insta: am.kanngieser
geographer + sound artist. attuned to sounds, silences, ecologies, interdependencies #climatesoflistening and @FuturesFish. they~them
Jun 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
ive been seeing a lot of tweets about conferences and accessibility and here are some of the key reasons ive seen to keep hybrid conferences (please add to this + send to conference organisers if its useful): 1. allows disabled people and immunocompromised people to attend
2. allows people who cant afford to travel to attend 3. allows people who are unable to travel due to visas and racist border policing to attend 4. allows people who cant travel due to caring and other responsibilities to attend
Jun 9, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
i was recently honoured to have my artistic work included in a collection on art and climate change. unfortunately i was misgendered and deadnamed throughout. this is a word of advice for cisgender academics and curators:
make sure to check the names and pronouns of any people you are writing about if you dont personally know them. check their social media, check their websites, ask directly. dont base your assumptions off old work.
Jan 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
i have been forced onto unpaid leave by @MSCActions because i am currently unable to move to the country of my work as i am immunocompromised and it is unsafe for me. despite that i can work entirely remotely and am achieving all i need to. i do not want to die for my job.
and not just die. i do not want to be further disabled. sick and disabled workers are continually being coerced into dangerous situations during this pandemic, with no concern for the long term consequences.
Jan 7, 2022 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
in the #DJNCovidForum and already in tears at this collective expression of what we are surviving through as immunocompromised and disabled people
"immunocompromised people cant afford to accept covid as part of our lives because we will die" @JuliaRoseBak
Jan 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
if you're interested in doing an environmental listening workshop with me, sign up here👇its free, accessible and open to anyone, anywhere, and can largely be done at your own pace
and by listening i include sensing, so its not just auditory (ear) listening
Jun 29, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
ive noticed over the past months that there is a common lack of knowledge amongst my non-disabled friends around the protocols immunocompromised people are taught to manage infection risk. so i thought id lay some of them out again, incase its useful for other ppl right now
1) masks: every time we leave the house and will be near people we wear masks. either cloth masks that get washed/ boiled after every use, or disposable masks. before we put on the mask we wash our hands. the mask then only gets touched after we wash our hands or sanitize
this is a long thread on #nauru, where i spent last week. nauru is currently most visible as a site for australia’s offshore detention of asylum seekers and refugees. it is also the location of a longstanding #phosphate mine which covers over 2/3 of the island 1/22
#nauru is experiencing considerable #climatechange. im going to outline some of the social-environmental stresses i observed that nauruans, refugees and asylum seekers are facing, and why we need to talk about #colonialism and #environmental racism for #climatejustice 2/22
