Luke Kernan
@lukekernan.bsky.social
Anthropologist (PhD), Creative Writer, Graphic Novelist, Poet — #Psychosis, #Madness, #Myth, #Comics. ///✨️Founder of THE UNQUIET MINDS PROJECT✨///
The Unquiet Minds: Youth Anthology of Art and Poetry (2022) will be added to the Greater Victoria Public Library's collection. Come to the launch party and meet some local authors and their books. I will be there as the anthology's editor-in-chief.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Unquiet Minds: Youth Anthology of Art and Poetry (2022) will be added to the Greater Victoria Public Library's collection. Come to the launch party and meet some local authors and their books. I will be there as the anthology's editor-in-chief.
www.facebook.com/unquietminds...
www.facebook.com/unquietminds...
“We hurdle toward each other. A star appears beneath us. The perfect triangulation: you, me, and the star beneath our feet. This is what we need: a star to drive our stake into the ground.”
@katherineveritt.bsky.social's essay reminds me of this encounter. ☄️
socratesonthebeach.com/katherine-ev...
@katherineveritt.bsky.social's essay reminds me of this encounter. ☄️
socratesonthebeach.com/katherine-ev...
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“We hurdle toward each other. A star appears beneath us. The perfect triangulation: you, me, and the star beneath our feet. This is what we need: a star to drive our stake into the ground.”
@katherineveritt.bsky.social's essay reminds me of this encounter. ☄️
socratesonthebeach.com/katherine-ev...
@katherineveritt.bsky.social's essay reminds me of this encounter. ☄️
socratesonthebeach.com/katherine-ev...
Please join the Mad Studies Hub (York U) for a presentation and conversation on:
Critical Perspectives on Coercive Practices in Mental Health
Wednesday, April 9th: 4PM-5:30PM (EST) via Zoom
Eventbrite Registration & Zoom Access:
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Critical Perspectives on Coercive Practices in Mental Health
Wednesday, April 9th: 4PM-5:30PM (EST) via Zoom
Eventbrite Registration & Zoom Access:
msh-cpcpmh-april-9-2025.eventbrite.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Please join the Mad Studies Hub (York U) for a presentation and conversation on:
Critical Perspectives on Coercive Practices in Mental Health
Wednesday, April 9th: 4PM-5:30PM (EST) via Zoom
Eventbrite Registration & Zoom Access:
msh-cpcpmh-april-9-2025.eventbrite.com
Critical Perspectives on Coercive Practices in Mental Health
Wednesday, April 9th: 4PM-5:30PM (EST) via Zoom
Eventbrite Registration & Zoom Access:
msh-cpcpmh-april-9-2025.eventbrite.com
I am still thinking about #Invincible - Season 3, Episode 5! 🍁 #teamcanada #maplesyrup #mapleleaf @skybound.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am still thinking about #Invincible - Season 3, Episode 5! 🍁 #teamcanada #maplesyrup #mapleleaf @skybound.bsky.social
My book review of Adrie Kusserow's The Trauma Mantras (2024) is out in the latest issue of Anthropologica (66.2: 1-3).
#trauma #anthropology #psychsky #medsky #ethnography #poetry #art #medicalanthropology
@anthropologica.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
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#trauma #anthropology #psychsky #medsky #ethnography #poetry #art #medicalanthropology
@anthropologica.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
March 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My book review of Adrie Kusserow's The Trauma Mantras (2024) is out in the latest issue of Anthropologica (66.2: 1-3).
#trauma #anthropology #psychsky #medsky #ethnography #poetry #art #medicalanthropology
@anthropologica.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
#trauma #anthropology #psychsky #medsky #ethnography #poetry #art #medicalanthropology
@anthropologica.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
Happy Maslenitsa! 🌞
March 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Maslenitsa! 🌞
LECTURE: "The Intersection between Psychology and Anthropology in Voices-Hearers Research"
The event is free, but registration is mandatory and open until January 20, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The event is free, but registration is mandatory and open until January 20, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
LECTURE: "The Intersection between Psychology and Anthropology in Voices-Hearers Research"
The event is free, but registration is mandatory and open until January 20, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The event is free, but registration is mandatory and open until January 20, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reminders of the holiday glow as I shift into the yearly grind. ✨️🌟
January 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Reminders of the holiday glow as I shift into the yearly grind. ✨️🌟
My PhD thesis, "Re-worlding the Self in Graphic Narratives—A Case Study of Sense, Affect, and Mad-Centered Knowledges of Psychosis" (2024), is now DLable at UVicSpace's website. I illustrated "Eleven Strings of Madness" (2021) below during an arts-based workshop.
Link - hdl.handle.net/1828/20464
Link - hdl.handle.net/1828/20464
October 21, 2024 at 11:01 PM
My PhD thesis, "Re-worlding the Self in Graphic Narratives—A Case Study of Sense, Affect, and Mad-Centered Knowledges of Psychosis" (2024), is now DLable at UVicSpace's website. I illustrated "Eleven Strings of Madness" (2021) below during an arts-based workshop.
Link - hdl.handle.net/1828/20464
Link - hdl.handle.net/1828/20464
🕯️ - I compiled and wrote my grandfather's obituary this week. I will be flying out to Saskatoon this Tuesday - 🕯️
Link to obit: www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...
Below, the images of Jack and Faye Kernan were taken from a family history scrapbook.
Link to obit: www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...
Below, the images of Jack and Faye Kernan were taken from a family history scrapbook.
October 6, 2024 at 8:39 PM
🕯️ - I compiled and wrote my grandfather's obituary this week. I will be flying out to Saskatoon this Tuesday - 🕯️
Link to obit: www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...
Below, the images of Jack and Faye Kernan were taken from a family history scrapbook.
Link to obit: www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...
Below, the images of Jack and Faye Kernan were taken from a family history scrapbook.
On Friday the 13th, I defended my PhD thesis, “Re-worlding the Self in Graphic Narratives—A Case Study of Sense, Affect, and Mad-Centered Knowledges of Psychosis,” and passed with a rush of enthusiasm from all. 1/8
September 24, 2024 at 11:35 PM
On Friday the 13th, I defended my PhD thesis, “Re-worlding the Self in Graphic Narratives—A Case Study of Sense, Affect, and Mad-Centered Knowledges of Psychosis,” and passed with a rush of enthusiasm from all. 1/8
So much on the horizon yet to celebrate ✨🌾
August 15, 2024 at 8:03 PM
So much on the horizon yet to celebrate ✨🌾
On August 1st, I submitted the 416-page draft of my Ph.D. dissertation for defence. This photo is from the workstation where I scanned the art and comics my participants made during my fieldwork. The defence will be next month on Friday the 13th! 👹
August 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM
On August 1st, I submitted the 416-page draft of my Ph.D. dissertation for defence. This photo is from the workstation where I scanned the art and comics my participants made during my fieldwork. The defence will be next month on Friday the 13th! 👹
It is always refreshing to have a refraction of colorful lightwaves while inside the ocean's cold waters. The little things matter. ✨️
March 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
It is always refreshing to have a refraction of colorful lightwaves while inside the ocean's cold waters. The little things matter. ✨️
You can peruse a brief review of my book, UNQUIET MINDS: A YOUTH ANTHOLOGY OF ART AND POETRY (2022), in the latest issue of Anthropologica 65(2)! + Thanks to this journal's staff for all their time making this happen.
LINK to the REVIEW:
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
LINK to the REVIEW:
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
February 15, 2024 at 11:40 PM
You can peruse a brief review of my book, UNQUIET MINDS: A YOUTH ANTHOLOGY OF ART AND POETRY (2022), in the latest issue of Anthropologica 65(2)! + Thanks to this journal's staff for all their time making this happen.
LINK to the REVIEW:
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
LINK to the REVIEW:
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
Rising with this morning's soulfulness. 🎇
January 30, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Rising with this morning's soulfulness. 🎇
✨️ "Nocturne" from "Fetishes of the Floating World" (2021) by Don Domanski [RIP - Rest in Poetry] ✨️
January 21, 2024 at 11:22 PM
✨️ "Nocturne" from "Fetishes of the Floating World" (2021) by Don Domanski [RIP - Rest in Poetry] ✨️
Please identify my photobomber; I fear for their life in the next few days. ☃️⛄️🫠
January 18, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Please identify my photobomber; I fear for their life in the next few days. ☃️⛄️🫠
Best of luck, everyone, hitting all your writing goals this year! #typewriter #NewYear2024
January 1, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Best of luck, everyone, hitting all your writing goals this year! #typewriter #NewYear2024
Happy holidays! The incremental warmth and bustling light are slowly returning to us all. 🔥
These images are from my recent visit to Toronto Typewriters.
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These images are from my recent visit to Toronto Typewriters.
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December 23, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Happy holidays! The incremental warmth and bustling light are slowly returning to us all. 🔥
These images are from my recent visit to Toronto Typewriters.
torontotypewriters.com
These images are from my recent visit to Toronto Typewriters.
torontotypewriters.com