This month's reading grabbed me from the first sentence of the abstract, which is really an extract from the article "in lieu of an abstract": "The bison were not cooperating." What a first line! I am not sure what to expect from "Slow Academic Travel: An Antidote to "Fly Over" Scholarship in the Age of … Continue reading Slow reading—bison, first lines, bushfires, ‘flying over’ as a metaphor
Lately, a few (small) favourite things
At the beginning of this year I started a project that I have maintained for six months: writing at least one sentence a day in my journal. In the early months of the year, I recorded my infinite daily goals. In April, I shifted to something that I continued to think about at the end … Continue reading Lately, a few (small) favourite things
Slow reading—positionality, stardust and magma, floating, weaving
This month, which marks the end of the second year of my slow reading challenge, I am returning to readings from the Slow Academia special issue of Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education. As I commented on two earlier articles (available here and here), rereading takes a reparative approach. No longer an editor evaluating abstracts … Continue reading Slow reading—positionality, stardust and magma, floating, weaving