Anthropologist working on music, power, and conflict. šØ NEW BOOK: āPerforming Paramilitarism: Loyalist Songs, Conflict, and Culture War in Northern Irelandā.
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šØJust received copies of my new book Performing Paramilitarism, a deep dive into loyalist ideology via its song scene which speaks to some of the events happening in N. Ireland over the last few weeks. šIt lists at Ā£12.45 on google books, Ā£19.16 on Kindle &
Ā£22.99 in paperback.
This was Motherwellās gem and I canāt count the number of performances I watched there when I was growing up. Kudos to the campaigners who are pushing back against this cultural vandalism. This is a political choice the people donāt have to accept: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6evā¦
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En route to Amsterdam to talk about my new book, Performing Paramilitarism. Looking forward to seeing friends, former colleagues, and hopefully some new faces!
conflictstudies.uva.nl/conteā¦
"The beauty of anthropology for me is that I can telescope out and try to understand what's happening to society right nowā wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/waā¦
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Didnāt have being quoted alongside Billy Bragg on my Saturday-morning bingo card ā theguardian.com/news/ng-inteā¦
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āHowās this, then? Ed Sheeran, beloved by all, left without an opening band at present. Enter you two.ā
āWhat if we want a free Palestine, Murray?ā
āI reckon youāll get lots of things for free when youāre proper rockstars. This might be your ticket.ā
Launching my new book Performing Paramilitarism two weeks today! This will be a hybrid event, so please feel free to join in-person at Queen's or online.
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went to the Batman 2 set in Glasgow and one of the security people said that they have to search the set for Irn Bru cans every night because the locals are trying to sneak one into the film and they keep popping up in the bins and hot dog stands lmao
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It's here! Delighted to receive the first paper copies of my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from @VersoBooks.
An Injury to All is published on 27 October. You can pre-order it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/productā¦
Went to see #Odyssey the way Christopher Nolan intended - in a small Greek cinema, with Greek subtitles, and a ten-minute cigarette break in the middle š
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Just back from Stewart Leeās show in Glasgow and my face genuinely hurts from laughing. Go see it if you can!
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Pleased to share the first media article about my new book āPerforming Paramilitarismā that connects this monthās violence in Belfast to a broader culture war within loyalism: belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/ā¦
Iām reselling #MountEerie tickets for the sold-out gig in Dublin because I canāt make it. Anyone interested can access here secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rsā¦
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Depressing news out of Belfast this week, but for anyone interested in learning more about loyalism, conflict, and culture war my new book 'Performing Paramilitarism' gives an ethnographic account of what's driving some of this stuff: global.oup.com/academic/prodā¦