“É preciso a imagem para recuperar a identidade. Tem que se tornar visível, porque o rosto de um é o reflexo do outro, o corpo de um é o reflexo do outro e, em cada um, o reflexo de todos os corpos.” Beatriz Nascimento

It’s a matter of scale. There’s a whole other forest out there

The university lectures are experiencing pay squeeze for 10 years and are one of the worst affected groups according to ⁦Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁩ data published in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩. These are people with highest level of qualifications and skills. Any answer? ⁦UCEA⁩? ⁦UCU⁩

Leeds. Wow. Just wow. #ucuRISING

Happy VC Pay Day everyone! By our calculations today is the day that the VC will earn more than the annual median salary for staff at Durham. x.com/ProfJamieC/sta…

This year we wrote with Durham SU officers asking for strike deductions to be put towards student hardship. This was refused. x.com/PalatinateUK/s…

On top of the human rights calamity, the absolute state of any UK government choosing the slogan "stop the boats". Your entire country's international status and colonies were built on 'illegal economic migrants' on boats. Except you call them national heroes.

Thanks to the work of our branch treasurer, we now have a gofundme here for our hardship fund. Bank transfer (in QT below) is best but this is here too for ease. As a branch we voted on a suggested voluntary levy of between 0.05-0.5% of annual salary. gofundme.com/f/support-the-…

Crowdfunder for an incredible photography gallery in Newcastle which does really important work. Support if you can! #SaveSide Side Gallery crowdfunder.co.uk/p/saveside

Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge and Manchester open letters have been published. More to come. Students are watching what universities do next - you can still sort this out. linktr.ee/settlethedispu…

Register for 'Visualising Worlds: approaches to the study of figurative forms' a workshop with Philippe Descola (Collège de France), organised by Durham Anthropology in collaboration with @Cvac & Durham IAS. Sign up at durham.ac.uk/research/insti… Paolo Fortis Professor Nayanika Mookherjee

One of the tropes that fuel trade unionism during industrial action is that all managers and university leaders are in some way evil or corrupt. There are some who genuinely live by this trope. Here’s my take on it…

Fantastic workshop at the IAS on 'Visualising Worlds: approaches to the study of figurative forms' a workshop with Philippe Descola (Collège de France), organised by Durham Anthropology in collaboration with @Cvac Durham IAS Paolo Fortis and Istvan Praet

OTD in 1979 I graduated and became Durham University Alumni Today I sent the VC Durham University an open letter. Pls R/T Durham UCU (@ducu.bsky.social) UCU Jo Grady Richard Adams Palatinate

manovich What new artifacts emerge when we look at the next revolution in media? Lev Manovich explores AI on #MoMAMagazine. mo.ma/44Cq09X

Really interesting workshop on climate change, food security and health in Guna Yala at the ⁦Universidad dePanamá⁩ in collaboration with ⁦OPINUP⁩ and ⁦Durham Anthropology⁩

Guna anthropology students of the ⁦OPINUP⁩ in a field trip to Isla Tigre to study food production and climate change ⁦Durham Anthropology⁩

Visiting the fields of the women’s agricultural cooperative of Isla Tigre ⁦OPINUP⁩ ⁦Durham Anthropology⁩

Group meeting in Isla Tigre during field trip to Guna Yala with students of ⁦OPINUP and ⁦Durham Anthropology⁩