Paul Kleiman

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Fragments at the edge of political, cultural and educational chaos. Renegade academic and creative bricoleur. Performing and visual arts background. Creativity researcher. Serious work as a consultant in higher education (creativity, strategy, teaching, assessment, curriculum). Also narrowboater, piano player, gardener, occasional blogger. Dog owner and cat servant.
#art #performance #music #highereducation #creativity #radical #politics #history #photography #improvisation #AcademicChatter
Bloghttps://stumblingwithconfidence.wordpress.com/
Consultancy (serious stuff)https://www.cielassociates.co.uk
Does climate activism help or hinder an academic career?

Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms of research output

Times Higher Education (THE)
Yesterday, finally, a decent day, an almost empty beach, a steady breeze and an opportunity to fly some of my kites some of which I made nearly 40 years ago.
Today I’ve been working on a keynote ‘provocation’ about assessment that attempts to link stochastic parrots, panics about AI, the 1960s cult TV show The Prisoner, the Japanese concept of ‘Ma’ (間) and Skunkworks. I’m working on the principle that it will make sense. #highered #assessment
While the powerful Still Parents: Life After Baby Loss exhibition at The Whitworth, which we I have been closely involved with, has finished, we’ve just been shortlisted for the Creative Lives 'People's Choice' award. Between now and the end of January, please ask your friends, family and colleagues to vote for The Whitworth.
You will find The Whitworth entry on the Creative Lives website here: https://www.creative-lives.org/the-whitworth
Voting closes on 27 January 2023
Many thanks.
#creativity #babyloss #awards
The Whitworth

A creative programme in Manchester to support those who have experienced baby loss.

Creative Lives
How well do we know the life stories of our parents?
In the case of my late mother, we know nearly everything.
#familyhistory #family #biography
https://stumblingwithconfidence.wordpress.com/2023/01/06/the-story-of-a-life/
The Story of a Life

Stumbling with Confidence
December: A Walk in the Woods (🎶 improv)
https://youtu.be/aZzLyqL4Ij0
December: A Walk in the Woods (🎶 improv)

YouTube
Full transcript of my recent talk 'Stumbling with Confidence: close encounters of the creative kind' given at the 'Reward and Recognition Celebration' for staff at the University of the Arts London (UAL). https://stumblingwithconfidence.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/stumbling-with-confidence-close-encounters-of-the-creative-kind/
#highereducation #education #creativity #learning #teaching
Stumbling with Confidence: close encounters of the creative kind

Stumbling with Confidence
At the end of today.
#sunset #seascape #dorset
First frost.
#winter #frost #cold
London stunning this evening under the full moon. #London #Thames #photography #night