Selin Tekin

Fantastic talk from @pjsaaved.bsky.social

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Wonderful to see everyone.

Thanks @freyamills.bsky.social for organizing the event!!

Precarious Solidarities: Collective Action During and After Disasters Under Authoritarianism or Repression

The last session in the collective action series organized by myself and @merveozturkey.bsky.social hostes by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social is on Thursday. Register with the link below!!

From Relief to Resistance: Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change | BPS The second in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social

See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.

Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.

Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir

www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...

Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.

Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency
@drselintekin.bsky.social's event for @bpsofficial.bsky.social

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thanks for sharing it John🤗 I hadn’t seen this until now!!!

‼️ Writing and witnessing as activism.
Documentation, memory, and academic engagement were seen as forms of activism—ways of “keeping receipts” and resisting institutional forgetting. Speaking out, even when uncomfortable, is part of ethical engagement in times of crisis.

‼️ Resilience, reimagined.
Resilience is often celebrated—but it can also be misused to justify state inaction. When understood collectively, however, it represents transformation rather than simple recovery, opening pathways for social change.

‼️ Collective identity drives cooperation.
Research and lived experience both show that people rarely panic in crises. Shared identity fosters cooperation, mutual aid, and solidarity. Recognising this can help design responses that empower communities rather than control them.

‼️ Neutrality can become complicity.
The discussion questioned institutional and professional “neutrality” in the face of injustice, calling instead for ethical responsibility, meaningful allyship, and genuine engagement with affected communities.

‼️ Language reveals (and hides) power.
Phrases like “natural disaster” or “humanitarian crisis” often depoliticise structural violence and inequality. In contrast, explicitly naming acts as “genocide” or “colonial occupation” reframes them as matters of justice, not charity.

‼️ Emergencies are not neutral.
They are socially and politically constructed. How we define an event—as a “disaster,” “crisis,” or “emergency”—shapes public understanding, determines whose suffering is recognised, and influences the kind of response that follows.

We are also grateful to our engaged audience, whose thoughtful questions helped deepen the discussion.

Here are some key reflections from the event:

A huge thanks to our wonderful speakers — Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Dr Rim Saab , Prof. Lucy Easthope @lucygobag.bsky.social , and John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social — for their time, insight, and generous contributions.

@merveozturkey.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of organising the first event in our three-part series with the BPS Social Psychology Section B titled “Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency.”

There are two more sessions in November and December. We will share it from here. I hope we see you there 💚

Thanks for sharing it Sam. There will be other two events in November and December. We will share them when the registration link is ready. I hope you can join us in the upcoming ones. Sending best wishes.

@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social

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Meticulously organised for you by our amazing ad-hoc events team on the committee!

Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency | BPS The first in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

It is free and open to everyone. For registration see the link:

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social

My first single author paper is out now!! Great thanks to @profjohndrury.bsky.social for feedback and sharing!!!

SPSSI Journals This study examines the functions of collective action for people who experienced a disaster. Data were collected through ethnography and individual interviews with 22 people who participated in a si...

Functions of post-disaster collective action: An ethnographic perspective on the silent walk commemorating the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes

New from @drselintekin.bsky.social

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thanks for sharing John. One of them happened in Karabük and took very long time to control. besides fires smoke also affected many people in the city (especially the ones who have asthma). In some parts of Turkey the fires still continue.

Keynote speech comes from Dr Chloe Bracegirdle this year at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford!! Congratulations!!

hello @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social We would like to contact you regarding an event we’re organizing in collaboration with @bps-social-psych.bsky.social Would it be possible for you to follow me so I can send you a message with more details? Or is there another preferred way to share the info with you?

@drselintekin.bsky.social @adriennewhitworth.bsky.social @pjsaaved.bsky.social @dennisnigbur.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @kayleighsmith.bsky.social @samreenchhabra.bsky.social @lindajbell.bsky.social

The last Crowds & Identities meeting of the academic year, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, and with presentation on his important work from @alex-hunt-psych.bsky.social on lay crowd theory in US debates on #BLM

Silent Walk as a street mobilization: Campaigning following the Grenfell Tower fire This paper uses ethnography and interviews with 15 participants who were actively involved in the campaign following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire to address the question of how campaigners use street...

8 years today since the UK's worse residential fire since the war. Read @drselintekin.bsky.social 's analysis of how the affected community mobilized support from allies to try to get justice for #Grenfell.

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