UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
Malcolm MacLean
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one of the contemporary greats - the superb Elif Shafak - on two the finest writers I have read: Carson McCullers, whose work in all its wonder is the epitome of (political) solidarity, and Marjane Satrapi, who understood and represents struggle(s) in ways, and reaching audiences, few others did
MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK. This is not a drill. MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK!!!
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a review of mine of a new book by David Rowe, Bonnie Pang and Keith Parry (Playing on the Edge) on sport in Asia-Pacific is just out (recognising the complexity of the geographical label): it's an impressive and valuable view from and of multiple edges @idrottsforum.bsky.social
with the Men's football World Cup descending into totalitarian charade, it's not the only mega-event where there's dissent: things are kicking off for the Brisbane #Olympics in 2032, with, as is so often the way, First Nations at he forefront....
Malcolm MacLean
Victoria Park is one of the most significant Indigenous sites in Brisbane, which is why so many are against the development of the Olympic stadium.
Some superb podcasts from Karim in recent weeks - sign up and support his work.
All Souls College, Oxford, is seeking 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- History of Art/History of Music
- Law
- Life Science
- Theoretical Computer Science
These are 5-year appointments starting autumn 2027. Deadline: 4 Sep 2026
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
Truly awful (not to mention anti-democratic), but I'm heartened to hear at least that the vast majority of boat captains were against this trans-exclusionary policy. The kids are alright.
"Behold the Joyless World Cup: The 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US is becoming a spectacle of greed, social exclusion, & authoritarianism." By @edgeofsports.bsky.social & me for @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (focus on race, ethnicity, intersecting inequalities) @uomsociology.bsky.social
4 years from 1 Oct 2026, £42,254 p.a., full time
Closing date: Weds 17 June 2026
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
In Playing on the Edge: Sport, Society and Culture in Asia and Oceania (Peter Lang Publishing) authors David Rowe, Bonnie Pang and Keith D. Parry go beyond orthodox globalization theory, deploying the...
During his last visit in Johannesburg, Léopold was taken north of Pretoria, to the township of Mabopane by Mpho Moshe Matheolane to visit the Odi stadium—the remarkable architectural twin of the Mmabatho Stadium, in Mmabatho on the other side of what used to be Bophuthatswana between 1977 and 1994.
"Forty-nine votes were cast against the new rules, whilst only one vote was cast in their favour", yet still they went ahead with the ban. Clearly, women's opinions do not count!
Vladimir Putin seized the 2018 World Cup as a chance to reintroduce Russia on the global stage. Pussy Riot, an infamous Russian feminist protest art group, had other plans.
Listen to Ep 3 of Power Plays now.
www.sportspolitika.news/p/episode-3-...
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A change to Oxford University Rowing Clubs’ (OURCs) Rules of Racing means that only athletes assigned female at birth may now row in a Women’s boat.
Listen now | Vladimir Putin seized the 2018 World Cup as a chance to reintroduce Russia on the global stage. Pussy Riot, an infamous Russian feminist protest art group, had other plans. Listen to Ep 3...
