To kick-off my stay at my alma mater PUC Minas, I will hold seminars tomorrow on "Theory and praxis to learn, teach, and practice peace" Feels extremely heavy to be talking about peace and hope after the emotional hangover from election results yesterday, but also so important!
To all my friends who are rightfully raising their voices about the unnaceptable racist and xenophobic episodes happening in Ukraine right now: What do you think about Putin throwing bombs on the biggest nuclear power plant in the world? (6x Chernobyl)
⚡️The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Ukraine regulator has not detected a change in radiation levels at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant site, following a fire that broke out at the plant after a Russian shelling on March 4.
As an alternative to doomscrolling Twitter, may I suggest doomreading history?
"Bloodlands" by @TimothyDSnyder covers the horrors of the 1933-1945 period for the region—Ukraine, Belarus, Baltics. It's hard to read emotionally, tbh. But does really put post-WWII in perspective.
Today, me and @cjnicoson start teaching the new course we designed for the P&C bachelor's program @pol_LU We will read Paulo Freire, Angela Davis, Frantz Fanon, Nancy Fraser, Audre Lorde and more to understand questions of violence, justice and peace in the 21st century.
The circle is complete: the playground is open with ~40 examples and demos, a live-code editor, a manual, and many text- and ascii-art related resources.
Long live ASCII Art!
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https://t.co/IezR1yH2Cr
Manual:
https://t.co/w2CCyJ6Emg
final class at @sfpc this terms 😭 -- so happy to have spent the semester teaching with @hindgalsaad@murilopolese@eaviles and with this lovely / thoughtful group