Derek Ruez

ACADEMIC BOYCOTT Israeli universities are major, willing and persistent accomplices in Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism, apartheid, and now genocide.

Horror after horror unfolds in Gaza, and Israeli politicians continually advertise their genocidal and ethnic cleansing intentions.

I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds

The Revolutionary Idea That Remade the New World Birthright citizenship is distinctly American—but not in the way Trump thinks.

An important essay on birthright citizenship in the Americas (from last month, but still all too relevant, if you haven't seen it): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The promise of cultural geography

Found a few minutes today to dip into this great collection of short, open access pieces on The promise of cultural geography, edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social g.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Definitely worth checking out! research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.

Furious that the Israeli state just continues to murder whomever it wants, whenever it wants, and the countries that have armed and funded that state do nothing to stop it.

Certainty about the future would convince to stay - Acatiimi Finland wants more academic experts from abroad, but many of those who move here depart after a few years. What could be done differently?

I'm quoted in this piece about experiences of 'academic experts from abroad' in Finland. The quotes are a translation of a translation, but this one i liked: ”The two-faced approach of being friendly to ’international experts’ while making things worse for others is a moral and political failure.”

The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library This paper introduces regrounding as a form of poetic justice that challenges national citizenship by centring material and affective practices—like sharing tea, tending soil, and planting seeds—as m...

Excited to read Kahina Meziant's new paper, 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' at @thegj.bsky.social: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan Tutkijat vaativat Suomen johtoa tekemään enemmän kansanmurhan ja etnisen puhdistuksen estämiseksi.

In a very short time, over 1600 researchers from Finnish universities and research organizations joined a petition calling on Finland to recognize the state of Palestine and do everything it can stop the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Always interesting to learn more about how Finnish university international affairs staff are approaching internationalization at #kvkevätpäivät. Looking forward to our session tomorrow discussing @tieteentekijat.bsky.social's proposals for flexibile multilingualism in research and higher education.

To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations

"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”

Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.

Strong and active presence of SPARG scholars in the historic one-day strike @ Tampere Uni

Huomenna Tampereen yliopisto menee historiallisesti lakkoon. Tule lakkotapahtumaan yliopiston päätalon eteen klo 13 osoittamaan solidaarisuutesi ja näyttämään, että meidän yli ei kävellä! Nyt on aika taistella kaikkien Suomen yliopistojen työntekijöiden puolesta!

No settlement proposal – Strike at Tampere University on Wednesday, May 7th The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. Strike at Tampere University begins on Wednesday, May 7th.

The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. The 24-hour strike at Tampere University will take place on Wednesday, May 7th.

#Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity

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Lukijalta | Tampereen yliopiston henkilökunta on menossa lakkoon kaikkien Suomen yliopistolaisten puolesta Yliopistotyöntekijät haluavat tehdä työnsä hyvin, sanoo seitsemän mielipidekirjoittajaa.

"Tampereen yliopiston lakolla puolustetaan työntekijöille tärkeitä asioita: opetuksen laatua, tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminnan edistymistä sekä hyvinvoivaa työyhteisöä."

#Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto

Strike notice for Tampere University At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.

📢 University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University on May 7! At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Columbia grad student whose visa was revoked forcing a "self deportation", was scheduled to present their research at the AAG meeting next week. This is an outrageous attack on our colleague and on geographic thought. Share and sign the statement below.

Fitful Infrastructures: Dwelling with Infrastructural Elimination in Gaza Since 7 October 2023, Gaza has been subjected to unprecedented Israeli genocidal violence that has erased its life-supporting infrastructure. To understand how Gazans navigated these catastrophic con...

Fresh out paper on ‘fitful infrastructures’ of survival in Gaza amid infrastructural elimination in Antipode by two GOCEP researchers, Khalid Dader and Mikko Joronen. @antipodeonline.bsky.social

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Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.

Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.

For anyone around Tampere University, another exciting iteration of the Decentering the Global lecture series is in the works for April. Students can register to participate for course credit (5 ECTS).

Had the opportunity to co-write this paper on love, work, and the world with @ajsecor.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social.

It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.