Tatevik Mnatsakanyan
tatevikm.bsky.social
Tatevik Mnatsakanyan
@tatevikm.bsky.social
Teaching and researching (in)security, conflict and peace, Diplomacy and International Relations. Lecturer, Loughborough University London.
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"What we are doing by failing to acknowledge the experiences that our students bring with them is turning our back on reality...We are failing to engage with our students fears, hopes, despair, motivations"
My last blog post of 2024 is a reflection on the uses of despair in the neoliberal university. I use a couple of stories, experiences, and arguments to consider the question: How do we deploy hope in response to racial injustice in the midst of despair?
folukeafrica.com/what-is-the-...
What is the use of Hoping while Grieving, Teaching and Researching Racial Injustice in the Neoliberal University?
Breathe in. Breathe out. Hope. The motion tells us we are still alive.
folukeafrica.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Reposted by Tatevik Mnatsakanyan
"Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?"

One of the greatest poems of all time (inspired by Stephen Hawking), animated:
Singularity: Marie Howe’s Ode to Stephen Hawking, Our Cosmic Belonging, and the Meaning of Home, in a Stunning Animated Short Film
“For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Remember?”
www.themarginalian.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:24 AM