What is the estimated environmental impact* of my everyday use of the UAL digital tools and services, as an academic staff member of UAL (LCF/LCC)? . *in terms of GHG emissions / kilograms of CO2e
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ARP Reference List
Acosta, A. (2013). Extractivism and neo-extractivism: two sides of the same curse. Beyond Development: Alternative Visions from Latin America Alvesson, M. (2003) Methodology for close up studies – Struggling with closeness and closure. Higher Education, 46, 167–193. Barad, K. (2007) Meeting the universe halfway: Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Durham, NC: […]
The Channel 4 (2020) video depicting school children participating in a Privilege Walk, based on McIntosh’s (1988) concept, is confronting and (if I’m honest) uncomfortable. The practice of the Privilege Walk sharply reveals to peers the privileges some people inherently embody due to our intersecting positionalities. The Privilege Walk (as shown in the difficult-to-read YouTube […]
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Intervention Report
My teaching context is that I predominantly teach graphic, visual, and moving image communication. I have a 0.4 contract at LCF where I teach across all of the School of Design and Technology’s 22 BA+MA courses; additionally at LCC I teach as an Associate Lecturer on BA+MA User Experience Design courses. All of the above […]
Kwame Anthony Appiah (2014) makes the case for not being so definitive in what we see religion as: “there is no such thing as religion to be good or bad” (Appiah, 2014). He argues this because there is no definition of religion which satisfies all aspects of religion (or faith). For example, globally we would […]
My teaching context is that I predominantly teach at LCF across 22 BA+MA courses, and at LCC on specific BA+MA courses, all of which contain majority ‘international students’. Thus, acknowledging my positionality as a white, cis male, British, first language English, MA RCA educated person who has not lived abroad from UK for a period […]
DIS-abled. The nomenclature itself is problematic. The emphasis on dis- (a Latin-rooted prefix meaning not, opposite, lack of, etc) suggests that some human constructed structure — be it social, societal, physical, or architectural — has dis-abled the person. As though the words themselves have written in some warped notion of hierarchy when a person is […]
Looking ahead to what this unit might serve me for the rest of the course, and beyond it has initiated two points I wish to briefly cover here as potential thoughts for my Action Research Project. It has sparked interest in the situated spaces of academia, teaching, learning, and the higher education institute — the two […]
As I’m reflecting on the first unit of the PgCert, I realise that the conversations that I’ve had have throughout these few weeks have been the most revelatory thing. At times they’ve felt utterly profound. I will name a couple of instances. One came in the discussion that served as my observation with my tutor. […]
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Observing a peer
Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Creative Making: Advanced Visualisation and Computational Environments – MSc Creative ComputingSize of student group: 60ish (we very rarely get the full cohort in class)Observer: Greg Orrom SwanObservee: Mahalia Henry-Richards Part One Observee to complete in brief and send to observer prior to the observation or review: What is the context of this session/artefact within […]