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Author: nee
I sought meaning in academic research about conflict transformation in relation to art and media history, and efforts for recovering the commons (PhD Cultural Studies with the London Consortium). I worked and taught with a number of universities, art-centers and internationally funded programs with increasing focus on free and open source technology, until a child reactivated my connection with a circle of heart-giving art educators in Brasil and helped me see what the Situationists' meant with their rejection of alienated labour. My child and I started mapping out and learning from the bravest and most meaningful art-educational initiatives around the world, and we've been focusing on holding space and community for free play, towards what Silvia Federici describes as a re-enchantment. Through my own learning path (including on-going training in Waldorf and Forest school teacher training, What Future for Education, London Institute of Education 2019; Hand in Hand Professional’s Intensive 2020) I have come to see learning as a state of being that is meaningfully embedded and present in its social setting, prioritising applied responses to local and community needs, and contributing to each other’s creative, practical, scientific, emotional and other developmental processes through a recognition of the abundant nature of the necessary resources, materials, information, peer-to-peer learning, and tools. | neeii.info
new thought on commemoration & collective mourning
In her description of her doctoral practice "Lost & Shared: Approaches to collective mourning, towards affective and transformative politics" (defence date, Jan 11, 2023), Eliana Ottas writes:"Taking as a departure point my experience working with war survivors in Peru, this project investigates how art can enable the collectivization of mourning. I connected my interest in the… Continue reading new thought on commemoration & collective mourning
On an optimistic note:
Half-way through reading this, following years of work in libre technology which culminated in a recent research stint in information ethics and child computer inter-action research in educational settings, I think I'm ready to skip out on this nightmare, invest in a tech-free livelihood, and hope that things will straighten themselves out with no further… Continue reading On an optimistic note:
Community idealism and the tragedy of the commons: On the politics of energy exchange and mutual assistance (Lefkara, Cyprus 25th March, 2022)
– Can you tell me more about “Teacher Training in Steiner Early Childhood Ed and Elementary Education”?
Building on my background in Education through Art, I've been informally studying and practicing* elements of Montessori pedagogy, Reggio Emilia, and Forest School without seeking certification. At the same time I've been formally training in Steiner pedagogy (nature-focused, mindfulness-, freeplay- and observation-based, radically inclusive, and community-embedded --at least in its ideal forms) which has vastly deepened my… Continue reading – Can you tell me more about “Teacher Training in Steiner Early Childhood Ed and Elementary Education”?
– Are you into educational technology at all?
I am very interested in educational technology on the level of policy. I see educational technology as part of the public sphere. I would like to see its architecture approached the same way we approach the architecture of any civic / educational construct, anything intended as a learning environment with the fundamental social function of fostering conflict… Continue reading – Are you into educational technology at all?
A circle on big and small transgressions, more or less illegal art, and other braving zones | Κύκλος για μεγάλες και μικρές παραβάσεις, περισσότερο ή λιγότερο παράνομη τέχνη, και άλλα braving zones.
Untitled draft by Sylvat Aziz (2018). Pencil on light paper print. Image of the Mammari Buffer Zone. | Άτιτλο προσχέδιο της Sylvat Aziz (2018). Μολύβι σε ελαφριά εκτύπωση σε χαρτί. Εικόνα της Νεκρής Γραμμής, Μάμμαρι. This circle was initially conceived as a lecture entitled "Theodora's freedom: Notes on Foucault's governmentality, Haraway's 'staying with the trouble', and… Continue reading A circle on big and small transgressions, more or less illegal art, and other braving zones | Κύκλος για μεγάλες και μικρές παραβάσεις, περισσότερο ή λιγότερο παράνομη τέχνη, και άλλα braving zones.
Gender, race, and the free software movement
I wouldn't say that issues of racism and sexism are out of place or that they don't belong in the free software movement, or that they are separate from it. I would say that the free software movement is connected and complementary to struggles against systemic oppression and exploitation, by focusing on the computing field … Continue reading Gender, race, and the free software movement
You’re never far from my mind (a message to the Free World)
I wonder about the assisted reproductive technology industry and whether anyone is looking into how free or unfree their practices might be. I got rid of my smartphone which means an entirely different workload and relationship with labour. With Jano now three years old and roaming, it's counterproductive to carry a laptop, and creating computer… Continue reading You’re never far from my mind (a message to the Free World)
Η γλώσσα σου είναι πανέμορφη
Όχι μόνο εύηχη και πλούσια, αλλά και το πολιτισμικό πλαίσιο στο οποίο βάζεις τον γιο σου και εμάς που τυγχάνει να είμαστε κοντά είναι υπέροχο, γεμάτο λεπτές, μαγευτικές ευαισθησίες. Τα δικά μου Ελληνικά είναι σκουριασμένα, και όχι μόνο αυτό: μου ήταν σημαντικό (ακτιβιστικό ακόμα) να αναπτύξω τρόπο διδασκαλίας στην Κυπριακή διάλεκτο, με αποδοχή των ελλείψεων… Continue reading Η γλώσσα σου είναι πανέμορφη
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