One of those odd coincidences that this happened to be in a book i'd recently read!

Here's a snippet, there's practically a whole chapter on her career as an 'assistant' at Harvard. Think you'll find it very interesting.

Hi Ros, do you know this book? cup.columbia.edu/book/algorit...
Helen Parson's role in development of communication studies is mentioned in a fair bit of detail.

Congratulations! Enjoy celebrating the end of (this) journey!

Surely there are ways we can talk about support for children's early development that don't rely on imagining the child as some kind of programmable machine who simply needs to be loaded up to 100%? Fin/

I remember a magazine I read as a child had a weekly section called 'the human machine' which was about the brain and body. Even then I knew that the machine part was nonsensical. And yet this campaign seems to be inviting the a metaphor of the child's brain as computer to model good parenting. 3/

It seems to infer a child (or possibly just 'their brain') is like a computer that needs 'loading' with information. This is a very unidirectional metaphor for a child's learning and development. It would be like me saying that my role as a lecturer was to 'load up' my students with information! 2/

The event will explore the importance of understanding the social worlds of childhood as material practices (from music lessons to den building) embedded within networks of community and governance.

We hope to see you there for our final event of the Autumn term!