Carola Boehm
@carolaboehm.bsky.social
Co-Creation & Placemaking. Arts & Academia. Music Technology. Prof at Univ of Staffordshire. Worked / lived / loved in the UK since 1997. European.
Specially made banners, large scale puppets, costumes, music, dancers from 70 artists & organisations all featured in this parade, the largest open access parade in the city for over 30 years.
Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent!
Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent!
June 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Specially made banners, large scale puppets, costumes, music, dancers from 70 artists & organisations all featured in this parade, the largest open access parade in the city for over 30 years.
Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent!
Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent!
The People’s Parade really demonstrated what makes Stoke-on-Trent so special: its communities living, working, studying and being creative in a place with a rich history and loads of community spirit.
June 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The People’s Parade really demonstrated what makes Stoke-on-Trent so special: its communities living, working, studying and being creative in a place with a rich history and loads of community spirit.
The parade is “the people’s love letter to the city” (quote from Susan Clarke). It had ca 1000 performers!
June 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The parade is “the people’s love letter to the city” (quote from Susan Clarke). It had ca 1000 performers!
Some amazing pictures from today’s People’s Parade in 100-year-old “City of Stoke-on-Trent”!
June 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Some amazing pictures from today’s People’s Parade in 100-year-old “City of Stoke-on-Trent”!
This is going to be soooo good! A People’s Parade to wish you a Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent, old gal! You are awesome!
June 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is going to be soooo good! A People’s Parade to wish you a Happy Birthday, Stoke-on-Trent, old gal! You are awesome!
What a fabulous inaugural professorial lecture yesterday by C3 Centres Prof Anna Francis! A practice that leans with a creative joy into participatory practices and a type of cultural engagement that I call Culture 3.0. Fabulous talk and huge congratulations, Professor
@annafrancisart.bsky.social
@annafrancisart.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What a fabulous inaugural professorial lecture yesterday by C3 Centres Prof Anna Francis! A practice that leans with a creative joy into participatory practices and a type of cultural engagement that I call Culture 3.0. Fabulous talk and huge congratulations, Professor
@annafrancisart.bsky.social
@annafrancisart.bsky.social
My reading for the weekend just arrived! Can’t wait to get stuck in! @ianmickcook.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My reading for the weekend just arrived! Can’t wait to get stuck in! @ianmickcook.bsky.social
The People's Parade: Call out to take part!!! From the Cradle to the Rave - one hundred years of music, sport, dance, and pots, in Stoke-on-Trent. sot100.org.uk/events/event...
February 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The People's Parade: Call out to take part!!! From the Cradle to the Rave - one hundred years of music, sport, dance, and pots, in Stoke-on-Trent. sot100.org.uk/events/event...
Some biting sections in The Guardian: "Academic pay a high price for Westminster's Mistakes".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I still suggest quick stabilising policies: 1) bring back caps, 2) re-introduce friendly student visas.
And then, lets talk about the role of the public university
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I still suggest quick stabilising policies: 1) bring back caps, 2) re-introduce friendly student visas.
And then, lets talk about the role of the public university
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Some biting sections in The Guardian: "Academic pay a high price for Westminster's Mistakes".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I still suggest quick stabilising policies: 1) bring back caps, 2) re-introduce friendly student visas.
And then, lets talk about the role of the public university
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I still suggest quick stabilising policies: 1) bring back caps, 2) re-introduce friendly student visas.
And then, lets talk about the role of the public university
Woohoo!!! 🎉 Stoke-on-Trent has been named one of TimeOut’s Top 15 Best Places to Visit in The UK 2025!
🏆 The city was named in third place on the prestigious list.
A huge boost as we celebrate our centenary this year 2025!
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...
🏆 The city was named in third place on the prestigious list.
A huge boost as we celebrate our centenary this year 2025!
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...
January 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Woohoo!!! 🎉 Stoke-on-Trent has been named one of TimeOut’s Top 15 Best Places to Visit in The UK 2025!
🏆 The city was named in third place on the prestigious list.
A huge boost as we celebrate our centenary this year 2025!
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...
🏆 The city was named in third place on the prestigious list.
A huge boost as we celebrate our centenary this year 2025!
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...
And so I concluded - having meandered around "coloniality", "whiteness", "EDI" - with what this means for universities, affording us to "unlearn" and "relearn" how we do "learning" in a way that avoids baked in structural exclusionary barriers.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
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Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
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December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
And so I concluded - having meandered around "coloniality", "whiteness", "EDI" - with what this means for universities, affording us to "unlearn" and "relearn" how we do "learning" in a way that avoids baked in structural exclusionary barriers.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 13/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 13/14
And then I pivoted to what this meant for our universities .... and of course I talk about my conceptual model of University 3.0 #Uni30....because it helps to neutralise "whiteness in knowledge systems" by avoiding the centrality of knowledge.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 12/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 12/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
And then I pivoted to what this meant for our universities .... and of course I talk about my conceptual model of University 3.0 #Uni30....because it helps to neutralise "whiteness in knowledge systems" by avoiding the centrality of knowledge.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 12/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 12/14
But zooming out, I could not help to think there is something about the human condition in here, that allows us only in moments of crises to make larger steps forward... both in the area of racial justice, as in gender equality....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 11/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 11/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
But zooming out, I could not help to think there is something about the human condition in here, that allows us only in moments of crises to make larger steps forward... both in the area of racial justice, as in gender equality....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 11/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 11/14
One of the pernicious characteristics of "coloniality" is that "whiteness" can endure beyond and without white power, as Thushari wrote in her article in this special issue.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 10/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 10/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
One of the pernicious characteristics of "coloniality" is that "whiteness" can endure beyond and without white power, as Thushari wrote in her article in this special issue.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 10/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 10/14
... and the conflation of EDI and Coloniality can be highly controversial..... but I could not help thinking EDI informed how I could relate to the issues at hand.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 9/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 9/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
... and the conflation of EDI and Coloniality can be highly controversial..... but I could not help thinking EDI informed how I could relate to the issues at hand.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 9/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 9/14
... And in these discourses, I had to ask myself why was it that when hearing 'Whiteness', my mind always snapped to 'EDI'?
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 8/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 8/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
... And in these discourses, I had to ask myself why was it that when hearing 'Whiteness', my mind always snapped to 'EDI'?
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 8/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 8/14
Isn't it the essence of the human condition that we try to constantly balance the safety of stability with the change of progress? Thus we have a constantly shifting relationship between society and our institutions, formed to represent us ...
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 7/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 7/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Isn't it the essence of the human condition that we try to constantly balance the safety of stability with the change of progress? Thus we have a constantly shifting relationship between society and our institutions, formed to represent us ...
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 7/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 7/14
... and of course the question emerged why progress the area of equity, diversity and inclusion is so slow; why 3 steps forward are followed often by 2 steps back?
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 6/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 6/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
... and of course the question emerged why progress the area of equity, diversity and inclusion is so slow; why 3 steps forward are followed often by 2 steps back?
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 6/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 6/14
... of course I discussed Sacco's #Culture30 .... because I think it has the potential to remove some "global north" exclusionary barriers for arts engagement....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 5/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 5/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
... of course I discussed Sacco's #Culture30 .... because I think it has the potential to remove some "global north" exclusionary barriers for arts engagement....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 5/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 5/14
... I compared the lived disadvantages for "minorities" similar to enduring a constant "white noise", often ignored but still impacting the individual, which by the end of a career makes - in my opinion - merit-based systems unfair and unjust.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 4/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 4/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
... I compared the lived disadvantages for "minorities" similar to enduring a constant "white noise", often ignored but still impacting the individual, which by the end of a career makes - in my opinion - merit-based systems unfair and unjust.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 4/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 4/14
… and I had to dig deep in how my area of expertise could contribute to this so important thematic, which at the time I felt I didn’t know enough about to do it justice....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 3/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 3/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
… and I had to dig deep in how my area of expertise could contribute to this so important thematic, which at the time I felt I didn’t know enough about to do it justice....
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 3/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 3/14
… written after 2 year of immersing myself in the debates and discourses around coloniality and whiteness in academia. My fellow wandering scholar & co-editor was Thushari Welikala, and we were joined by more from the PaTHES community.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 2/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 2/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
… written after 2 year of immersing myself in the debates and discourses around coloniality and whiteness in academia. My fellow wandering scholar & co-editor was Thushari Welikala, and we were joined by more from the PaTHES community.
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 2/14
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 2/14
To reflect on this past year, I thought I’d go back to a chosen article of mine.
BOEHM, C (2023/2024) Editorial Perspectives: Arts, Whiteness and Power in University 3.0. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 5 (3). ISSN 2578-5753
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 1/14
BOEHM, C (2023/2024) Editorial Perspectives: Arts, Whiteness and Power in University 3.0. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 5 (3). ISSN 2578-5753
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 1/14
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
To reflect on this past year, I thought I’d go back to a chosen article of mine.
BOEHM, C (2023/2024) Editorial Perspectives: Arts, Whiteness and Power in University 3.0. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 5 (3). ISSN 2578-5753
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 1/14
BOEHM, C (2023/2024) Editorial Perspectives: Arts, Whiteness and Power in University 3.0. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 5 (3). ISSN 2578-5753
Article: https://buff.ly/41kF6C9
#ReadThread 🧵 1/14
First #BEYONDconf panel of the day, Patrick Bradley points out we largely don’t own the IP of creative stuff coming out of the UK, also mentioning future challenges of AI.
But don’t we have to stop thinking that traditional IP exploitation is the only way to grow the creative economy.
#Culture30
But don’t we have to stop thinking that traditional IP exploitation is the only way to grow the creative economy.
#Culture30
November 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
First #BEYONDconf panel of the day, Patrick Bradley points out we largely don’t own the IP of creative stuff coming out of the UK, also mentioning future challenges of AI.
But don’t we have to stop thinking that traditional IP exploitation is the only way to grow the creative economy.
#Culture30
But don’t we have to stop thinking that traditional IP exploitation is the only way to grow the creative economy.
#Culture30
Such an important article! Especially as we are gearing up for the next cluster programmes. Data often doesn’t tell the whole story.
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Such an important article! Especially as we are gearing up for the next cluster programmes. Data often doesn’t tell the whole story.