Since I cannot tell the story in a straight line, and I lose my thread, and I start again, and I forget something crucial, and it is hard to think about how to weave it in, and I start thinking, thinking, there must be some conceptual thread that will provide a narrative here, some lost … Continue reading Distractions, interruptions
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An attentive walk
I was very taken with the methodology of the 'attentive walk' that Fran Kelly took in her article 'Hurry up please, it’s time!’ A psychogeography of a decommissioned university campus. I included some detail in my previous post: "Although I had walked the same paths before, this time I walked with intention and attention, taking … Continue reading An attentive walk
Storytelling
I've had little to blog. Work has been a constant stream of meetings, and complex and challenging, but uninspiring, tasks. I'm listening to Classical Music for Reading while doing this work. I've been wondering: where's the story in that? This highlights a recent preoccupation of mine: the stories we tell ourselves and others about who … Continue reading Storytelling
The Slow Academic 