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

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

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

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

please sign this important petition to put pressure on the #OpenUniversity to divest from the #WeaponsIndustry among which #BAE, #Cisco, #Alphabet & #Microsoft who the #OU is partnering with.

#press #BreakingNews #news #GlobalSouth #FreePalestine

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-call-on-the-open-university-to-divest-from-israel-and-the-arms-industry?source=direct_link&