Ari Jerrems

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much Briony!

The official book launch of The Spatial Limits of Political Community was great fun last night.

Huge thanks to Ethan Blue, Jamal Barnes and Nardine Alnemr for their kind and thoughtful comments on the book and Megan Price for being a stellar chair.

Great to see my book made it safely!

It is this ambiguity around the figure of the neighbour that makes the politics of neighbouring a productive framework to interrogate how the limits of politics are drawn. I also believe that, if its tensions and ambiguities are kept in mind, it is a worthy political project to pursue. 8/8

While such mobilisations can often be inspiring, the politics of neighbouring is not an inherently emancipatory endeavour as violent distinctions and borders are often drawn between neighbours. Israel's current war of annihilation on Gaza being the most horrific of examples. 7/8

We have also seen neighbourhood assemblies emerge again in the context of a range of movements challenging inequalities, the status quo and building networks of solidarity from Sudan to Chile 6/8

Recently, we have seen increasingly brazen and militarized raids on migrant communities around the world, most notably in the US, as well as important efforts to disrupt and contest these, sometimes explicitly mobilising the figure of the neighbour 5/8

There were moments in the last 10 or so years I thought my focus on the neighbour in these instances was a somewhat niche and potentially dated endeavour, however, recent events have convinced me of the continued urgency of thinking with the politics of neighbouring 4/8

(1) To challenge raids on migrant communities in urban spaces who reimagine collective frameworks of belonging around the neighbour and the neighbourhood and (2) The 15-M movement that organised around neighbourhood assemblies in the wake of square occupations 3/8

The book theorises how borders and notions of political community are articulated, contested and reimagined through the figure of the neighbour, building on research I did in Spain for my PhD thesis. It draws inspiration from two main types of mobilisation of the neighbour by activists: 2/8

The Spatial Limits of Political Community The Spatial Limits of Political Community - Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain; Through analysis of political events in Madrid, Spain, this book explores what the figure of the neighbour can tell ...

Today is publication day for my book "The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain": bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-... 1/8

Thanks so much for sharing Stuart!

The Spatial Limits of Political Community The Spatial Limits of Political Community - Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain; Through analysis of political events in Madrid, Spain, this book explores what the figure of the neighbour can tell ...

Ari Jerrems (@arijerrems.bsky.social), The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain - @brisunipress.bsky.social, September 2025
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-...

We have an ongoing Lecturer (International Relations) position open at UWA

We encourage interdisciplinary applicants, including political geography, political sociology, political psychology, and critical security studies.

Full description and details here: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested

Inspiring scenes coming out of Sydney today.

Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

And another honourable mention to Zali Fung for her paper: Fung, Z. (2024). Amorphous infrastructure: Contesting the proposed Yuam River water diversion project in the Salween River Basin. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(6), 2386-2412. doi.org/10.1177/2514...
Congratulations to all!

We had fantastic submissions this year and would like to give honourable mentions to two papers, including Henrietta McNeill: McNeill, H. (2023). Deportation as a neo-colonial act: how deporting state influence extends beyond the border. Political Geography, 102, 102845. doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine Abstract. The Israeli military’s occupation of Palestinian territory relies heavily on its ability to shape the visual environment and set the terms of how

We are very happy to announce the winner of the 2025 Political Geography ECR/HDR Paper Award goes to Miriam Deprez for her article titled ‘Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine’. Congratulations! Full article: doi.org/10.1093/ips/...

There are two jobs going in the School of Social Sciences at UWA.

In Human Geography: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

And Anthropology: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

IAG Political Geography HDRs and Early Career Paper Award 2025 The Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) Political Geography Study Group Award will award AUD 500.00 to the best paper on a political geography topic published by an ECR/HDR candidate that is …

The deadline for the IAG @polgeographygroup.bsky.social Paper Award has been extended until Friday the 30th of May. Do submit a paper if you haven't done so already. 500$ AUD are up for grabs! Full guidelines and requirements: politicalgeographyaus.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/i...

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library This paper contributes to scholarship on drones’ more-than-military realms as they pertain to the atmospheres they create in visual culture. Focusing on two humanitarian drone documentaries, Ai Weiwe...

Great to see Beryl Pong's article 'Volumetric mediations' is out in Area. It is the first article in an SI on 'Atmospheric Borders' edited by @kayatbarry.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social Andrew Burridge and I @acbsnetwork.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

🥷🏿🥷🏿🥷🏿💜💜💜💜 un lujo compartir espacio con gran parte de la gente de la #RockSchool (nombre en homenaje a Paco Peñas 😜) del @geri_uam. @gea-uam.bsky.social @uam.es

Thrilled to receive a copy of this new and important textbook on critical international relations theory in Spanish and to have a chapter in it with my good friend Melody Fonseca based on work we have been doing together for many years now @itziarrga.bsky.social

Greetings from Chicago!

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Oh apologies I thought you were already on it. Let me check.

#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure.

The group calls for them to be reinstated.

‘Art should not be censored’: Khaled Sabsabi responds to cancellation of Venice Biennale project The Lebanese Australian artist, and curator Michael Dagostino say they are ‘extremely hurt’ by Creative Australia’s decision

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...