Pete Harvey

Literary Linguist. Digital Producer. Increasingly alarmed about the climate crisis.

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

"You say life and it sounds so good
You say love and it sounds so sweet"

slowdive - Blue Skied an' Clear

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[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

@deirdrecostigan - As my MP I urge you do what you can to support this

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Aaron isn't the only climate person on my timeline posting poetry today. This is why climate comms matters. But also why literature matters.

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

"Woe unto you, ye souls depraved
Hope nevermore to look upon the heavens
I come to lead you to the other shore,
To the eternal shades in heat and frost."

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

The world feels a whole lot more terrifying this morning - especially for any hope of climate action. Right now I feel sick. But I also know we have choices on how to respond - and will try even harder to light candles rather than curse the darkness 🕯️

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Thank you to my MP @deirdrecostigan for taking the time to knock on doors this morning and for listening to my concerns about the climate emergency. Regardless of political affiliation it's reassuring to have an MP keen to engage with constituents about issues that matter to them

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Today my timeline is mostly examples of 'Prof' or 'Professor' collocating with 'frightened' or 'scared'

[Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves @CTTR19]

Next week Fri, 1 Nov, the Humanities at Wolves hosts an online seminar with @sarawhiters & @TinoOudesluijs (Sheffield) on using computational methods to dig into the style of Kazuo Ishiguro.

Very exciting to explore new ways of understanding the nature of literature. #CLSUK

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

I’ve just discovered https://t.co/1hJeJwchn1

“The vision… is to provide new words to express what people are feeling and experiencing as our world changes as climate change accelerates.”

My favourite so far: Ennuipocalypse

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

“literary fiction ghettoised science fiction... literary fiction, for a long time, put its allegiance entirely in this programme of saying ‘we are unique and unparalleled and absolutely outside of everything else’... [it] made other ways of telling stories seem second rate.”
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[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

‘I no longer have to save the world’: Novelist Richard Powers on fiction and the climate crisis https://t.co/3a26H6hc1B

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Academic write-up here - which draws on an interesing A STORY IS A CONTAINER conceptual metaphor:
https://t.co/voeYv1Yn8O

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Here's a great practice-led research project investigating how narrative and storytelling can help young people explore the complexities of climate adaption:
https://t.co/0NfnP0jBka

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Really pleased to have helped get this project off the ground. And seconded re: the Humanities.

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Delighted about this new @ace_national fund to aid stroke survivors during their recovery. We'll create an online creative writing programme to help ppl regain functional skills & manage their emotional journey.

The Humanities are absolutely invaluable to society.

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

It's the first Monday of September - the real first day of the year. Time to start making things again.

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Lovely data visualisation project:

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

@sarawhiters @basgroes

[Sara Whiteley @sarawhiters]

Q for Ishiguro fans:— which contemporary writers would you see as being comparable to Ishiguro? (Particularly in terms of style?)
I’m seeking some group think to help with my research project! Thanks in advance for any RTs or suggestions 😊

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Frieda Gormley: "if people feel we’re separate from nature, how can we really consider nature in our actions? This definition and worldview is just so much to do with the crisis that we’re in.” https://t.co/41XHjh9U07
#Ecostylistics

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

Rob's concept is such a brilliant (and timely) one. It was a privilege to help put the application together. Fingers crossed!

[R. M. Francis @RMFrancis]

After 2 years of work and huge amounts of support from @basgroes @PJRV and @CTTR19 I just submitted my Geopoetic Wayfinders application for the AHRC Curiosity Award.
Time for a victory dance
https://t.co/WHIZCwaxkV

[Davide Castiglione @DavideCastigli3]

Looking for participants to take an online questionnaire that will inform research on poetry reading 📖. If you are 18+, can speak English (even as L2) and have 20 minutes, go for it! Link: https://t.co/np2xBW0Pw5
Feel free to share with anyone interested.🙏 @PoeticsLinguist

[Pete Harvey @PJRV]

@RMFrancis

[Mark Allen @mb_allen]

It's in the geology, at least for Labour. #election2024 results on the left, UK coalfields on the right (from BBC News and Wilson et al. (2015), respectively).