Kay
@kaysoclearn.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education at Stirling Uni. Posthumanism, anti-fascism, philosophy, Saints FC, poetry, clothes, books, ice skating, pole dancing, bunnies. Also volunteer at Phone Credit for Refugees ❤️ https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1836948
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Seeking #activist teachers who are also qualified, fully registered & working in #Scotland schools. This is for my @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD exploring their experiences of #professionallearning & #activism.
Grateful for your support!
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Seeking #activist teachers who are also qualified, fully registered & working in #Scotland schools. This is for my @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD exploring their experiences of #professionallearning & #activism.
Grateful for your support!
forms.office.com/e/cjNE3UkNyY
June 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Seeking #activist teachers who are also qualified, fully registered & working in #Scotland schools. This is for my @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD exploring their experiences of #professionallearning & #activism.
Grateful for your support!
forms.office.com/e/cjNE3UkNyY
Seeking #activist teachers who are also qualified, fully registered & working in #Scotland schools. This is for my @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD exploring their experiences of #professionallearning & #activism.
Grateful for your support!
forms.office.com/e/cjNE3UkNyY
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Really enjoyed delivering an antiracism and decolonial workshop to colleagues on our faculty #EDI committee alongside @kaysoclearn.bsky.social. Lots of deeply thoughtful conversations around the impact of the current political climate & barriers to true inclusion by students & staff. #TeamStirling
June 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Really enjoyed delivering an antiracism and decolonial workshop to colleagues on our faculty #EDI committee alongside @kaysoclearn.bsky.social. Lots of deeply thoughtful conversations around the impact of the current political climate & barriers to true inclusion by students & staff. #TeamStirling
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Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social
Please sign up for the next SCRM webinar - Towards Posthuman Education: Curriculum-Making for a World to Come, presented by the fabulous Kay Sidebottom . Wednesday 14 May, 4.00-5.30
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Select tickets – Towards Posthuman Education: Curriculum-Making for a World to Come
Despite the dramatic acceleration of technology, rapidly advancing climate crisis, widening equality gaps, and global political...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social
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My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.
January 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.
Talking Spinoza and Affirmative Ethics in teaching in our workshop at ECQI @edinburghuni.bsky.social today!
How can we work differently in academia to create ‘joyful encounters’ rather than ‘sad passions?’
With a cameo from Marc Warren 😀😂
How can we work differently in academia to create ‘joyful encounters’ rather than ‘sad passions?’
With a cameo from Marc Warren 😀😂
January 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Talking Spinoza and Affirmative Ethics in teaching in our workshop at ECQI @edinburghuni.bsky.social today!
How can we work differently in academia to create ‘joyful encounters’ rather than ‘sad passions?’
With a cameo from Marc Warren 😀😂
How can we work differently in academia to create ‘joyful encounters’ rather than ‘sad passions?’
With a cameo from Marc Warren 😀😂
Here at ECQI conference Edinburgh talking affirmative ethics in higher education 🥰
January 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here at ECQI conference Edinburgh talking affirmative ethics in higher education 🥰
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Interesting to see the argument that #patriarchy is a key cause in environmental degradation and effectiveness in #conservation of #biodiversity and that this extends to knowledge production as well. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Mapping the patriarchy in conservation
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December 26, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Interesting to see the argument that #patriarchy is a key cause in environmental degradation and effectiveness in #conservation of #biodiversity and that this extends to knowledge production as well. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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My special issue on #posthumanism and #media studies is now published. #academicsky Check it out here: journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/vie....
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," doi.org/10.33182/jop...
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," doi.org/10.33182/jop...
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024)
| Journal of Posthumanism
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December 20, 2024 at 1:16 PM
My special issue on #posthumanism and #media studies is now published. #academicsky Check it out here: journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/vie....
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," doi.org/10.33182/jop...
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," doi.org/10.33182/jop...
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It was Thursday, the 12th of December, 2019 when I delivered the 8-minute talk reproduced in this post, titled, "Why I Say Decolonisation is Impossible." Its main invitation a call to think carefully about what worlds we build and what we are willing to settle for.
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Video: Decolonising Decolonisation Discourse
Universities: Truth, justice and decolonisation
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December 12, 2024 at 1:33 PM
It was Thursday, the 12th of December, 2019 when I delivered the 8-minute talk reproduced in this post, titled, "Why I Say Decolonisation is Impossible." Its main invitation a call to think carefully about what worlds we build and what we are willing to settle for.
folukeafrica.com/video-decolo...
folukeafrica.com/video-decolo...
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[Santa singing 4 Non-Blondes] AND I SAID HO HO HO HO HO, HO HO HO
December 12, 2024 at 2:59 AM
[Santa singing 4 Non-Blondes] AND I SAID HO HO HO HO HO, HO HO HO
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10 days remaining to submit an abstract ...
There's still time to submit an abstract for the Gender and Education Association (GEA) 2025 Conference in Manchester. GEA conferences are my favourite by a country mile 👇
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Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference
The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.
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December 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
10 days remaining to submit an abstract ...
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55 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On. truthout.org/articles/50-...
50 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On.
Civil rights attorney Flint Taylor discusses the past and present fight against Chicago’s systemic racist policing.
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December 4, 2024 at 1:59 PM
55 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On. truthout.org/articles/50-...
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If anyone wants to see me balance foot long sandwiches on top of each other - subscribe to my sub stack
December 4, 2024 at 7:26 AM
If anyone wants to see me balance foot long sandwiches on top of each other - subscribe to my sub stack
Exploring new ideas of teaching and learning with MSc Education students today. How can they help defamiliarise us from schooling-as-usual?
November 28, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Exploring new ideas of teaching and learning with MSc Education students today. How can they help defamiliarise us from schooling-as-usual?
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So lovely to be alongside the wonderful @kaysoclearn.bsky.social 🫶⭐️to discuss our paper and Posthumanism www.aera.net/SIG045/About...
a woman is holding a bird in her hand .
ALT: a woman is holding a bird in her hand .
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November 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
So lovely to be alongside the wonderful @kaysoclearn.bsky.social 🫶⭐️to discuss our paper and Posthumanism www.aera.net/SIG045/About...
Graduation day for our MSc Education students! So proud of them all 🥳🥰🥳🥰
Wore my book dress, as I’d been nagging them to read all year 😂📚
Wore my book dress, as I’d been nagging them to read all year 😂📚
November 22, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Graduation day for our MSc Education students! So proud of them all 🥳🥰🥳🥰
Wore my book dress, as I’d been nagging them to read all year 😂📚
Wore my book dress, as I’d been nagging them to read all year 😂📚
🥳 Are you a from a developing commonwealth country and wanting to study a Masters in Education?
This year the MSc Education I run at Stirling University is part of the scholarship scheme - funded place and other financial support available! More info here 👇
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
This year the MSc Education I run at Stirling University is part of the scholarship scheme - funded place and other financial support available! More info here 👇
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships | Scholarships | University of Stirling
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for students from developing Commonwealth countries on selected postgraduate Masters courses. Study at Stirling.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
🥳 Are you a from a developing commonwealth country and wanting to study a Masters in Education?
This year the MSc Education I run at Stirling University is part of the scholarship scheme - funded place and other financial support available! More info here 👇
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
This year the MSc Education I run at Stirling University is part of the scholarship scheme - funded place and other financial support available! More info here 👇
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
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Re-posting this ICYMI. 12 articles and creative contributions on feminist methodologies and futures covering computer games, classrooms, disability, Black feminist speculative approaches, baking, websites, workshops, non-linear reading, multi-species flourishing, friction, patchwork ethnography +++
Double special issue of Australian Feminist Studies on Creating Feminist Futures: Research Methodologies for New Times now published! Most contributions are open access but feel free to email me if there's something you want to read but can't
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Australian Feminist Studies
All journal articles featured in Australian Feminist Studies vol 38 issue 115-116
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November 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Re-posting this ICYMI. 12 articles and creative contributions on feminist methodologies and futures covering computer games, classrooms, disability, Black feminist speculative approaches, baking, websites, workshops, non-linear reading, multi-species flourishing, friction, patchwork ethnography +++
Skies have been gorgeous lately ☺️
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Skies have been gorgeous lately ☺️
This 👇
Without wishing to sound sanctimonious, this is a core reason I won't be "leaving Twitter" until I'm removed, or they try to charge me to stay.
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November 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
This 👇
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Decapitation Strike, by @TimothyDSnyder
The rule of law, military defence, intelligence gathering, the health of Americans - all under direct attack by Trump’s nominees
Who needs an external enemy when the US is being destroyed from the inside
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The rule of law, military defence, intelligence gathering, the health of Americans - all under direct attack by Trump’s nominees
Who needs an external enemy when the US is being destroyed from the inside
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Decapitation Strike
Preserving America from Trump's Appointments
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November 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Decapitation Strike, by @TimothyDSnyder
The rule of law, military defence, intelligence gathering, the health of Americans - all under direct attack by Trump’s nominees
Who needs an external enemy when the US is being destroyed from the inside
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The rule of law, military defence, intelligence gathering, the health of Americans - all under direct attack by Trump’s nominees
Who needs an external enemy when the US is being destroyed from the inside
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Hey everyone! Hoping to connect with anyone fighting the fash and staying with the trouble…still on Twitter too (cos I’m stubborn) ☺️
November 15, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Hey everyone! Hoping to connect with anyone fighting the fash and staying with the trouble…still on Twitter too (cos I’m stubborn) ☺️
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It’s not fair to call all 313 MPs who voted for the Rwanda bill horrible racists, some of them are merely moral vacuums willing to throw vulnerable asylum seekers under the bus to prolong what’s left of their short careers
December 12, 2023 at 7:40 PM
It’s not fair to call all 313 MPs who voted for the Rwanda bill horrible racists, some of them are merely moral vacuums willing to throw vulnerable asylum seekers under the bus to prolong what’s left of their short careers
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So, this is what happens when you publicly criticise British government policy. Strange to see your own name in a headline Guardian article! But we go on. I meant every single word I said to the interviewer. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity
An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts
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September 30, 2023 at 5:12 PM
So, this is what happens when you publicly criticise British government policy. Strange to see your own name in a headline Guardian article! But we go on. I meant every single word I said to the interviewer. www.theguardian.com/education/20...