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Space and Power

This theme focuses on how we theorise space and the changing arrangements of power in the political present. From uneven mobilities to contested conjunctures, work in this cluster spans urban politics and policy, migration, care, infrastructures, everyday life and more.

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Environment and Politics

Work in this theme looks at the many entanglements of political ecology and economy, focusing on a variety of contemporary challenges including climate crisis, ecological resilience, environmental justice, biosecurity, and the cultural politics of environmental change.

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Culture and Practice

This cluster reimagines the relationships between culture, politics and publics: from visual storytelling and popular culture through to developing experimental methods and thinking archives otherwise, this cluster is defined by a collective commitment to fostering new modes of public engagement and creative intervention.