Thread by @louoboyle

1. Welcome to the 1st presentation of today’s #HCTwitterConf19 #NoPressure I'm @louoboyle & I'm asking WHY SHOULD I BOTHER? Provoking & reflecting on why #MakingConnections is increasingly crucial to all facets of our practices, thinking & futures within & beyond HE @HumCommons

@humcommons 2. #SetTheScene #WorkLife
To-do lists can seem to get ever longer & the timescales to complete even shorter. Mindful that #Wellbeing #SelfCare are always priority, why spend time engaging with communities like @HumCommons online?
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@humcommons 2a. (further reading)
Doing More with Less? Work and Wellbeing in Academics euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.33…

@humcommons 2b. (further reading)
Pressure Vessels: The epidemic of poor mental health among higher education staff
hepi.ac.uk/2019/05/23/pre…

@humcommons 3. #InTodaysWorld
@OxfordWords 2016 Word of the Year was Post-Truth. #FakeNews & the rejection of the expert has stressed the critical role of education to provide learners with the skillsets needed to handle data #futureproof #expertdebate
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@humcommons @OxfordWords 3a. (further reading)
The rejected experts bit.ly/2h1b4LD
Post-Truth researchgate.net/publication/32…

@humcommons @OxfordWords 4. University Ed was founded on humanistic learning. Arts & Humanities teach us how to know, question, discuss & express. Their impt within society (local, global, present & future) seems ever more pressing yet threatened #CallToAction bit.ly/2Y6M8Kl
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@humcommons @OxfordWords 4a. (further reading)
#StirlingGroup humanisinghighered.wordpress.com
#CatrionaCunningham #NicoleKipar #SamEllis @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen 4b. (further reading)
Arts Emergency arts-emergency.org/wp-content/upl…

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen 5. #MakingConnections being connected and connecting does take commitment. But strength & (+)impact can be gained from being part of a community operating in a safe & supportive environment. Helping to sift through – make sense of it all #HCTwitterConf19 @HumCommons

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen 6. Its not only academics that need networks for support @kristineask @wishcrys ‘My life is a mess’ bit.ly/2XQglho discuss how students meme their hardship using humour BUT this is a vital & serious insight into their experiences #CallForAction
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@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys 7. So how do we navigate these multiple, fluid structures and contexts crossing digital, physical and discipline boundaries? How do we communicate/connect in our teaching & research both in/outside of the academy? #HCTwitterConf19

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys 7a. (further links)
#femedtech @femedtech See another supportive network in action, hosted collaboratively by volunteers

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys 8. Embrace the messiness!! @jar #AmyCollier @Middlebury bit.ly/2XXjbwc @PoliticalSpike suggests displaying adaptability & social awareness
#Humboldt edu vision (unity of Learning+Teaching+Research in & for society) due a review? bit.ly/2xTfGN6 #HCTwitterConf19

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike 9. So #uncertainty is the new normal & as we have seen in various contexts the marginal can/have moved to the mainstream. So what of the Academy’s role within these structures in flux? . . We still need #JohnBerger #WaysOfSeeing bit.ly/2RwtSXK
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@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike 9a.

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike 10. One certainty facing us all #ClimateCrisis As #GlobalCitizens it is our responsibility to #ActNow @GlobalGoalsUN
@GretaThunberg bit.ly/2HhFokY #ExtinctionRebellion & others illustrate the impact of the new power dimensions in an uncertain normal
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@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike @GlobalGoalsUN @GretaThunberg 11. Technological advances & #Playbour are continuously
democratising the use of tech/programmes for communication & expression. Embrace the new realities/ethics/practices emerging in these spaces as tools/routes for #MakingConnections #HCTwitterConf19

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike @GlobalGoalsUN @GretaThunberg @c_valenzuelab @playbour 12. Inclusive practices & approaches to engaging all with learning & research in/outside of the Academy will become ever more vital in preparing for an unknown future and navigating an uncertain present
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@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike @GlobalGoalsUN @GretaThunberg @c_valenzuelab @playbour 13. But be not afraid!!
”What begins as undifferentiated space becomes place as we get to know it better and endow it with value” Yi-Fu Tuan bit.ly/2OhOX7Z
#ActNow
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@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike @GlobalGoalsUN @GretaThunberg @c_valenzuelab @playbour 14. So that’s it #Phew . . .
#Thanks to @HumCommons @annetiquate @caitduffy49 for the opportunity to be part of #HCTwitterConf19

@humcommons @OxfordWords @MaritaJLVG @Hacquetia @drnsheridan @doctorjen @kristineask @wishcrys @jar @Middlebury @PoliticalSpike @GlobalGoalsUN @GretaThunberg @c_valenzuelab @playbour @annetiquate @caitduffy49 15. Now over to you!!
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