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Gramsci’s notion of hegemony
I recently published a chapter, 'Hegemony as a protean concept', in The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci edited by William K Carroll. A cornerstone of Marxist discourse, and pervasive more broadly in the humanities, social sciences, and amongst social activists,...
All Hands on Deck: A cross-disciplinary symposium
In July I spoke at the All Hands on Deck Symposium at UTS, organised by Jesse Adams-Stein and Chantel Carr. Recordings from a number of sessions are now available on the website and Soundcloud. Law, Labour and Climate- Dr Frances Flanagan: Just cessation:...
New Books Podcast
The New Books Network is a consortium of author-interview podcast channels dedicated to public education. In August 2023 I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Reuben Niewenhuis about my book How Labour Built Neoliberalism. You can listen via their website, as...
Technology and … cultural heritage
Photo by Steve Koukoulas In episode 2 of the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences workshop and podcast series 'Technology and ...' Daryna Zhyvohliadova and I explore technology's relationship to cultural heritage from two different perspectives. The episode starts...
Schmeitgeist: Landlord hate and Nepo Babies
In this episode of the podcast Schmeitgeist, I speak to Ange Lavoipierre about how young people have lost faith in capitalism. From the ABC websiteHating capitalism isn't just a left-wing project anymore. Even in 2018, 59 per cent of Australian Millennials believed...
Hot under the collar: climate change on the job
The following post was first published on the Progress in Political Economy blog Exposure to high heat and humidity in the workplace is a critical health and safety issue, and in Australia, where heat waves are occurring with more frequency and intensity as a result...
Labour, Value And Time: The Disabled Worker In The Academy
The following post was first published on the Progress in Political Economy blog, co-authored with Jess Rodgers Marta Russell (1951-2013), the US based writer, activist and leading critical thinker, argued that disability was not a medical condition or impairment, but...
Mud
In the Winter 2022 edition of Meanjin, I published a piece about the process of conducting research for my project with Sarah Gregson on the West Gate Bridge disaster. The final version is available via Meanjin journal, and the accepted version via the UTS staff...