Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics

The Management Board of the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (SECP) condemns the Russian attack on the sovereign state of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the people affected by this crisis, with the Ukrainian people, the people… Continue Reading →

The public inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales was launched by the Home Office in 2015. The public inquiry investigates the police infiltration of hundreds of political campaign groups since 1968, with evidence provided by police officers and by… Continue Reading →

The SECP community stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle against the occupation of their land by the apartheid regime of Israel. We recognize the Palestinian struggle as an indigenous liberation movement confronting a settler colonial… Continue Reading →

by Maureen Mguni I write because I’m sad I write because I can no longer be silent I’m choking It hurts All the pain I write, not just for George Floyd I write for every black person A story of… Continue Reading →

by Matt C. Smith This post is by a white British PhD student aimed at other white students and staff working and studying within Higher Education. It is intended to open-up space for the uncomfortable conversations we need to have…. Continue Reading →

Theodore Koulouris, University of Brighton The below forms part of an essay I published in 2018, whose aim was to theorise Sophocles’ Antigone, one of the most important texts in western literary tradition and intellectual history, as an example of… Continue Reading →

The Centre for Spatial Environmental and Cultural Politics stands in solidarity with all those protesting racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May, and with all black families who have lost loved ones to police… Continue Reading →