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[Commlist] States of Cultural Analysis seminars on Vimeo

Wed Oct 28 18:13:52 GMT 2026




Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies is delighted to share the latest recorded contributions to the States of Cultural Analysis seminar series.

In ‘*Zombie Heteronormativity*: Social Reproduction and the Far Right,’ *Sita Balani* explores the far right, nuclear family, late capitalist social relations, and other methods for organising social reproduction.

https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/zombie-heteronormativity-social-reproduction-and-the-far-right/ <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/zombie-heteronormativity-social-reproduction-and-the-far-right/>

Alternative link: https://vimeo.com/1185222702?fl=pl&fe=cm <https://vimeo.com/1185222702?fl=pl&fe=cm>

In ‘*Reflex and Retribution*: What do Reaction Videos have to do with Reactionary Politics?’ *Will Davies* examines the multiple overlapping meanings of ‘reaction’ in digital culture, and how the behavioural idea of reaction intersects with the moral and ideological one. 

https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/reflex-and-retribution-what-do-reaction-videos-have-to-do-with-reactionary-politics/ <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/reflex-and-retribution-what-do-reaction-videos-have-to-do-with-reactionary-politics/>

Alternative link: https://vimeo.com/1207800799?fl=pl&fe=cm <https://vimeo.com/1207800799?fl=pl&fe=cm>

In ‘*Friend and Foe at Once*: Entanglements between Algorithms & Chinese Gay Men’ *Longxuan Zhao *explores how algorithms become both “friend” and “foe” for Chinese gay men: enabling connection while shaping boundaries, promising visibility while producing invisibility, and creating possibilities while exposing vulnerabilities. **

https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/friend-and-foe-at-once/ <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/friend-and-foe-at-once/>

Alternative link: https://vimeo.com/1207800799?fl=pl&fe=cm <https://vimeo.com/1207800799?fl=pl&fe=cm>

In ‘*Influencer Creep: *Optimization, Authenticity, and Self-Branding’ *Sophie Bishop *argues that shifts within influencer culture help us understand contemporary changes to labour conditions, compensation and representation within creative industries.

https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/influencer-creep-optimization-authenticity-and-self-branding/ <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofculturalanalysis/influencer-creep-optimization-authenticity-and-self-branding/>

Alternative link: https://vimeo.com/1207794289?fl=pl&fe=cm <https://vimeo.com/1207794289?fl=pl&fe=cm>


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