City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
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Tales of “Good Indian Hair”: Race, Value, and Sensory Contact Zones in Afro‐Asian Delhi
City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.ABSTRACT Hair, as a sociocultural bodily signifier, also becomes, once disembodied, a highly globalized and specialized commodity used for weaves, extensions, wigs and toupees around the globe. “Indian” hair is particularly valued in such commodity chains.
Bani Gill
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Digital Activism, Legal Reform, and Islamic Feminist Resistance in Saudi Arabia
Zakarriya J.
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Different aspirations: medicine, activism and uterine vacuum aspiration technology in Spain (1960s-1980s). [PDF]
Med HistMundi-López M, Ignaciuk A.
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“Oh my God, I'm not alone”: Finding kinship, joy, and community among LGBTQIA+ newcomer youth
Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 36, Issue 4, December 2026.Abstract LGBTQIA+ newcomer youth navigate complex and intersecting identities of migration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and age; their strengths, joy, and resilience remain underexplored in research. Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study examined the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ newcomer youth in Calgary,
Gurleen Kaur Matharu +4 more
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Hashtagging Resistance: Media, Authority, and Women's Subjectivity in Post-Mahsa Iran. [PDF]
Violence Against WomenBeidollahkhani A, Ghorashi M.
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Careless Assemblages: Examining Care and Violence After Men’s Unwanted Sexual Experiences
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT This paper develops careless assemblages as a concept to explore the failures to care for men after sexual violence and abuse. We draw upon data from the Men's Unwanted Sexual Experience (MUSE) project, which included semi‐structured interviews and arts‐based workshops with 40 self‐identifying men in Northeast and Southeast England.
Carl Bonner‐Thompson +3 more
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Displaced lives: rethinking survival, social reproduction, and (in)security with refugees. [PDF]
Int Fem J PolitGopal R, Lupo L.
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The Geographies of Latin American Social Movements Are More Than Just Territories in Resistance
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyses social activism in Latin America in the light of its recent transformations, with an emphasis on the interactions between movements and political institutions. Based on a critical review of geographical literature, the authors argue that although the concept of territory remains relevant, it is not enough to understand ...
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Navigating identity and migration: The lived experiences of Indian immigrant women in the Netherlands. [PDF]
Womens Health (Lond)Pankhuri, Jay S, Anjum G.
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