…with #adjunct/precarious labor advocates and allies, #EdBlogNet, #dlrn2015 participants and others
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So many silenced, threatened, actively persecuted voices are at greater risk than precarious academic labor. I hesitated to blog about adjuncts—powerless, fearful, cautious, invisible but am going with those who would speak but are silenced and made invisible by no being listened to ~ even when heard
Not listening is another kind of silencing ~ non-violent, less openly retaliatory ~ but all the same still silencing. Listening and keeping the conversation going without taking it over helps the the silenced raise their voices. Be an ally, a bridge, a connector, an amplifier in the larger information ecosystem. Above all, listen, acknowledge and respond. Use your own voice to educate and inform others.
Not listening is another kind of silencing ~ non-violent, less openly retaliatory ~ but all the same still silencing. Listening and keeping the conversation going without taking it over helps the the silenced raise their voices. Be an ally, a bridge, a connector, an amplifier in the larger information ecosystem. Above all, listen, acknowledge and respond. Use your own voice to educate and inform others.
The social justice connection — adjuncts, precarious workers, immigrants, refugees, marginalized communities — is as clear as the human rights connection, inseparable from it. Blogging and in digital media, I focus on mostly on adjuncts (insecure, casual faculty), branching out into precarious labor, neocolonialism, systematic exploitation of marginalized population — and trying to understand the systems of control. Retired, I cannot be fired or non-renewed for speaking. That lays a geas on me to speak out for those still vulnerable
This weekend I am also following and virtually participating in #drln2015 conference. How to connect them evaded me until I saw the inclusive "welcoming voices" image below that Ed Nagelhout tweeted from a presentation:
Yes! We have lift-off (connection) — powered and piloted by bloggers, social media, digital communities.
I taught one year and a quarter, long ago, as an adjunct. Loved the teaching itself; it was all adult ed, so everybody in the seats was my age or older. Already then, didn't like the scramble for classes every quarter and other things. I'm sure it's gotten worse.
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