[SSC] some thoughts

[Richard Hall]

I've been thinking long and hard about this one, Joyce.

 

I am happy for my contributions to add to a process that aids others and
helps us celebrate/develop our position - in that it is for us/those who
associate with us, and in that it is against the enclosed University.

 

However, I would be more concerned if this was used by anyone as part of
their formal, funded role, for their own research agenda within the
academy. I read this tension being recognised and discussed in some of
the work of the Autonomous Geographies project:
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-000-23-0957/read 

 

I am not saying that this is what you want, Joyce. I do not read your
context below in that way. I just wish to be up-front about this issue.

 

In solidarity.

 

R.

 

From: ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org
[mailto:ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org] On Behalf Of Joss Winn
Sent: 14 September 2011 14:56
To: ssc at lists.aktivix.org
Subject: Re: [SSC] some thoughts

 

One possibility for the 'reflexive journals' is that people use the SSC
website blog for that purpose. It's available if you wish to publish
from it. 

 

If you wish to be added as an author, please let me know
(joss at josswinn.org)

 

Joss

 

On 14 Sep 2011, at 14:18, Joyce Canaan wrote:





Hi all,

I am hoping to add to the document we so constructively discussed last
Saturday within the next few days.  One minor point from the email that
Joss sent:  can we start at 11am until 4pm as some people can't get
there until 11? 

 

I have some additional thoughts I wanted us to discuss.I mentioned at
the meeting on Saturday that I would love to start researching the
process by which we are working (and would be keen to do so with
others).  To this end, can I suggest that we discuss the possibility of
voice recording our meetings so that it might be possible to analyse the
processes by which we are working together-and dealing with challenges
as and when they arrive--so that we can develop these processes more
effectively in future and share our insights with others trying to set
up similar projects? This would of course need consent from all. Second,
whether or not people feel comfortable with voice recordings,  might
some of us begin to create reflexive journals on the process itself and
its impact on other aspects of our lives? I ask this because I am
beginning to see that the thinking that we are doing together is helping
me realise how limiting the current HE system is and how my contribution
to the SSC stems from the strategies that I have been developing to cope
with and seek to transform this system.  My pleasure with our work comes
partly from recognising that we are  engaged in a process of creating
powerful alternative ontologies and epistemologies of and for all
aspects of the university as a process.  Thus our re-imagining and
reconstructing (or as Mike said elsewhere), 'reinventing' the social
sciences through thinking collectively, collaboratively, respectfully,
and learning from and with others who are at least in some ways
likeminded, fills me with pleasure, delight and energy.  I think it
would be interesting to explore what we are bringing to and getting from
this process as these factors are crucial to understanding what we are
engaged in creating.

 

Joyce

 

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