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Beethoven was One-Sixteenth Black, Black History, Epistemic Injustice, Heuristic Injustice, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nadine Gordimer
My response to a recent article on Classic FM’s web site about a Twitter discussion on the possibility of Ludwig van Beethoven being Black, and the epistemic injustices that this discussion exposes.
Comrades: a Revolutionary RPG by W.M. Akers
22 Monday Jun 2020
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Comrades: a Revolutionary RPG, Powered by the Apocalypse, Table-Top Roleplaying Games, W.M. Akers
Some reflections on Comrades, a table-top role-playing game about revolutions by W.M. Akers, and why I want to play the game in today’s political climate.
What Does it Mean to Have a ‘Conversation’ about Empire?
09 Tuesday Jun 2020
Some reflections on a recent BBC Radio 4 interview about the need to ‘have conversations about empire’, and what the terms of such ‘conversations’ mean.
The Difficulty of Being Different
10 Thursday Oct 2019
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Reflections on being diagnosed as neurodiverse as an adult, and why we need to emphasise the challenges faced by neurodiverse people in addition to celebrating their achievements.
The Uncritical Whiteness of Edinburgh Activism
01 Sunday Sep 2019
A brief look at the Stop the Coup protests in Edinburgh and the lack of representation of migrant and other precarious voices
Back on Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe
02 Friday Aug 2019
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Performing with Adventurers Wanted for their 2019 Fringe show, Banishment
A Natural 20 Performance: When a Dungeons & Dragons Session Becomes Sheer Brilliance
20 Wednesday Feb 2019
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A recap of a recnet D&D session in which we went very much off the rails and parodied Star Wars and Star Wars fandom alike, in a story that truly exemplified performative sympoesis.
A Year of Volunteering in the Mental Health Sector
09 Wednesday Jan 2019
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It has been roughly a year since I started volunteering at a mental health charity. This is a reflection on what motivated me to do so, and how these motivations have developed over the course of the past year.
The Grand Finale of ‘Adventurers Wanted: Rebellion’ at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018
27 Monday Aug 2018
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The last four hours of the Adventures Wanted: Rebellion show at the Edinburgh Fringe, 2018, and how it was a fitting end to the adventure that brought out the best of table-top RPGs.
Arts Festivals and the ‘Hostile Environment’: the Need for More Nuance
21 Tuesday Aug 2018
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Edinburgh International Book Festival, Hostile Environment, Immigration, Structural Violence, WOMAD Festival
Recent visa refusals for visiting artists and writers at festivals in the UK have prompted discussions about the ‘Hostile Environment’. This is an intervention that argues that characterising the problems faced by these artists as aspects of the Hostile Environment is misleading, and the conversation around immigration needs greater nuance.