So, I am writing an article; a proper academic article. Got me a journal in mind and everything. It's on incumbent strategies versus challenge(r)s, and uses multiple streams approach and defensive institutional work. Gonna have the sucker done (first draft) by the close of play on the 27th December if it kills me. Reading some... Continue Reading →
Pigs might fly, (in comfort) – on sociotechnical transitions, streams and social movements
"This eventually led to the development of a new pigsty concept called Pigs in Comfort Class (PCC) with a term derived from the aviation sector. [Regular sties were basically designed according to economic criteria, thus housing pigs in ‘economy class’. In contrast, the new stables were called ‘comfort class’, because pigs were much better off.]" This above is from... Continue Reading →
Immune systems as two-way metaphors…
Donna Haraway is awesome. Has lots to say about metaphors and science, especially around immune systems. Immune systems are something I am interested in (For The Thesis). And so I came to read this - Anderson, W. 2014. Getting Ahead of One’s Self? The Common Culture of Immunology and Philosophy. Isis, 105, pp.606-616. Which is... Continue Reading →
All in this together… Corporate (and State) use of “family” rhetoric
It makes my flesh crawl. That 'one team' bollocks, where our lords and masters (be they corporate or state) make out as if 'we're all in this together' - to quote the words of some already forgotten Tory Prime Minister. Yeah, right. So, I really want to read 'The Good Soldier Schweik' (after my thesis.... Continue Reading →
You Canute be serious! On Heresthetics, floods and much more
King Canute eh? What an arrogant tosser, thinking he could command the tide not to come in. Except I already knew he wasn't - that he had (probably) pulled the stunt - if he ever did- to get some of his more over-enthusiastically sycophantic courtiers to knock it off. What I didn't know was that... Continue Reading →
Laws and PhD theses are like sausages…
“Laws and PhD theses are like sausages - it does not pay to look too closely at how they are made…” Marc Hudson 21 December 2016. Buy me a beer. I'll tell you about it.
Isn’t it macaronic? #wordsIdidntknow
macaronic ˌmakəˈrɒnɪk/ adjective 1. denoting language, especially burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. noun 1. macaronic verse, especially that which mixes the vernacular with Latin. As in Private Eye's Pig Latin Honorary Degrees, or the late Miles Kington's Let's Parler Francais... anabasis (plural anabases) A military... Continue Reading →
Women talking>30% = dominating…
Is anyone actually surprised? Don't know where I grabbed this from, but Dale Spender (not Spencer) is way cool. I saw her on tellie in the late 80s or early 90s and thought 'you're smart, and you are dismantling the sexist idiot next to you on the panel.' Read one of her books, possibly Man... Continue Reading →
“Initiativitis” Love it.
Policy as palimpsest Pam Carter A palimpsest is a multi-layered text that is reinscribed over time. This article presents policy as analogous to a palimpsest to highlight implementation processes and the complexity of judging progress. Findings from an ethnographic study of the UK Sure Start Children’s Centres policy demonstrate how implementation is experienced locally. Here religious beliefs and traditional... Continue Reading →
Suspicious minds and climate policy
Goering is alleged to have said that whenever he heard the word culture he reached for his revolver. For me, whendver I hear the word 'trap' I think of my Elvis. Specifically, 'We're caught in a trap. I can't walk out....' Meanwhile, this from an article Nair, S. and Howlett. 2015. From robustness to resilience:... Continue Reading →
