Perfect. 'Banjaxed' is such an evocative word.
This is why we do this job.
I know. It's like an alternative universe where Darby O'Gill turned entrepreneur after the crock-of-gold career didn't work out.
Yes! Brilliant piece.
I remember @historianhelen.bsky.social writing something about this, I think? About confronting the histories of our youth. Personally, I've found it quite an advantage in researching the 1990s and 2000s: skipping the need to learn the cultural norms is helpful.
Those workshops were great - I went to a few of them online. They also wrote up the conversations in a few blogs on @pastpresentsoc.bsky.socialpastandpresent.org.uk/what-is-the-...
This post is the sixth in a series of six blogs which will document and critically engage with a workshop series hosted by Dr. David Geiringer (QMUL) and Dr. Helen McCarthy (Cambridge) under the title...
That sounds like a terrific discussion. Chakrabarty's challenge to think differently about temporalities - and the idea of writing history where a future might exist without human beings - has huge implications for how we frame narratives. This emoji captures my response when I first read it: 🤯
This is super. Thanks a mill for sharing!
I can attest to that, although I think I probably held this one before having small boys: "We don't pee behind the bins."