Tag: EPIC Futures NI
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Place as Agency: How Location, Locale and Sense of Place Shape Pathways Back to Work
Background Last week, I presented research about emplaced agency at the Regional Studies Association British/Irish Section Conference at Queen’s University Belfast. Looking at ‘place’ as a holder of agency was a new exploration on my behalf, despite having come across place attachment and place sensitivity before in my research. My exploration of ‘place as agency’…
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Language, People, and the Pathways We Build
In academia, we are trained to define, delineate, and set boundaries. Rigour demands clarity; we seek to avoid ambiguity and to justify our claims. Yet in our pursuit of precision, we often forget two things: etymology and humanity. Etymology asks: where do our words come from, and what did they mean originally? Humanity asks: what…
Susann Power 