I'm delighted to have my abstract for the DIY Methods decentralised conference accepted! My research has been languishing after having children, COVID, personal upheavals, and shifting to part-time work. It's good to have a deadline to help focus me!Here's my abstract:Decentralising your (my) research networks Stream: conventional We weave together knowledge out of community. Research … Continue reading Decentralising your (my) research networks
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Expanding our imaginations through play
I often think about theoretical models as lenses that you pick up, which help particular patterns or objects come into focus. I had one of these strange moments where new things became visible after listening to the War on Cars episode on the lack of bike lanes in LEGO. Suddenly I began noticing how many … Continue reading Expanding our imaginations through play
Maintenance/creation
One of the reasons I'm pushing myself to start blogging - with few demands on myself to do it well - is that I have found my life becoming utterly dominated by labours of maintenance and care, with little space for creation. In rare moments of reflection over recent months, I managed to piece together … Continue reading Maintenance/creation
A letter to my students awaiting feedback
I've been meaning to get back to regular blogging, just to get in the habit of shaping words, and I realised that today I wrote something that I wanted to share more broadly than the Discussion Board where I posted it. My students have been awaiting feedback on their essays, and sadly for a variety … Continue reading A letter to my students awaiting feedback
When the house is on fire, but also needs a tidy
Climate change has been a background theme in most of my research and thinking, but it felt like one issue among many: part of these interconnected global struggles to resist authoritarianism, to push back against corporate power, to build solidarity with each other. About three years ago I went on parental leave. My research, which … Continue reading When the house is on fire, but also needs a tidy
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