Rather than a write a ‘year in review’, reflecting and gathering what’s already happened, I starting thinking about what kind of ‘productive interruptions’ and pauses might come our way in 2018. I don’t intend this to be a list of predictions, as if we can wrangle education into knowability though forecasts, but as some thoughts about who and what should give us pause in the coming year. When and why should we take pause?
Benjamin Doxtdator recently wrote a reflection of taking pause. He closed the post with a request for anyone willing to provide an audio contribution for a collective podcast. Although short and maybe a little rough, here are my thoughts. I actually think think that I misread it as taking pause over the break …
Further Reading:
- Doug Belshaw’s Black Ops
- Chris Wejr on living in the moment
- https://twitter.com/DrNomyn/status/816442252532674561
@doxtdatorb my misinterpretation of your request associated with ‘Taking Pause’
Thank you so much for that!! It was really nice to pause and just listen to your voice.
I recorded a short reflection for a collaborative podcast put together by Benjamin Doxtdator on the topic of taking pause in 2018. The following people also provided contributions:
Ximena on being more aware of the growing inequality produced through research and digital technologies.
Kay Sidebottom on the microfacism that stop us from pausing at all.
David Webster – Who is profiting from supposed simple solutions
Phil Wood on sustainable timescapes.
Deborah Netolicky on data, metrics and the impact of interventions.
Jelmer Evers on the stories we are being told globally.
Alan Levine on the power of walking, while walking.
You can listen below:
For the past few years I have written both a December newsletter, as well as a summary of the whole year (see 2016 and 2017). As Decemeber’s highlights are included within the summary, I decided to just do one.
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