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"Until we decolonise the mind, we keep redecorating colonialism and apartheid and calling it independence. Colonialism and apartheid keep changing colour like a chameleon." observer24.com.na/learn-to-swi...
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Learn to swim or risk drowning: Namibia’s unfinished decolonisation – Windhoek Observer
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ISS Blog Bliss @issblog.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
💡 Women's Month Series 2026 | The Southern Africa Rural Women’s Assembly Seed Guardians 💡 In 2009, 250 women came together and established RWA with the slogan Guardians of Land, Life, and Love. Read the blog here: wp.me/p9fvbD-9m3
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Women's Month Series 2026 | The Southern Africa Rural Women’s Assembly Seed Guardians - Bliss
The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) is one of the world’s most innovative and dynamic social movements. RWA is an independent and self-organized network of small-scale women farmers and peasant producers...
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Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
'Seeing the impact and benefits of OR [open research] on the community has inspired us to practice these principles.' A new article, co-authored by myself, Yorgos Paschos and @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social, has been published in @uksg.bsky.social 🥳 insights.uksg.org/articles/10....
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Interdisciplinary collaboration for open research: reflections by Graduate Engagement Leads | Insights
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our Graduate Engagement Leads, @katievernon.bsky.social, @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social and Yorgos Paschos, reflect on their work developing open research communities of practice at York 🔓 📄 doi.org/10.1629/uksg...
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Interdisciplinary collaboration for open research: reflections by Graduate Engagement Leads | Insights
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The government has just advised businesses not to trade with illegal Israeli settlements. But with no consequences for businesses that refuse to comply, this is a cop out. We need a complete ban on trade with illegal settlements, and sanctions targeting the illegal occupation. Share if you agree.
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Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Come and work with me, @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social and @uoyopenres.bsky.social in the library as part of the Open Research Team! An opportunity for PGRs @york.ac.uk @uoylibrary.bsky.social 📖 Engagement Lead (Equitable Publishing) Apply on Handshake: york.joinhandshake.co.uk/jobs/281999
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Very pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Open Research Awards, celebrating innovation, advocacy and good practice in open research across all disciplines at York! 🎉🏆 We will post about each our 9 awardees over the course of the week. You can read a summary of their projects on the wiki 👇
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York Open Research Awards 2026 - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
What does it truly mean to foster equitable leadership in academia? Dr Karisha George from @york.ac.uk shares more about her leadership journey and her time on our Equity in Leadership programme: whiterose.ac.uk/news/equity-...
"It is not only about increasing the numbers of academics from the global majority, but increasing the numbers of empowered academics from the global majority.” Dr Karisha Simone George
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thanks to our Graduate Engagement Leads for Open Research, @katievernon.bsky.social and @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social, for their work on the video 🎵 Music for Creators on Free Music Archive (CC BY 4.0) freemusicarchive.org/music/fretbo...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
You can read more about Luqman's open research journey in this blog post from last year's OA Week 👇
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Open Access Week 2025: Open Research Journeys at York – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Postgraduate researcher and Open Research Graduate Engagement Lead @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social will be at #UKSG2026 next week, with his talk on 'Africa in the open: reimagining global knowledge beyond western publication models' Hoping for a great turnout! @uksg.bsky.social
Publicity image for UKSG 49th Annual Conference 2026 and Luqman Muraina's talk on Tuesday March 31, 4.30-5.30pm, 'Africa in the open: reimagining global knowledge beyond western publication models'
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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre @igdc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
View the latest articles and books from IGDC members on global development topics. www.york.ac.uk/igdc/researc...
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Latest publications
View the latest articles and books from IGDC members on global development topics.
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Mandelson revelations might just be the tip of the iceberg. If he leaked government secrets once, we need to know if he acted in the public interest when negotiating trade deals with the US. Urge the PM to release all #MandelsonFiles act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4714
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Tell the PM: Release the Mandelson trade files – in full
Police are looking into claims that Peter Mandelson leaked government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary in 2008. This raises questions over whether Mandelson consistently
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Decolonizing expertise in international organizations demands more than just diversifying expert pools; it requires dismantling the epistemic hierarchies that sustain the status quo" From our "Share your decolonising story" blog series www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2265
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Decolonizing Expertise: Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Governance in International Organizations (IOs)
By Marine Gauthier / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project A Personal Reckoning with Expertise My engagement with international development has always been entangled with postcolonial…
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
PGN Event summary 🚨 'From PhD to postdoc - Strategies, fellowships, and real-world insights' with Dr Remi Edwards Simon Rushton and Marcus Nicolson sharing practical advice on securing postdoctoral positions and fellowships 🌟 You can find their key insights here 👉 ow.ly/G1w950YebSs
A screenshot of a powerpoint slide with the words, BISA PGN online workshop, From PHD to Postdoc, 17 December 2025, Simon Rushton, University of Sheffield and BISA trustee
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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🎙️ Uma Kothari from @globaldevinst.bsky.social explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact in this quick soundbite. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/bY94Id0
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Digital Accessibility aims for digital content, to be easily viewed, used and understood by everyone. accessibility needs are different and can change ... principles to making content accessible and should be considered from inception - @katievernon.bsky.social lnkd.in/eXtzH2zv #OpenResearch
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
RT if it has to happen. Strip Donald Trump of this honour he does not deserve it.
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#OpenResearch awards @uoypolitics.bsky.social @uoyeducation.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social @ycpt.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The York Open Research Awards are back for 2026! 🎉 The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆 We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
York Open Research Awards: Innovation, advocacy and good practice in open research across all disciplines at York. Supported by UKRI Research England.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Researcher Development training workshop next week: Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚 Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Assortment of measuring tapes and rulers
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I'll be attending and presenting (break-out session) at the @uksg.bsky.social #UKSG2026 Conference in Glasgow on the title 'Africa in the Open: Reimagining Global Knowledge Beyond Western Publication Models' I look forward to seeing you around. @uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"I consider my story as reflecting a scholarly transition from an empirical, positivist and Eurocentric framework to an advocacy for alternative knowledges, pluriversality, and decoloniality" This 📙 by @murainal.bsky.social wraps up our decolonising stories project www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2480
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Decolonial Journey: #RhodesMustFall and ‘Decolonising Development Studies’ in Ghana and Nigeria
By Luqman Muraina / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project I completed my B.Sc. Sociology in Nigeria with little or no knowledge about alternative epistemologies, coloniality, and poli…
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗 DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
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Get a DOI for your work
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a way of uniquely and permanently identifying a resource, so that it can remain findable and citable in the long term.
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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Welcome to DSA on BlueSky! 🤝🏾 Become a member buff.ly/3ZRAOzp 📚 Join a study group buff.ly/3ZV0aML 📧 Free e-news bit.ly/devcommsnews 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn buff.ly/3FnlSiO 📽️ Watch our vids bit.ly/devstudTV 💻 Our conference buff.ly/6DEHyVr
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Many thanks @kirrraliseh.bsky.social @alientalks.bsky.social @asmasonomics.bsky.social @clmorgan.bsky.social @murainal.bsky.social @joespearing.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and everyone else who contributed to this piece!
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social @yorkmedieval.bsky.social talks about motivations behind a forthcoming chapter on weaponry in Final Fantasy VII for diamond open access publisher Play Story Press ⚔️ "academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
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An Open Access Book Chapter: Final Fantasy VII What’s in a Weapon for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture Series - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Read this article on ethical solidarity in times of global helplessness and unalterable and unfolding genocide, apartheid, and dispossession. baice.ac.uk/hub/what-doe... #Gaza #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #AcademicSolidarit "According to Angela Davis, this crisis is a
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What does ethical solidarity look like for academic professional bodies in times of unfolding genocide?
We write this piece as a group of education researchers working in the fields of international education and development, including with respect to conflict studies, forced migration and comparative s...
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
“scholars [who] tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent” - Rabea Eghbariah (2023) #palestinelivesmatter #Anticolonial #SelectiveJustice #academicsilence #EpistemicInjustice #academiccomplicity #AcademicFreedom
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Decolonial Conference (Call for Proposals)
One of the first duties of intellectuals… in colonialist countries is unreservedly to support the national aspirations of colonized peoples.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
WATCH: “You’re lying on national TV.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
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