A couple of years ago I published an article at the intersection of exhibitions, historiography and audiences. It's finally been published in a physical issue &, beautifully, it is the issue that honours/remembers my friend & colleague, Jim Davis. Here's the editorial: doi.org/10.1080/1468...
Published in Studies in Theatre and Performance (Ahead of Print, 2024)
@sarahbusch.bsky.social Oh my word! I hadn't clocked you were at Freiburg. My friend had a year studying at your Uni & I had a lovely visit. Vague memories of lovely bars, swimming in a lake... way too long ago!
TaPRA 2024 is done. It's a conference/community I'm proud to have participated in for 10 years. I wish it was sustainable to keep taking part. 😢 Not saying goodbye to the amazing Audience, Experience & Popular Practices WG because we have a roundtable & business meeting to do in October! 😉
I cannot accept that education is a training for jobs, or for making useful citizens. It is a society’s confirmation of its common meanings, and of the human skills for their amendment. Raymond Williams
So, today I begin 3 days of convening my last TAPRA Audience, Experience & Popular Practices working group with my work wife, @kirstysedgman.bsky.social. It is a weird one...
"We are all products of what has come before us, but it’s by living our lives in interaction with others that we bring meaning into the world. That is something that an auto-complete algorithm can never do, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... love every word!
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
The Muppets are celebrating their 70th anniversary--and the first character they're spotlighting is Rowlf! That's the right choice. He's not the oldest Muppet--Kermit predates him by about 7 years--but he's one of the most important in helping build Jim Henson's name, company, and legacy. /1
Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history. More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain. This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
Alt: animated gif: wallace from wallace and gromit being very excited about cheese.