Kay

Really enjoyed delivering an antiracism and decolonial workshop to colleagues on our faculty #EDI committee alongside @kaysoclearn.bsky.social. Lots of deeply thoughtful conversations around the impact of the current political climate & barriers to true inclusion by students & staff. #TeamStirling

Too kind! 🥰

Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social

My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.

Challenges normative (white, Western, liberal, rational etc) thinking about what it means to be human Disrupts ‘Cartesian binaries’ (mind/body and nature/culture split) Accepts that modern humans are mediated by technology, and as such differ from the humans that have gone before them Emphasises consideration of radical ethical approaches to techno-mediated lives, rather than denial or reversal of technological development (‘staying with the trouble’ - Haraway, 2016). Brings the body back in and uses creative practices to engage us differently Transforms pain to knowledge through a process of affirmative ethics.

Talking Spinoza and Affirmative Ethics in teaching in our workshop at ECQI @edinburghuni.bsky.social today!

How can we work differently in academia to create ‘joyful encounters’ rather than ‘sad passions?’

With a cameo from Marc Warren 😀😂

Here at ECQI conference Edinburgh talking affirmative ethics in higher education 🥰

Interesting to see the argument that #patriarchy is a key cause in environmental degradation and effectiveness in #conservation of #biodiversity and that this extends to knowledge production as well. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My special issue on #posthumanism and #media studies is now published. #academicsky Check it out here: journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/vie....

My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," doi.org/10.33182/jop...

Video: Decolonising Decolonisation Discourse Universities: Truth, justice and decolonisation

It was Thursday, the 12th of December, 2019 when I delivered the 8-minute talk reproduced in this post, titled, "Why I Say Decolonisation is Impossible." Its main invitation a call to think carefully about what worlds we build and what we are willing to settle for.

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[Santa singing 4 Non-Blondes] AND I SAID HO HO HO HO HO, HO HO HO

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50 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On. Civil rights attorney Flint Taylor discusses the past and present fight against Chicago’s systemic racist policing.

55 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On. truthout.org/articles/50-...

If anyone wants to see me balance foot long sandwiches on top of each other - subscribe to my sub stack

Exploring new ideas of teaching and learning with MSc Education students today. How can they help defamiliarise us from schooling-as-usual?

a woman is holding a bird in her hand . ALT: a woman is holding a bird in her hand .

So lovely to be alongside the wonderful @kaysoclearn.bsky.social 🫶⭐️to discuss our paper and Posthumanism www.aera.net/SIG045/About...

Graduation day for our MSc Education students! So proud of them all 🥳🥰🥳🥰

Wore my book dress, as I’d been nagging them to read all year 😂📚

So excited for it! Thank you 🧶 🪹 🥰

🥳 Are you a from a developing commonwealth country and wanting to study a Masters in Education?

This year the MSc Education I run at Stirling University is part of the scholarship scheme - funded place and other financial support available! More info here 👇

www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...

Re-posting this ICYMI. 12 articles and creative contributions on feminist methodologies and futures covering computer games, classrooms, disability, Black feminist speculative approaches, baking, websites, workshops, non-linear reading, multi-species flourishing, friction, patchwork ethnography +++

Berwick view of River Tweed from the train

Skies have been gorgeous lately ☺️

This 👇

Decapitation Strike Preserving America from Trump's Appointments

Decapitation Strike, by @TimothyDSnyder

The rule of law, military defence, intelligence gathering, the health of Americans - all under direct attack by Trump’s nominees

Who needs an external enemy when the US is being destroyed from the inside

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Hey everyone! Hoping to connect with anyone fighting the fash and staying with the trouble…still on Twitter too (cos I’m stubborn) ☺️

It’s not fair to call all 313 MPs who voted for the Rwanda bill horrible racists, some of them are merely moral vacuums willing to throw vulnerable asylum seekers under the bus to prolong what’s left of their short careers

Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts

So, this is what happens when you publicly criticise British government policy. Strange to see your own name in a headline Guardian article! But we go on. I meant every single word I said to the interviewer. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

View of loch and Dumyat mountain at Stirling university

Apologies to new followers but I do tend to spam-post Stirling University photos when the sun’s out!

Don’t worry it probably won’t happen again til spring 😂

Lochside at Stirling University

Teaching begins today! Excited to get started with our MSc Education. And also nervous, obvs! 😅😂

Kay in blue dress and white cowboy boots

White boots on the beach in Brighton

Baby seagull

Fab day talking about more-than-human teachers at Sussex Uni 🐦 🍄 🌱 It’s taken me 8 years to be able to fully explain posthuman theory and concepts but I think I’ve finally nailed it! 🥳