On 'the meaning & usage of “intifada” in anti-occupation & anticolonial contexts' - who decides what words mean: the hearer or speaker?

#Intifada as uprising against colonialism, shake off, protest, strike, writing, counter-hegemonic knowledge production, peaceful resistance

#Philology as 'radical potential'

#OpenUniversity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M8OTrRoPp5c&t=335s

Who’s afraid of “Intifada”? Philology and Liberation w/ Chella Ward

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I'll be giving this year's keynote at #EATAW25 - alongside Suresh Canagarajah & Federico Navarro - on:

'AI Realism: Reclaiming the Human in AI-enhanced Academic Literacies' (cf abstract) {JM}
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#PACEspace #AcWri #AcademicLiteracies #GenAI #CriticalRealism #OpenUniversity

www.eataw2025.com/keynote

Už bych chtěl jit z roboty domů... jenže když se tak podívám před sebe, je mi jasné, že tu ještě tak půl hoďku minimálně budu... #openuniversity

In case of interest, the #OpenUniversity #GraduateSchool has just published its guidance on the use of #GenAI in #DoctoralWriting:

https://www5.open.ac.uk/students/research/ou/services/position-statement-and-guidance-generative-ai-and-doctoral-education

Informed comments are welcome as this document has been conceived as a 'living document' responsive to change in an evolving tech landscape.

#AcademicMastodon #MastodonAcademic
#AcWri
#phdThesis

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Authors: Julia Molinari (Graduate School); Daniel Gooch (Computing); Nicoleta Tipi (FBL) Critical readers: Inma Alvarez (WELS) Approved by: Clare Warren (Director of the Graduate School); Michel Wermelinger Updated: Wednesday, 21 May 2025. Version 2.0. Key messages

And this makes up the ten images I needed to submit. #photography #OpenUniversity
These are the next four in my submission. #photography #OpenUniversity
I've just finished a short course in photography from the Open University, these are some of the images I used in my End of Module Assessment. I'm working on a tune called Optical Allusion, so it's really convenient that I now how some artwork for it!
#Photography #OpenUniversity

As a follow up to my last toot about my proficiency in French - here's a potted life story.

I left school in 1971 with three failed French GCE results - I loved French but was useless.

I took my bike to France and cycled on my own for a couple of weeks ( https://gaylers.me/travel/2025/01/France1972) - speak French or starve!

After taking the children to France camping and later going to Marocco I decided - in my 50s - that I wanted a piece of paper to make up for those failed exams.
So I started a Diploma in French with the Open University.

I was persuaded (I may have been drunk) to turn the diploma into a full degree at a Summer School.

That's how I ended up with a BA in Humanities (French & Art History) graduating after I'd retired, and speaking a bit of French on the way.

That degree was the best thing I ever did!

#french #education #OpenUniversity #Humanities

A long post about cycling through France in 1972

A long post about cycling through France in 1972

Old People on Tour!
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