Lisa McKenzie
working-class academic; author, Getting By: estates class and culture in austerity Britain and Working Class Lockdown Diaries

Lisa is a working-class academic and her work focuses upon on issues of social and class inequality. Her work builds upon the narratives of working class communities collected through political ethnographic research. Lisa brings an unusual and innovative approach to research as an activist and by means of her extensive experience of bringing the academic world and local community together.

Lisa’s books include Getting By: estates, class and culture in austerity Britain (2015) and Class Cleansing: grieving for London. Her new book, Working Class Lockdown Diaries, will be published in December 2021.

Follow Lisa on Twitter: @redrumlisa

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