Seven weeks in…
These are my reflections on working as a third sector / civil society Chief Executive during these bizarre, unsettled and challenging times.
The last few weeks have been inspiring and stressful in equal measure. I wanted to try to capture and publish some of this.
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This week, Active Schools Coordinators Tammy Johnston and David Rose reflect on the ways in which the COVID 19 pandemic has impacted on their work and, on the experiences of the young people they work with. Active Schools is a government initative funded by sportscotland and managed by Local Authorities.
As I write we’re entering our fifth week of Lockdown and I am currently reorienting the ‘who with’ and ‘how with’ part of my PhD. In the meantime, the feedback between theory and practice will have to be through applying a conceptual perspective to my own life.
Continue reading “Being Neither Productive or Non-Productive”
March 16th 2020 was my own Covid-19 watershed. I started the day at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. I was speaking about GWL and our work with legendary feminist artist Linder; the audience had seemed marginally depleted, there was nervous laughter as the mic was passed around in the Q and As, hugs still happened, social isolation and social distancing were new terms that were yet to affect behaviour.
Continue reading “Soundings, One Month in: Leading and Learning during Lock Down at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL)”
The world is being shake in a way never seen before, after the COVID-19. The virus has affected practically all sectors of the economy and it was to expect that the culture would not be left behind.
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German philosopher and cultural critic Fredrich Nietzsche once said “invisible threads are the strongest ties”. As well as being reminiscent of Paisley’s very own Sma’ Shot, there is the undeniable truth that these invisible threads Nietzsche refers to are what binds our communities together.
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When I started my PhD just a little over a year ago, I made a mental list of all of the things that might happen over the next three years, and all of the challenges I might face. That life happens around and throughout your PhD journey is something that all researchers must confront at some point during their studies, and doing a doctorate requires an intricate management of the world beyond the PhD.
Continue reading “The Pandemic and the PhD”