Raquel Velho

Brasileira in the USA. Author of #HackingtheUnderground.
Infrastructures, design, disability studies, Latin American STS.
Associate professor @rpi_sts.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

This is the month that this baby launches! "Hacking the Underground: Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System." It's published by @UWAPress, in the Feminist Technosciences series. A 🧵.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@JohnHMorris @STS_News Thanks, @johnhmorris! High praise to want to give any podcast episode a second listen!

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

I am still thinking *a lot* about American pragmatism and infrastructure studies; working on some intellectual histories there. Plus, quick update on the Arecibo project: that's a go-ahead! I've received funding for it and am heading on sabbatical to focus on this research!

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

I'm also behind on promotion!

This conversation with Lee Vinsel, recorded in April, was a joy. I'd just returned from the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, and you can definitely tell.

https://t.co/UgI6S6QRer

[Lee Vinsel @STS_News]

Yeah. I've been sick this week so I'm behind on promotion and such, but it was really fun to talk to my buddy @rsvelho in this episode of Peoples & Things. Raquel's work is exemplary in a number of ways, and I so enjoy thinking with her.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@LiatSpiro @STS_News Thank you! This was a blast of a chat, thinking with Lee (and with Leigh [Star]) is one of my favorite things.

[Lee Vinsel @STS_News]

Yeah. I've been sick this week so I'm behind on promotion and such, but it was really fun to talk to my buddy @rsvelho in this episode of Peoples & Things. Raquel's work is exemplary in a number of ways, and I so enjoy thinking with her.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@LiatSpiro Oooo something to think about for me, for sure!

[RPInews @RPInews]

Dr. Raquel Velho’s Hacking the Underground explores accessibility in public transportation
@RPI_HASS
https://t.co/YqEhGSO26f

[Collar City STS @TroySTSgrads]

Abstracts due this Sunday Feb 11. Can’t wait to see what grad students are working on!

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

I've been terrible at posting lately, but today, 4pm ET, we have a Cafézim on Networking and Campus visits! Register here: https://t.co/DYasFsBW62

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

While I now get to celebrate tenure, it's an even wilder thing to only now, two years on, feel myself that I'm actually grieving in a healthy way, being given (by myself and others) space to do so.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

I can share this now that it's been 2 years since my father passed away (after 10 years of illness). He passed away days before the semester began, book revisions were due, academia had to keep going for me.

[Natalia_Molina @Prof_NataliaM]

My @insidehighered piece explores the pressure to continue as normal in academia during life changes, a pressure I've had to navigate since my brother's unexpected passing -- I'd love to learn how others have navigated a work-life balance⚖️

https://t.co/hjZs3oEr3U

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

And then, when everything was handed in this summer, tenure portfolio and all, I completely fell apart. Grieving and mourning caught up to me, in ways I'd never been given tools to deal with, and boy oh boy, it was/is a wild ride.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@libshipwreck Don't even get me started on this.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

So exciting to see my book out there! It's also true: @AlansTweets opens (and closes) this book. Though it pains me deeply that Alan didn't get a chance to read this version of the work, it comforts me that his contributions live here, too.

[Zara Todd @toddles23]

Received a copy of this lovely book this morning from @rsvelho made me smile and then cry as first few pages mentioned phenomenal @AlansTweets

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@toddles23 @AlansTweets Thank you for sharing, Zara! Separate tweet re: Alan's presence in first few pages coming...

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

Have only just learned that @AlansTweets is not longer with us. He was a force. I am grateful for every word and moment he has ever shared with me. I'm so, so glad to have met him.

[Transport for All @TransportForAll]

Everyone at Transport for All is heartbroken by Alan Benson's passing. Alan was an astounding campaigner and ambassador for the disabled community, our Board Co-Chair, and our friend. Our thoughts are with Yvonne, Alan's family, and all who knew him.

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@fredvanamstel que desejo mais lindo, fred! muito grata

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

Exciting bit of news before the holiday break! Watch me update all my socials re: becoming Associate Professor w Tenure.

Huge thanks to everyone who helped me get here. A more comprehensive (but not exhaustive) list of thanks in my book, #HackingtheUnderground!

<3<3

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@mapc Gracias, Martín!!

[Raquel Velho @rsvelho]

@JMalazita frankly, the lack of mention of dogs speaks volumes...

CONGRATS BUD