Weathering Palestine: Frontiering pollution - Mikko Joronen, 2026
In this response, I further elaborate the notions of ‘colonial pollution’ and ‘malevolent weathering’ in relation to three aspects: ontology, frontiering, and u...
My response to 4 generous commentaries by Sidaway, Machold, Fregonese and Clark&Henig (see below) on my original paper in @dialogueshg.bsky.social. Further opening ontology, frontiering, and ungovernability of colonial pollution and its malevolent weathering:
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14.02.2026 09:17
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Stench atmospheres: policing, affect, and colonial boomeranging in Palestine/Israel
Abstract. The weaponization of smell has sparked a growing interest in the studies of warfare, policing, and the senses. This paper examines one peculiar m
Our paper (with @mikkojorge.bsky.social and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian) on the colonial weaponization of smell, boomeranging, and atmospheric policing through the Israeli invented Skunk Water technology is out at @secdialogue.bsky.social
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10.02.2026 09:20
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Sharing my new article at @antipodeonline.bsky.social which suggests a novel framing for enquiring the deep entanglement between Israel and global centers of domination. doi.org/10.1111/anti...
27.01.2026 09:27
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Great paper with interesting theorisation of Israel as a global frontier - waves and homological correspondence.
27.01.2026 12:07
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Important commentary on how to write about Gaza and Palestine.
08.01.2026 09:29
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Khalid from our GOCEP group published a great paper about everyday scarcity, entrapment and erasure of time in Gaza:
‘Temporal ruination: Scarcity, entrapment, and the affective intensities of time in Gaza’
16.12.2025 16:12
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’Breathing atmospheres of failure: the mattet of pollution in Beirut’ out in @politicsandspace.bsky.social
25.11.2025 14:39
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Tiina Järvi and @mikkojorge.bsky.social write about infrastructure, generators, and atmospheric politics of pollution in Lebanon: ’Breathing atmospheres of failure: The matter of pollution in Beirut’
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08.11.2025 16:14
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OnlineFirst - "Colonial pyrotechniques in Palestine: Arboricide and fiery dispossessions" by Marijn Nieuwenhuis and @mikkojorge.bsky.social:
@geogdurham.bsky.social #Pyropolitics #Pyrotechniques #Palestine #Arboricide
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31.10.2025 16:57
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Congratulations to our colleague Marijn Nieuwenhuis on the publication of his co-authored article with @mikkojorge.bsky.social in @natureandspace.bsky.social entitled “Colonial pyrotechniques in Palestine: Arboricide and fiery dispossessions” which is now available at: doi.org/10.1177/2514...
30.10.2025 08:46
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Wrote this with Marijn Nieuwenhuis; out today: fire, pyroterror, Palestine, arboricide.
28.10.2025 15:22
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Very happy to see this out this week: “Polluting appropriations: Malevolent weathering of settler colonisation in Palestine” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
24.09.2025 19:00
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Must read indeed!
05.02.2025 19:38
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Analysis: Israeli Resettlement Plans in the Gaza Strip
Palestine Square
To give context for Trump’s cleansing plan in Gaza, a must read by our group member Wassim Ghantous.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
05.02.2025 19:38
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If you are at Tampere, come to listen two interesting talks on current situation in Lebanon.
01.02.2025 07:23
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In BBC coverage, mentions of Israeli and Palestinians deaths competed for space since 7th October.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
21.12.2024 13:33
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Solidarity with colleagues at the University of Wollongong in geography, history, language, maths, environmental science, physics and public health. Entire units being cut, short sighted and devastating. Petition here: betteruniversities.work/uow-petition...
22.11.2024 09:48
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Editorial opportunities at Society journal - RGS
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, one of the Society’s scholarly journals, is looking for four new Editorial Board members.
📢Join the TIBG team!📢
We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board.
We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America.
Deadline: 4 December
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13.11.2024 15:40
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Our editorial ’Topologies of scholasticide in Gaza: education in spaces of elimination’ is out in Fennia journal.
fennia.journal.fi/article/down...
19.11.2024 22:04
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’Encountering Palestine’ is out, discount code 🔽. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978... #Palestine
23.12.2023 07:10
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Read our new commentary on Gaza:
06.02.2024 16:54
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