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my relationship to urban dirt

a moment today on the walk to the bus. there was snow falling and i was thinking about dirt and mutuality. i was reviewing a moment from the day before when i was telling a story about how i didn’t … Continue reading

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An onion hit me between the shoulder blades

An onion fell on my back between my shoulder blades. It was being stored on the refrigerator and as I was looking in the fridge, it fell down and hit me. I was surprised and offended at first. What had … Continue reading

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Ok now, dissolve

I did a presentation of my research today and tried out 3D Body modelling with the class. Used the willow sticks and had people work individually, in groups of 2, then 4 then all twelve. I found an easy way … Continue reading

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social practice – dialogical art production – civic engagement

more words and really what I am trying to do is define what it is that I am already doing, haven’t really begun, circling around like a hungry animal. The garden project can be framed as social practice, environmental education, … Continue reading

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Social Practice in Academic Institutions

Attempt at a definition – what is my discipline… I need to write down my discipline for  class and I cannot figure out how to define what it is that I am doing in academia…oh dear. So for lack or … Continue reading

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Nesting

Wrapping children, surrounding them in a nest of native speakers

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cold snow days – walking

It was very cold today and as I walked to my office I remembered the sound of crunchy snow at sub -15 C temperatures. It is loud, sharp and crisp. I walked, bundled up against the cold, big boots, long … Continue reading

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Egocentricity meets ethnocentricity

Tagging instead of folders. I am unlearning. And this a metaphor for disciplinary categories – mutable categories , multiple cross referencing, collections instead of fixed folders. Where do things.belong? They can belong simultaneously in many places – how does this … Continue reading

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resurfacing images objects movements ideas emotions

moving on a diagonal in space; loss; longing; birthing; relationships between bodies – without words; flocking; flying; feet landing on water; holding and releasing;  listening – a visual image of someone listening – intently; a boat of the water with … Continue reading

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redirecting energy and engagement

at the end of my first class I blurted out the idea that i had to figure out what to do with my habit of pushing sexual content into communication, sometimes to make it visible and sometimes as a means … Continue reading

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