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Posts by Tim Cresswell

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Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) - New Books in Geography - Podcast Episode - Podscan.fm Listen to Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) from New Books in Geography (36 min) • Published Apr 3, 2026

Want to know about my new book - The Citizen and the Vagabond? Find out all about it on this podcast. podscan.fm/podcasts/new...

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​Book cover of Late Theory: Fredric Jameson, or The Persistence of Reading, by Phillip E. Wegner. Cover alt text: Aerial view of sand dunes in gold and lavender. Title and author centered top to bottom.

​Book cover of Late Theory: Fredric Jameson, or The Persistence of Reading, by Phillip E. Wegner. Cover alt text: Aerial view of sand dunes in gold and lavender. Title and author centered top to bottom.

Book cover of The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility by Tim Cresswell. Title in white against a background image showing a person from behind in Great Depression garb carrying a cloth rucksack down a gravel road.

Book cover of The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility by Tim Cresswell. Title in white against a background image showing a person from behind in Great Depression garb carrying a cloth rucksack down a gravel road.

Book cover of Deadly Refusals: Kurdish Decolonization in Times of Counterterrorism by Serra M. Hakyemez. Title in white and tan over blue painting of two bodies leaning on one another painted on a vintage map of the Ottoman Empire.

Book cover of Deadly Refusals: Kurdish Decolonization in Times of Counterterrorism by Serra M. Hakyemez. Title in white and tan over blue painting of two bodies leaning on one another painted on a vintage map of the Ottoman Empire.

Book cover of Weather and the Whale, a collection edited by Rachel Nelson, Alexandra Moore, and Ari Friedlaender. Abstract, pixelated image in green, ochre, and pink on white background. Title In white box at left with whale image in center. No author name.

Book cover of Weather and the Whale, a collection edited by Rachel Nelson, Alexandra Moore, and Ari Friedlaender. Abstract, pixelated image in green, ochre, and pink on white background. Title In white box at left with whale image in center. No author name.

Out this week!

-Late Theory, an engagement with Fredric Jameson, by Phillip E. Wegner
-The Citizen and the Vagabond by @timcresswell.bsky.social
-Deadly Refusals by Serra M. Hakyemez
-Weather and the Whale: artworks and creative texts, companion to an exhibit at UCSC

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Back in my favorite SF coffee shop writing stuff…

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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto

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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto

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Citizens, Vagabonds, and Covid-19 Extract from final chapter of the The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility

A final extract from The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility. From the final chapter on turbulence and Covid-19
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It has arrived!

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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Chapter Two Extracts - On Routes and Routing Midway upon the journey of our life

Two extracts from chapter two of the Citizen and the Vagabond - On routes and routing
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - extract from Chapter One Thanks for reading Place Matters!

Two extracts from chapter one of my soon to be released book, The Citizen and the Vagabond.
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Introduction My new book, The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility is winging its way to me from the University of Minnesota Press and will be officially published on March 17th.

A taster of my new book - coming soon! open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

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Exploring the super blocks and green corridors of Barcelona.

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On the Place of Rocks One of the most powerful ways that place works is as a form of categorization.

Some thoughts of moving rocks. open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

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Taking advantage of a break in the rain on Mull

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Lemon Saboyon pine nut tart from French Laundry Cookbook. Worth the effort!

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Takeover: The Shore Poets - Buy tickets The Shore Poets are an informal but durable collective who have been providing a platform for poets since 1991. Each month, they showcase two poets alongside musicians, and of course, the night is alw...

In case anyone is in Edinburgh and loves eco poetry come and see the totally fabulous Karen Solie (and me) on November 22nd

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Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success

New substack post on social and spatial mobility

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New substack post connecting social and spatial mobility

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Belonging to Place Indigenous Place-Thought, National Conservatism, and the Ethnostate Debate”

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Thanks! I like it too.

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Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.

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So honoured to join this list!

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So honoured to join such a list of intellectual heroes!

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Colorado clouds

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White King Bolete, Colorado

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The World Turned Upside Down Versions of Globalism

Some thoughts on the use of "globalist"
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Searching for the Local in Kyoto Last month I spent some time in the area around Kyoto, Japan.

New substack post. Searching for Satoyama in Kyoto open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

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The Value of Local Knowledge One of the ways that the value of place and the local have been highlighted in recent decades has been through the notion of place-based, or local, knowledge.

A substack about Local (place-based) knowledge
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Christmas Eve on Calgary Beach

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