First up, Surya Simon and Arzhang Pezhman, UEA, on their work to develop a grassroots decolonising network, which aims "to remain a disruptive force while effecting embedded, sustainable institutional change" #decoloniseenglish
Followed by Dr Asha Rogers & @DrFarihaShaikh, Uni of Birmingham, on establishing a decolonising network there- holding workshops, establishing effective peer support, keeping things local & departmental to increase influence, bringing in students & alumni #decoloniseenglish
Also, print and newspaper history people, if you can explain how this masterwork came into being, I’d be really interested to know. A fault with the press or type, or human error? #printhistory
now obsessed with this appalling, strange poem warning the earth’s inhabitants of the dangers of nuclear waste storage sites, ten thousand years in the future
“Since today's written languages are unlikely to survive, the research team has considered pictograms and hostile architecture. Texts were proposed to be translated to every UN written language. The design of the site was itself to convey a symbolic message...”
Been emailing a lot of academics I admire with what are probably very silly questions. I’m worried they’ll think I’m an idiot but at the same time university websites do NOT make it EASY to find the information you want, at least not for the right year
Also starting to realise quite how much early-careering is about being on the inside of certain institutions and knowledge structures
Short of being straight and a man, I’m not sure how much more ‘inside’ I could be - if I was any less privileged in any way this could all so quickly and easily feel overwhelmingly opaque
‘as Umberto Eco observes in his book The Infinity of Lists, “what often distinguishes a poetic list from a practical one is only the intention with which we contemplate it.”’ - from this nice @ListologyBlog post: listology.blog/2019/03/17/doe…