IRR x Race & Class: Race Mental Health, State Violence

Monish joined us to outline the history and contemporary use of electron monitoring (tagging) for criminal sentencing and punishment which was extended under the Asylum and Immigration Act s36  to ‘immigration controls’ of ‘high risk’ individuals. 

This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. 
https://irr.org.uk 
https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

S1/E4 Monish Bhatia: Racial surveillance & electronic monitoring

Vanessa joins us to discuss black feminist abolitionist analysis, intersectional disability justice and its contexts for policing in Europe. 

This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. 

https://irr.org.uk  
https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

S1/E5 Vanessa E. Thompson: Policing & abolitionist intersectional care

In this podcast Les Back talks to Charlynne Bryan about her experience of taking part in the project Les undertook with Shamser Sinha which explored the possibility of a more 'sociable sociology'. This project experimented with treating participants as co-authors and Charlynne reflects on her experiences of engaging with the opportunities and risks attached to participating in a project of this sort.

Les Back on Sociable Sociology

Alison Phipps hosts an episode with Tina Sikka where they discuss power, consent and inequality in sexual relationships. 
This episode is part of the Alternative to woman's hour takeover with Tina Sikka, Alison Phipps and Nikki Godden-Rasul. 

https://www.redpepper.org.uk/subscribe/

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-sex-consent-and-justice.html

E160 Alison Phipps & Tina Sikka: Sexual relationships, power & inequality

In this preview of Undisciplining, Dave O'Brien introduces the workshop he is leading which brings together academics, third sector, and campaigning organisations, along with young people to discuss the current state of sociological thinking on social mobility, with a particular focus on artistic and cultural occupations.

Undisciplining: From social mobility to social justice

Researching the far right: Aaron joins us to discuss the mainstream nature of far right politics in the UK and beyond. 

Special thanks to Aaron Winter, Nasar Meer and the BSA for the support and funding that made our trip to Glasgow possible!

Surviving Society

E037 Surviving Society with the BSA: Aaron Winter

Surviving Society Presents the T&C's Protest.
The T&C's is usually only available got our Patreon supporters:

Tissot and Chantelle join the  #FckBoris Protest and reflect on the "election" of Boris Johnson as PM

The T&C's : #FckBoris Protest (Free Bonus Episode)

Ali joined us to discuss how sociology was formally institutionalised in the West during the height of imperialism. We also break down a few of our concerns about the current decolonising moment in British universities.

Useful links -

Bhambra: post colonialism https://globalsocialtheory.org/topics/postcolonialism/

Connell: decolonising sociology: http://www.raewynconnell.net/2018/07/decolonising-sociology.html

Go: postcolonial thought and social theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RmaYRt6pM&t=4338s

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.398

Surviving Society season 6

E052 Ali Meghji: Histories of sociology and decolonising education

Liz outlines some of the key moments in the IRR’s history. We discuss both the historical and contemporary role of the institute as specified by the late A. Sivanandan, and Liz provides some important reflections and hopeful possibilities about our present-day political culture.

This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. 

https://irr.org.uk  
https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/liz-fekete-the-cradle-and-the-fist/id1355469484?i=1000491033812

S1/E1 Liz Fekete: A brief history of the Institute of Race Relations

TW: personal & public histories of deaths in custody 
Eddie joined us to discuss the groundings of the special issue and provides us with an  overview of the recommendations of the - Angiolini Review – the first official review of practices and processes related to and following police related deaths in the UK. 

This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. 
https://irr.org.uk 
https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

S1/E2 Eddie Bruce-Jones: Deaths in custody & the Angiolini Review

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