Since my last blog I’ve been completely absorbed by the Sorgente project. This involved organising 30 hours of performative practice, rostering four facilitators and two research assistants; liaising with two…

Last week, I mentioned using zines as as a research tool. Today, I pause to reflect on my three experiences with zines so far: 1) as a zine-maker during a…

Today while attending a (virtual) conference in Salzburg, Austria, I heard Dr Urilke Hatzer say these words: “We are not afraid of languages we don’t know.” The sentence was spoken…

This week marks the end of formal teaching for Academic Year 2020/21. All courses have been online this year due to the pandemic. I taught several modules, each lasting 12…

This is day 40 of the lockdown. There’s a Garda (Police) checkpoint around the corner, I must go through it to drop off my daughter to creche. I drive through…

Digital Displacement. A phenomenon worth investigating. In November 2020 I was the keynote speaker at an online conference in Madrid. This was not my first online conference; I had presented…