https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1636318881311588353 From here - McAdam, D. (1986) “Recruitment to High-Risk Activism: The Case of Freedom Summer.” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 64-90
Looting the Ivory Tower: Trasformismo, #Gramsci #Transitions
Made a new short video for my "Looting the Ivory Tower" series (important academic articles or concepts translated into plain English) https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1635273839214211072 What do people think (of the concept, of the video)? Suggestions for improvements to future videos, and concepts that could be rendered in 2 mins and 19 seconds (i.e. within the Twitter limit).
Looting the Ivory Tower: “Managing transition risk”, oil companies and #climate
Another day, another top notch academic article, turned into a glib 2 min 20 second video... "Managing transition risk: Toward an interdisciplinary understanding of strategies in the oil industry" [aka Why existing academic concepts fall short of capturing the messy complexity of #EnergyTransition and what needs to be done] Here's the video https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1634577726945329154 This is... Continue Reading →
Looting the Ivory Tower: “The wicked trinity of late capitalism”
I have made a short (2mins 19 seconds) film as part of my "Looting the Ivory Tower" series. It's on a new paper in Geoforum - "The ‘wicked trinity’ of late capitalism: Governing in an era of stagnation, surplus humanity, and environmental breakdown" by @IliasAlami @JackCopley6 @moraitisalexis Twitter was playing silly buggers with uploading, so... Continue Reading →
Looting the Ivory Tower: on the plausibility of keeping warming to 1.5 degrees
"The plausibility of a 1.5°C limit to global warming Social drivers and physical processes" https://youtu.be/YRiE-ZQtYpk It's a report by some folks in Hamburg. You can read the report here https://cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/about-cliccs/news/2023-news/2023-01-31-pm-climate-futures-outlook.html… We're just not acting fast enough. We've got one foot lightly (VERY) lightly on the brake, and a lead foot on the gas (aka accelerator).... Continue Reading →
Looting the Ivory Tower: “Intersectionality & #Climate Justice: A call for synergy in climate change scholarship.”
I have a template now, and a rhythm that works for me. Here's the latest. Tell me what you think, how they could be improved (highlighting words in the quotes when I am reading aloud would be one thing. Leaving out some of the 'comic' asides would be another. What else? https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1626294996511997952
Looting the Ivory Tower: “Towards more impactful energy research”
So, I am going to make short (under 2min 20sec) films about academic articles I have read. This will be under the heading "Looting the Ivory Toewer." It will help me solidify the concepts and empirics, and also improve my video/presentation skills. May help other folks, dunno. This first one is a bit rough, but... Continue Reading →
MSA, CCS, EU, NER300, OMFG. #LootingTheIvoryTower
I don't do enough Looting of the Ivory Tower (though see here). I really should be doing a minimum of one article looted per day. I'd be less likely to flunk Chomsky's mirror test. Hey ho. Really, enough about me. This article below is absolutely superb. If you're looking for a history of European Union... Continue Reading →
Getting beyond handwavium, or “A systematic review of energy systems: The role of policymaking in sustainable transitions”
Even back before I was trying to be an academic (watch this space) I was reading academic articles for fun. That's not a boast (well, okay, maybe a little bit, but also just a statement of fact). I learned the hard way that much academic output is dross - concept mongering or torturing of so-called... Continue Reading →
Looting the Ivory Tower: “Acceleration of Urban Sustainability Transitions:A Comparison of Brighton, Budapest, Dresden, Genk, and Stockholm”
Heaps of good stuff - conceptually, methodologically, empirically, in here. Useful for mice who want to bell the cat (though the article itself doesn't suggest a particular way/particular ways). The title: The Acceleration of Urban Sustainability Transitions:A Comparison of Brighton, Budapest, Dresden, Genk, and Stockholm The authors: Franziska Ehnert, Niki Frantzeskaki , Jake Barnes, Sara... Continue Reading →
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