At one point, I will write properly about how knitting makes me a more attentive listener in academic settings and work life. A lot of research has been done on craftwork and attention and the intertwinement of doing and thinking, but there’s something special in the repetition that is knitting…

Poetic lecture by Tim Ingold at Jan van Eyck Academy as part of the reopening of the Future Materials Lab. The work of art as a gathering cloud; to be contemporary means sharing time. “We need art to teach us to recover the love that we lost.” 💭

First day back at the faculty after my maternity leave. Was greeted by festoons, fresh flowers and a redecorated office. 🥹 Really love the new working space!

Creative partners, communicator, instrument? We’re looking for artists, designers, makers & colleagues to critically examine the role of the arts in transdisciplinary projects. Submit your abstract until 12 Feb for this year’s 4S-EASST conference in Amsterdam.

Link: nomadit.co.uk/conference/eas…

Wonderful day today being back in the field, doing some observations at and for the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in a grey and rainy Amsterdam. Such wonderful players and such an intimate atmosphere… Captivated!

When you think writing the lecture will be easy because it is about your research, but then writing the lecture is extremely difficult because it is about your research

Little glimpse into my current MA AC course on researching the field, in which students work at arts & heritage organizations in Maastricht. Here: first glimpse into the workings and behind-the-scenes of Centre Céramique! 💫