TOPIA

Discover the new issue of TOPIA 51 for new research on how settler colonialism is performed; how cultural studies higher education can serve as a space for resisting dominant ideologies; how cultural memory finds expression in #poetry; and more. Read more: bit.ly/TOPIA51

A new article in TOPIA 51 examines how various aspects of cultural memory, including pieces, fragments and dreams or imagined memories, can coexist in poetry and allows both the poet and the reader to feel its potential. Read more: bit.ly/TOPIA51-I @yorkulaps #Poetry

New research in TOPIA 50 explores #CulturalStudies higher education as a space for resisting dominant ideologies and institutionally privileged voices through interviews with faculty members and self-identified racialized students. Read more: bit.ly/TOPIA51-g @edumcgill

From hat pins and keys to apps and bracelets, we have developed many ways to prevent sexual violence. A new article in TOPIA 51 reconfigures these objects as grabbable technologies, positioning them in relation to other categories of prevention. Read more: bit.ly/TOPIA51-h

The new issue of TOPIA 51 opens with an Editorial exploring how to study culture in times of war, and features new research on #CulturalStudies as a space for resisting dominant ideologies; how cultural memory can exist in poetry; and more: bit.ly/TOPIA51 @mac_ECS

“In dread times such as these, what is the work of cultural studies?” TOPIA 51 opens with an editorial exploring how to study culture in times of war, and the importance of risk-taking, meaningful #CulturalStudies. Free to read until July 15: bit.ly/TOPIA51-a @mac_ECS

TOPIA 50 is a special issue titled Beyond Homonationalisms: Queer(er) Possibilities of Elsewhere and Imagining Otherwise, exploring new and renewed formations of “queer” and calling for the imagination of new #QueerPossibilities. Read more: bit.ly/topia50 @JRJCHAIR

Delve into the new issue of TOPIA 50 for a roundtable with contributors reflecting on the evolution of #QueerActivism and their thoughts on homonationalism over the past decade. Read more: bit.ly/topia50-b @GaryWKinsman @Carleton_FIST @JRJCHAIR #CulturalStudies

TOPIA 50 explores the relationship between queerness and Indigeneity within Niitsítapi (Blackfoot) territory, centering the experiences of Niitsitapi women and 2SLGBTQI+ members engaged in queering approaches to #GenderJustice. Read more: bit.ly/topia50-c @UCalgaryPoliSci

The latest issue of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies explores the impacts of western #activist ideals on the subjectivities of queer and trans of colour organizers within Toronto, Ontario. Read “I don’t feel like an activist" in TOPIA 50: bit.ly/topia50-e

New research in TOPIA 50 reflects on the liberatory possibilities of hope, speculative fiction and creative practice to mobilize communities to worldbuild a better future. Read the full article today: bit.ly/topia50-f @syrusmarcusware #CulturalStudies

Explore the new issue of TOPIA! Volume 50 is a special issue that delves into new and renewed formations of “queer,” and calls for the imagination of new queer possibilities beyond the binaries of inclusion and exclusion. Read the issue: bit.ly/topia50 @JRJCHAIR

In the latest issue of TOPIA, Victoria Sands of @TorontoMet explores how the “girl-oriented intimacy” of popular UK influencer channel FreddyMyLove “might have been challenged and/or (re)negotiated in response to the Black Lives Matter protests”: bit.ly/TOPIA48h

In recognition of National Indigenous History Month (#NIHM2024), a selection of @utpjournals articles are #FreeToRead until the end of June, including Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s “Pinery Road and Concession 11” from TOPIA 46. Read the article online: bit.ly/3RrG1Ll

“Platforms are no longer things outside of or adjacent to us, whether hand-held or screen-mediated; instead, they are now embedded, both literally and figuratively, in our lives and bodies.” Read more from @LindsayAnneB in TOPIA 48: bit.ly/TOPIA48d @utpjournals @utpress

Read Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s “Pinery Road and Concession 11,” which reflects on Dionne Brand’s A Map to the Door of No Return, considering place, belonging, and diaspora. Available #FreeToRead until the end of June: bit.ly/3RrG1Ll

In “The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Creating Black Studies in the Canadian Academy,” @afuacooper explores the issues with developing Black studies programs in Canadian universities. The article is #FreeToRead until June 23: bit.ly/TOPIA-AC

“Is the Canadian academy committed to making Black studies central to its curricula, or will it continue to marginalize and tokenize this branch of knowledge?” Read more in @afuacooper’s article in TOPIA 44, #FreeToRead until June 23: bit.ly/TOPIA-AC

In recognition of National Indigenous History Month (#NIHM2024), a selection of @utpjournals articles are #FreeToRead until the end of June, including Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s “Pinery Road and Concession 11” from TOPIA 46. Read the article online: bit.ly/3RrG1Ll

New on the @utpjournals blog, TOPIA contributor @afuacooper describes her current research creating a biography of Thomas Peters. Read “The Thomas Peters Project: The Life and Journey of a Black Atlantic Revolutionary”: bit.ly/TOPIA-AC