Salene Schloffel-Armstrong

A future for the library: contested public space and social infrastructure in Aotearoa, New Zealand Staunch resistance to the closure of three specialist academic libraries in Auckland in 2019 acted as the catalyst for my research into the diverging landscapes of contemporary public library provi...

Excited to have a precis of my doctoral thesis published by Gender, Place and Culture. Worth a read if you want a sense of my research about public libraries and contested social infrastructure in Aotearoa, in a succinct form! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

16.04.2025 03:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We underestimated the scale of the attack | E-Tangata “While we underestimated the coalition’s willingness to sacrifice life for profit, we also believe that the government has underestimated how potent a coalition of shared interests to defend Te Tiriti...

“While we underestimated the coalition’s willingness to sacrifice life for profit, we also believe that the government has underestimated how potent a coalition of shared interests to defend Te Tiriti can be.” — Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman.

14.12.2024 20:29 — 👍 53    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 2

A housing market with bits tacked on doesn’t need many (if any) pure scientists Government shocks scientists and universities by halving funding for blue-sky research, raising fears it will worsen the brain drain to rest of OECD, which spends double on R&D that spent by NZ

"A housing market with bits tacked on doesn’t need many (if any) pure scientists"
Government shocks scientists and universities by halving funding for blue-sky research, raising fears it will worsen the brain drain to rest of OECD, which spends double on R&D that spent by NZ

04.12.2024 21:43 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Marsden Fund refocused for science with a purpose Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and c...

Wow - this is a very grim day for scholarship & society in Aotearoa... Social sciences/humanities funding gone from our primary "blue skies" funder - "not-core" (whatever that is) science also not valued; funds reoriented to economic benefit. No coherent thoughts

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...

04.12.2024 02:38 — 👍 45    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 2

A future for the library: contested public space and social infrastructure in Aotearoa

After five and a half years, my thesis about the future of the public library in Aotearoa (and social infrastructure, public services and urban politics more broadly) is online and available to read!
It's up here in full: hdl.handle.net/2292/70357

25.11.2024 21:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Palestine: Spaces and Politics Introductory Curriculum

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.

Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.

#menasky, #geosky

palestine.araburbanism.com

15.11.2024 16:02 — 👍 156    🔁 79    💬 10    📌 1

Forensic Architecture show new maps demonstrating how ethnic cleansing is unfolding in northern Gaza via an intensification and acceleration of military tactics inc a new corridor aimed at enforcing large-scale displacement from the north.

gaza.forensic-architecture.org

23.11.2024 08:04 — 👍 31    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1