Ideas on Fire

New year, new books! 🥳 There are six(!) January releases from Ideas on Fire authors to celebrate this first month of the new year. Join us in congratulating these authors who are kicking off 2025 on a high note. Grab your copies at our online storefront: https://lnkd.in/eHysdDSP. 📱 WE TRIED TO TELL Y'ALL: BLACK TWITTER AND THE RISE OF DIGITAL COUNTERNARRATIVES Meredith D. Clark Oxford University Press An incisive read of the power and legacy of Black Twitter as a vital resistance strategy and journalistic contribution. 🇿🇦 INDENTURE AESTHETICS: AFRO-INDIAN FEMININITIES AND THE QUEER LIMITS OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKNESS Jordache A. Ellapen Duke University Press A multisensory exploration of the Afro-Indian visual and performance art reimagining race in post-apartheid South Africa. 🎓 HOW WE MAKE EACH OTHER: TRANS LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSITY Perry Zurn Duke University Press A beautifully poetic tribute to trans worldmaking and community building at the edges of the university. ⚖️ CARCERAL APARTHEID: HOW LIES AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS RUN OUR PRISONS Brittany Friedman University of North Carolina Press A no-holds-barred indictment of the anti-Black racism and genocidal logics at the heart of the US prison-industrial complex. 🧑🧑🧒THE VIOLENCE OF LOVE: RACE, FAMILY, AND ADOPTION IN THE UNITED STATES Kit Williams Myers University of California Press A nuanced critique of the racial politics of adoption and normative framings of kinship as solely about love. 🎤 HIP HOP CIVICS: CONNECTED LEARNING IN THE RAP CLASSROOM Jabari Evans @drnaledge @uofmpress An insightful ethnography of how hip hop-based K–12 education fosters civic engagement and world-building for Black youth.

If the start of a new year has you considering pursuing a job beyond academia, you’ll need to transform your CV into a resume. We’ve got tips to help you effectively translate your work and experience for a different kind of recruiter. https://lnkd.in/ddvzQUth #BeyondAcademia

Join us in congratulating Ideas on Fire author Hemangini Gupta on her awesome new book, Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India, out now from @uc_press! 🌟 Experimental Times is an engaging feminist ethnography of techno-futures and innovation in Bangalore and the role of precarity and experimentation in global cities. https://lnkd.in/e9Q9_uxP #IoFAuthors #FeministStudies #ScienceAndTechnologyStudies #DigitalStudies #Ethnography

Here’s another great Imagine Otherwise episode from 2024, in case you missed it! Host Cathy Hannabach interviewed media studies scholar and Ideas on Fire author Raven Maragh-Lloyd about the historical contours of Black digital resistance and her book Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital Age. https://lnkd.in/eHY3vNA9 #IoFAuthors

Bravo to Ideas on Fire author Ragini Shah for her new book Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities, out now from University of California Press! 🥳 In Constructed Movements, Ragini offers a sophisticated study of the racialized impact of migration from Mexico to the US and a stringent call for legal and reparative compensation. https://lnkd.in/dB66ZK7v.

We’ve got another fantastic Imagine Otherwise episode you can add to your winter break queue, this time featuring dance studies scholar and Ideas on Fire author Natalie Zervou. Host Cathy Hannabach interviewed Natalie about her book Performing the Greek Crisis: Navigating National Identity in the Age of Austerity. Natalie situates dance in Greece’s complex economic and political standing in the European Union, explaining how choreographers, performers, funders, and audiences manage this standing through the performing arts. https://lnkd.in/ejhCN7jc #ImagineOtherwise #IoFAuthors #DanceStudies #PerformanceStudies #GreekStudies #Dance #DanceBook

Continuing our celebration of Imagine Otherwise episodes from this year, check out episode 160 featuring host Cathy Hannabach’s conversation with Ideas on Fire authors Amber Rose González, Felicia Montes, and Nadia Zepeda. These three legendary feminist artists, activists, and scholars are from the genre-defying, transnational feminist of color collective Mujeres de Maiz. Amber, Felicia, and Nadia are also editors of the book Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: Spiritual Artivism, Healing Justice, and Feminist Praxis. In the episode, the group shares their journey with Mujeres de Maiz and the collective liberation they are building. Traversing poetry, performance, zines, healing ceremonies, visual art, autoethnography, and a plethora of other mediums, these scholars demonstrate the power of collaboration and intersectional solidarity. Catch the episode on your favorite podcast player or our website: https://lnkd.in/ecMYRzXm #ImagineOtherwise #ChicanaFeminism #WOCFeminism #FeministPublishing #IoFAuthors

We had truly fantastic guests on our #ImagineOtherwise podcast this year. As you enjoy some well-deserved post-semester downtime—whether that involves going on a nature walk or baking something delicious—we invite you to revisit some thought-provoking conversations along with us. Host Cathy Hannabach interviewed Ideas on Fire author Erin McElroy about the global reach of technocapitalism and their book Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times. Erin shares the complex process of studying technocapitalism across borders, specifically how the research trajectories of doing a multi-sited ethnography intersect with local activist and scholarly commitments on the ground. They also shared their vision for a future of technological and housing justice. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eEZGChnY #ImagineOtherwise #IoFAuthors #MediaStudies #ScienceAndTechnologyStudies #DigitalStudies #Ethnography #CriticalGeography

Submitting your book proposal is thrilling, but don’t let your excitement cause you to overlook little details that can impact your chance of landing a book contract. Here's a helpful guide of what to check before you hit send: https://lnkd.in/dFygb7m3 #ScholarlyPublishing

When you’re feeling the end-of-semester crunch, you need practical, everyday self-care, not suggestions to take a luxury vacation. We’ve rounded up free self-care practices that academics can use so that the road to winter break doesn’t feel like a white-knuckle ride.