tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.comments2023-09-18T10:07:26.438-06:00precarious life & timesVanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comBlogger559125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-42759482246792322092018-02-12T17:40:51.217-07:002018-02-12T17:40:51.217-07:00I'm sure you will find other greats while sear...I'm sure you will find other greats while searching... AAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-1510886639221702772018-02-11T20:54:43.005-07:002018-02-11T20:54:43.005-07:00I found the image -- but not on the blog so I'...I found the image -- but not on the blog so I'm not sure which post it was. Quite a few older posts are missing images so I just picked one from a search for "precarious workers" and added it. Then I had to fix some bad links while I was at it. But it's ready to go for the next "from the archives" feature -- unless I use it in a new post first.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-61703689925722299692018-02-11T19:06:03.159-07:002018-02-11T19:06:03.159-07:00I can't wait to see it, on your next blog post...I can't wait to see it, on your next blog post on the "new blog"! Ana M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-60851717581935603272018-02-11T14:03:08.705-07:002018-02-11T14:03:08.705-07:00and a wonderful -- strong, not dismissive or demea...and a wonderful -- strong, not dismissive or demeaning -- image for multitasking, which becomes survival strategy and necessity for those living precariously. <br /><br />UK and European precarious worker movements had more artists and performers -- fairly well formed too by the time"insecure lecturers" joined them. That probably has a lot to do with why they tend to be more creative, less pedantic. <br /><br />Some year's back on the "new" blog, I used another, more modernized Durga-derived image that would make a highly appropriate "from the archives" post.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-65359101396040832332018-02-11T06:49:13.547-07:002018-02-11T06:49:13.547-07:00What a great image, the mixture of classical art w...What a great image, the mixture of classical art with new creative ideas to show our precarity, to make it concrete, to explain what it truly IS to be precarious... <br /><br />thank you! <br />Besos, not Borders, AnaAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-40418857565924115942018-02-09T19:47:53.487-07:002018-02-09T19:47:53.487-07:00Thanks for the encouragement -- I'm both excit...Thanks for the encouragement -- I'm both excited and more than just a little overwhelmed by the scope but still convinced this is the way to go...we've both been headed this way for some time.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-17173531457600551932018-02-09T18:08:35.499-07:002018-02-09T18:08:35.499-07:00Great image to capture our precarious times! Glad ...Great image to capture our precarious times! Glad to see this happening again: thank you! And maybe we will alll see how much we all intersect... <br /><br />Besos, not borders, AnaAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-42635467968374832902018-02-01T15:22:40.158-07:002018-02-01T15:22:40.158-07:00PS my apologies for not getting back to you sooner...PS my apologies for not getting back to you sooner ~ I've gotten out of the (but do need the practice)Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-32607276033448186382018-02-01T10:08:14.562-07:002018-02-01T10:08:14.562-07:00Hi Anyjunct (great nic btw), welcome to precarious...Hi Anyjunct (great nic btw), welcome to <i><a href="" rel="nofollow">precarious life and times</a></i> (formerly <i>precarious faculty</i>). Thank you for the enthusiastic thumbs up. I shared it with Keith. Although I blogged the video here back when it came out to a good reception, higher ed and local media never picked it up. <br /><br />That takes me to your question. Keith used to get more coverage but a number of higher ed and academic labor groups are seriously down on him because he has criticized them, and have passed that disapproval to media and members. Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-19411785662718415792018-01-26T12:40:14.540-07:002018-01-26T12:40:14.540-07:00Wow! Every adjunct should watch this video. I'...Wow! Every adjunct should watch this video. I'd heard references to the teach-in and a video but never found much on them. The teach-in didn't get local coverage. But why did Inside HigherEd and the Chronicle ignore it?Anyjunctnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-9915138644733244252017-08-25T07:10:28.274-06:002017-08-25T07:10:28.274-06:00niceniceSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861221426582027068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-62975247791893155072017-04-10T22:08:24.846-06:002017-04-10T22:08:24.846-06:00Now I need to keep it up -- and revise the header....Now I need to keep it up -- and revise the header. BEG posted the adjunct-centric header as a comment to the link I shared on APU. So my reply was correct any misimpression -- possibly a futile task.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-65399257903319999472017-04-06T09:00:59.567-06:002017-04-06T09:00:59.567-06:00Hurrah! It will be welcome to see YOU -- and hear ...Hurrah! It will be welcome to see YOU -- and hear your voice -- instead of others'! Ana M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-57155648613726113652017-04-06T08:48:59.764-06:002017-04-06T08:48:59.764-06:00and with the curation and online publishing tools ...and with the curation and online publishing tools at my disposal -- as well as knowing how to use them, I should make more of an effort getting posts and collections out. Good grief, I need a media strategy -- and to do for myself what I've done for others.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-49392626061959349342017-04-06T06:29:08.937-06:002017-04-06T06:29:08.937-06:00It doesn't seem out of date at all!
I'm ...It doesn't seem out of date at all! <br /><br />I'm so glad to see you writing again too: you have an important voice to counter all the irrelevant clatter around, and it will be good to hear yours above the din! AnaAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-40600882395193876112017-04-06T01:35:13.500-06:002017-04-06T01:35:13.500-06:00Actually, I haven't touched this one in ages -...Actually, I haven't touched this one in ages -- gave an update when I started working on the link collections and InoReader clips and bundles. it's not as out of date as I thought it would be, It won't need more than a touch -- sync it with where I am with my network now -- and maybe a few words about how/where seemingly loose, unrelated pieces like Arts and the personal blog.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-70227242227751361432017-04-05T20:58:17.598-06:002017-04-05T20:58:17.598-06:00I think everything here looks great, and I am glad...I think everything here looks great, and I am glad you are speaking out in your own voice instead of taking someone else's -- or some organization's, thereby stifling your own. <br /><br />I look forward to reading, and keeping up, wth Vanessa Vaile of PrecariousFac :) <br /><br />Besos, not Borders, <br />Ana/Adjunct JusticeAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-9702360810484105022017-04-05T20:51:47.192-06:002017-04-05T20:51:47.192-06:00Wow, so much material, so many interconnecting arm...Wow, so much material, so many interconnecting arms: isn't that what network is all about? <br /><br />Wonderful job for sure, and you sure have been busy! <br /><br />Besos, not Borders, <br />Ana/Adjunct JusticeAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-26500703104634462002017-04-05T17:25:44.208-06:002017-04-05T17:25:44.208-06:00It feels good to be back too. Now look at the blog...It feels good to be back too. Now look at the blog again -- I updated, added more copy, links and another -- set a place at the table for precarity.<br /><br />Remember I went straight from 5 years of being the voice of NFM to being the voice of NAWD without time in between for my own voice. <br /><br />Social media can be conversation too but too often it is broadcasting (which has its place) or -- worse -- branding and self-promotion. I suppose that has its place too, just not one that appeals to me.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-36201350288968271722017-04-05T11:50:29.488-06:002017-04-05T11:50:29.488-06:00Wonderful!
I love the diversification, only beca...Wonderful! <br /><br />I love the diversification, only because you have been doing this for quite some time but haven't let anyone know per se. <br /><br />Good to get the news out there :) <br /><br />And you are absolutely right: the dialogue of blogging is something defintely worthwhile. To be able to communicate back and forth is one of a blog's best features. <br /><br />I always tried to do that with my Adjunct Justice site, and now with my blog too, though most times folks will not comment. It is frustrating, but you know people are reading, so that is what encourages me to keep writing. <br /><br />Anyway, I love that you are back in the game! We've missed you! <br /><br />Besos, not Borders! <br />Ana/Adjunct Justice<br />Ana M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-26038428435412350162016-09-21T15:08:18.224-06:002016-09-21T15:08:18.224-06:00Oops...Unfinished Opus indeed. This particular spo...Oops...Unfinished Opus indeed. This particular spot on the Precarity Network do-over is no further long than it was when I proposed it in May. I sheepishly confess to having forgotten about it altogether. Blogging has taken a back seat to collecting and curating. An obvious solution would be to blog what I curate<br /><br />Tentatively, "cooperation" is as much about cooperative projects (sometimes of limited duration), groups (formal and informal), organizations (not necessarily unions or affiliated with them). That may still be too broad and thereby unwieldy to be useful.<br /><br />It might be easier to work out from a few cooperative entities that fit the basic concept, which would also be open to revision along the way. Intermittent and perhaps even systemic dysfunctionality aside, COCAL and CPFA come to mind. So does Interfaith Worker Justice -- but not CAW. That the page won't be renamed either "synergy" or "solidarity" is about the only thing I'm sure of.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-795338574107114462016-09-05T08:48:03.184-06:002016-09-05T08:48:03.184-06:00The Ludlow Massacre in Colorado is another part of...The Ludlow Massacre in Colorado is another part of Labor Day history that does not get much attention. After posting, I remembered that Jonathan Rees co-coordinated the 2014 Ludlow Centennial. I'll add links for that to the Zinn and the DU Ludlow Project. Then I want to look for for Labor Day links immigrants and migrant workers. Immigrants were central in developing the US Labor movement. Maybe that's why the Rethuglicans don't want more of them.<br /><br />I couldn't resist the labrador/Labor Day pun.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-12170591160928533432016-09-05T07:36:06.497-06:002016-09-05T07:36:06.497-06:00A very nice compilation for Labor Day!
It's ...A very nice compilation for Labor Day! <br /><br />It's interesting getting all the things on Labor Day today. I especially noted that it was a reaction from then President Cleveland in 1894 to placate the angry working classes, though it had been unofficially going for a few years before. Still, when congress decided to make the celebration in September instead of May 1st -- like the rest of the world -- they did so because they wanted to avoid anyone making connections to the Haymarket style protests or socialist parallels. <br /><br />I had always wondered why the US had an established Labor Day different from the rest of the world... now I know it was an intervention from another reactionary president! <br /><br />Besos, not borders, <br />Ana/Adjunct JusticeAna M. Fores Tamayo/Adjunct Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428041441452963397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-39399486034725007342016-05-06T16:24:21.474-06:002016-05-06T16:24:21.474-06:00But discussion/explanation of cooperation (or what...But discussion/explanation of cooperation (or whatever) is definitely in order. Cooperation fits networks. Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest fall in between. <br /><br />I also see fuzzy / porous boundaries between "programs" and "cooperation," with some programs (projects, actions) being associated with groups -- or evolving into communities over time. Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902806755108251456.post-9090835012920418562016-05-06T16:11:40.651-06:002016-05-06T16:11:40.651-06:00Nope. Sorry but synergy (besides being bizspeak) i...Nope. Sorry but synergy (besides being bizspeak) is too 90s California. New Agey. Savor? Just thinking about it gives me indigestion. <br /><br />Steven Downes' 2010 post, <a href="http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2010/04/collaboration-and-cooperation.html" rel="nofollow">Collaboration and Cooperation</a> draws parallels to groups and networks. Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com