MJ Rainey

I'm excited to be joining this podcast about the IN SITU project. In conversation with the amazing and inspiring Nancy Duxbury.

It will be out in two weeks.

What does creativity look like far from the big cities?
#culture #creativity #INSITUCulture

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.

“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”

This will kill people.

Yes. Hakata Ramen. #Ramen #Japan

I interviewed Ayat Altaii about her new memoir 'Between Fear and Hope' for Refugee Research Online. #migration #iraq #syria #USA #refugee

refugeeresearchonline.org/between-fear...

Tokyo. Endless city.

Speaking with Antonija Letinic from Kultura Nova Foundation at the Power of Rural CCIs symposium. Reykjavik, Iceland.

The symposium was hosted by the Horizon Europe INSITU project.

PowerRural — Rannsóknarsetur skapandi greina

Upcoming symposium! Unlocking the Power of Rural CCIs.

I'll be speaking with my colleague Antonija Letinic.

It's hosted by the INSITU project, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies and the Creative Industries Research Centre in Iceland.

www.rssg.is/powerrural?f...

Tomorrow night. #ceili #ceilidh #setdance #galway

The clocks went forward. The evenings are longer and the sun is out. Impromptu set dancing at Woodquay Pier, Galway. #Galway #Setdancing #Ceili

Woke up to a brighter than usual bedroom. When I looked outside I realised the two massive trees in our back garden had fallen. We are all lucky they didn't land on the house.

#stormeowyn

We are hiring. Migrant Destitution Project Worker. Closing date: Friday 7th February 2025, 12pm. Apply now.

We are hiring for a new post, Migrant Destitution Project Worker, to embed lived experience in our work, support the administration of the fund and our partnership work, and advance our strategic vision of building towards a society without destitution.

Find out more: ow.ly/s5wn50UAbzc

Happy New Year from Galway.

The Dead Letter Devils opening for Kila at Monroes.

#NewYears #2025 #Galway

RN37 Newsletter 1/2024 is out now We are delighted to present the Newsletter (3)2024, focusing on the intricate relationship between arts and urban life. This thematic edition represents a significant milestone in our ongoing explorat...

UrbanLab Galway is featured in the European Sociological Association Research Network Newsletter. It's a special edition on creative placemaking edited by Oleksandra Nenko.

#placemaking #urbanlab #galway #creative

esarn37.hypotheses.org/3167?fbclid=...

Heavy fog all over Manchester. We had to walk up to the hills above Mellor to see the sun.

#manchester #highpeak #hike

Merry Christmas from Manchester.

The Migrant Desitution Fund provides cash support to people in Greater Manchester forced into destitution by the UK asylum system.

The Fund does great work in the city, making a difference to people.

#asylum #Manchester #migration

Gutted to learn that the Palas Cinema is closing in Galway. I've seen so many great films there.

Highlights will always be Irish premier of Past Lives at the Film Fleadh with a Q&A with director Celine Song and the 50th Anniversay showing of The Wicker Man.

#Galway #film #cinema

Refugee Research Online is a platform for research and comment on issues surrounding people seeking asylum, refugees. I've been an editor for the past 6 years, working with a great team.

Want to contribute? Visit our site:

refugeeresearchonline.org

#refugees #asylum #displacement

Things I did today: project admin and writing. Went for a swim. Practised Japanese on Duolingo. Joined a Union.

#JoinaUnion #IrishFederationofUniversityTeachers #AcademicChatter

UrbanLab Galway is a space for making better places and neighbourhoods. Based at the University of Galway we have projects on the go that imagine the city's future. Check out our website: www.urbanlabgalway.ie?defaultPage=...

#placemaking #galway #urbandesign #urbanplanning

In September, I was in Sibenik Croatia, teaching at the
INSITU project Summer School, speaking at the INSITU Conference and attending our consortium meeting. Such a fantastic experience with colleagues, friends and participants.

Gustavo Gutierrez passed away last month. I never read much theology, but I did read his work and it had a huge influence on me. Here's my signed copy of A Theology of Liberation. #theology #liberationtheology

Ismail Kadare’s Toolkit: Literature and Transition He was no Václav Havel, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn or Ai Weiwei. Yet, while not explicitly taking up contrary political positions, he had a literary toolkit that allowed him to scrutinize totalitarian pow...

The Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare passed away this summer. In 2013 I wrote a feature article for Full Stop on his work.

www.full-stop.net/2013/09/11/f...