Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko
@jkisolo.bsky.social
Philosopher @ Nottingham University. @UoNPhilosophy.bsky.social Interested in social and political philosophy understood broadly. Lately been thinking about how recreation & play shape our agency. Like to climb mountains and cycle roads. Training for MLQ.
Stickers as teaching medium
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Stickers as teaching medium
Teaching about the roll of risk and achievement in leisure tomorrow. There is a bit in the lecture where I talk about he friend I lost to the mountains Tom Butlin. Its a hard part to get through but I'm always glad that I include it.
February 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Teaching about the roll of risk and achievement in leisure tomorrow. There is a bit in the lecture where I talk about he friend I lost to the mountains Tom Butlin. Its a hard part to get through but I'm always glad that I include it.
When you can't quite remember which books you are reading for research and teaching and which for fun and/or personal development 🤔
February 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
When you can't quite remember which books you are reading for research and teaching and which for fun and/or personal development 🤔
Asking the important questions
January 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Asking the important questions
Feeling bad that - though it's a great set of readings - the authors of the set texts for my Play, Games and Recreation module are not very representative of racial or gender diversity.
January 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Feeling bad that - though it's a great set of readings - the authors of the set texts for my Play, Games and Recreation module are not very representative of racial or gender diversity.
This, from Jessica Fern's book Polysecure, captures some of my worries around psychological categories as identities.
January 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This, from Jessica Fern's book Polysecure, captures some of my worries around psychological categories as identities.
Super keen to start more work on my play and games teaching but need to finish marking political philosophy essays. Woe is me indeed.
January 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Super keen to start more work on my play and games teaching but need to finish marking political philosophy essays. Woe is me indeed.
Here are my 2025 vibes
January 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Here are my 2025 vibes
Still exhausted from this walk on Tuesday but it was worth it.
November 28, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Still exhausted from this walk on Tuesday but it was worth it.
A week of snowy roads, soul searching and trying to convince students that of the many layers of complexity in assessing social contract theory.
November 22, 2024 at 11:50 PM
A week of snowy roads, soul searching and trying to convince students that of the many layers of complexity in assessing social contract theory.
"The contrast between playing and seriousness is always fluid" Huizinga, Homo Ludens
November 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
"The contrast between playing and seriousness is always fluid" Huizinga, Homo Ludens
Living the dream
November 4, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Living the dream
Knocked up an image to illustrate our upcoming workshop exploring Wild Play. Quite pleased with it.
February 8, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Knocked up an image to illustrate our upcoming workshop exploring Wild Play. Quite pleased with it.
In my lecture tomorrow I'll talk about my friend Tom who died in 2020 coming down a mountain in Scotland. It's a hard thing to talk about but, for me, speaks well to the need for something beyond simple pleasure to explain value of some lesuire activities. #philsky
February 6, 2024 at 9:55 PM
In my lecture tomorrow I'll talk about my friend Tom who died in 2020 coming down a mountain in Scotland. It's a hard thing to talk about but, for me, speaks well to the need for something beyond simple pleasure to explain value of some lesuire activities. #philsky
Feeling bad that my module reading list is so male, maybe I could increase the size of photos of the women to paper over the poor representation?*
(*Note: obvs this is a 'joke', I will work on actually better representation for next time it runs)
(*Note: obvs this is a 'joke', I will work on actually better representation for next time it runs)
January 30, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Feeling bad that my module reading list is so male, maybe I could increase the size of photos of the women to paper over the poor representation?*
(*Note: obvs this is a 'joke', I will work on actually better representation for next time it runs)
(*Note: obvs this is a 'joke', I will work on actually better representation for next time it runs)
Pretty happy with my core reading list for Philosophy of Recreation module, but would welcome any suggestions if I've missed any bangers 🤘🚵💄 #PhilSky
January 17, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Pretty happy with my core reading list for Philosophy of Recreation module, but would welcome any suggestions if I've missed any bangers 🤘🚵💄 #PhilSky
Can't beat a bit of snow to make everything look beautiful
January 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Can't beat a bit of snow to make everything look beautiful
Spent the weekend smashing up my kitchen. Hoping the builders will come today and start putting it back together
January 15, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Spent the weekend smashing up my kitchen. Hoping the builders will come today and start putting it back together
Why do we still have an academic publishing industry that spits out books sold at these restrictive prices? There must be a better way than this? Given printing is cheap & the authors are generally salaried academics, it doesn't seem like the money is needed to fund the scholarship #PhilSky
January 12, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Why do we still have an academic publishing industry that spits out books sold at these restrictive prices? There must be a better way than this? Given printing is cheap & the authors are generally salaried academics, it doesn't seem like the money is needed to fund the scholarship #PhilSky
One year w̶i̶s̶e̶r̶ older
December 30, 2023 at 11:14 AM
One year w̶i̶s̶e̶r̶ older
What a day for mountains!
December 28, 2023 at 9:25 PM
What a day for mountains!
Book dropped through the post this morning: excited to get reading for an alt take on Play (not excited though about the horrible purple yellow fade cover!) #PhilSky
December 12, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Book dropped through the post this morning: excited to get reading for an alt take on Play (not excited though about the horrible purple yellow fade cover!) #PhilSky
Algorithms love to reflect them hegemonic desires boy.
December 8, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Algorithms love to reflect them hegemonic desires boy.