Mathias Poulsen Profile picture
PhD, exploring how play might help us live better lives together. Founded @counterplayfest. We should all be feminists.
Dec 14, 2022 98 tweets 15 min read
Læser i regeringsgrundlaget. Det starter med en meget vidtløftig "præambel". Jeg ved godt de længere nede skriver de ikke vil føre "nødvendighedens politik", men det er alligevel den fortælling de åbner med: denne regering er nødvendig pga de aktuelle kriser. #dkpol Når man nu ved, at de vil forringe vores uddannelsessystem, så fremstår denne formulering hul: "Vi har brug for mere nysgerrighed, flere ideer & nye vinkler på gamle problemer." Det er jo for så vidt rigtigt, det er tilsyneladende bare ikke afspejlet i den politik de vil føre.
Nov 18, 2022 12 tweets 2 min read
I'm currently reading "The End of the Cognitive Empire: the Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South" by Boaventura de Sousa Santos. It seems like the perfect book for these strange times. "We live in a period in which the most morally repugnant forms of social inequality & social discrimination are becoming politically acceptable. The social & political forces that used to challenge this state of affairs in the name of possible social & political alternatives..."
Mar 13, 2020 11 tweets 3 min read
I don't currently teach & I don't have massive experience with formal, online courses. What I *do* have is many years of experience in cultivating informal, online communities with a sense of belonging & ownership. The question shouldn't be "how do we transmit knowledge to students online", because that shouldn't be the question, ever. Instead, how do we create spaces online for curiosity, inquiry & experiments?