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Lauren and Alex thrash about on Fridays – only on #ds106radio

We discuss Björk, UK cold weather and home working distractions.

  • Post date February 16, 2021

Eye Dosing 2020

A list of the feature length films I watched in the past 365 days.

  • Post date January 3, 2021
Super Hans from the TV series Peep Show saying "What we need to do is create a powerful sense of dread."

Depression Jam

2020 has been a bad year for everyone thanks to the global pandemic. Everyone has their own story to tell about how they’ve coped (and sometimes not) in these turbulent, dangerous times. This post describes my recent struggle with depression.

  • Post date December 23, 2020
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Example of a 80s UK rave flyer

Utopian Tendencies on #ds106radio – 03 Everybody in the Place

DIY, raves and the Miner’s Strike. In this third episode we discuss Jeremy Deller’s film ‘Everybody in the Place’ (2019).

  • Post date June 7, 2020
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Thomas More's Utopia 1516

Utopian Tendencies on #ds106radio – 02

Nowhere-places, mapped subjects, and more. In this second episode we discuss Sir Thomas More’s book ‘Utopia’ (1516) from which the term originates, and Ingrid Burrington’s essay ‘Effortless Slippage’ (2018).

  • Post date May 31, 2020
Silent Running, 1972

Utopian Tendencies on #ds106radio

Empathy, science fiction and small files. In this first episode, Jim Groom and I discuss Jonas Staal’s ‘Comrades in Deep Future’ (2019) and Hito Steyerl’s ‘In Defence of the Poor Image’ (2009).

  • Post date May 10, 2020
Carebears

OER20: At the scale of care

Last week Jim Groom and I presented a session at OER20 titled ‘At the scale of care’ discussing the microsite coventry.domains/learn and the potentials of free institutional web hosting as a ‘possible space’.

  • Post date April 7, 2020
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Trial and error: escaping the weird place

I’ve been in a weird place recently, struggling with mental health and trying to integrate myself back into working life. It’s been tough, and I’ve probably been too…

  • Post date March 7, 2020

In the beginning I knew nothing about web hosting…

A long ramble that reads more like a letter to myself, but goes some way to explain how we built the Coventry.Domains community in its first year of life.

  • Post date March 13, 2019

Culture Forum North: How can partnership develop workforce diversity?

Last week I joined Culture Forum North at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester for a day of round table discussions and talks on the topic of HE / cultural sector partnership to develop workforce diversity.

  • Post date December 11, 2018

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