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Continue reading →: Mooc Day Three – shameless self-publicist
I am up to the 15th chunk of this first week’s learning experience. Moocing is definitely something I would recommend to people who have a few hours to spare per week. Don’t worry, I will not be going beyond Mooc Day Three on this blog, unless something amazing grabs my…
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Continue reading →: Scottish women – indecisive?
The referendum on Scottish independence may be a close call. The majority of registered voters are women, and apparently most of them are still undecided. It is hard to be critical of any wavering because the consequences of a split with the rest of Britain…
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Continue reading →: Mooc Day Two – timeline of identities
Who am I at 5.30 am? Hopefully my day doesn’t start until at least 6.45, so I’m not too fussed about my id. At 7ish I am the support team that provides breakfast in bed for the teacher and mother to our two boys. By 8.30 I am a cyclist…
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Continue reading →: Mooc Day One – Who am I?
I have signed up for a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Me and about 8,000 other moocers (?) “Identity, Conflict and Public Space” sounds interesting from a local perspective. There are plenty of opportunities here in Belfast to examine social identities and the conflicts that arise when differences are not…
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Continue reading →: To pee or not to pee?
The shops were crowded, the toddler’s need to pee urgent. Unable to get to a toilet in time, the parents of the two year old held him as he peed in the Hong Kong street – nothing particularly unusual in this scenario. Why then has the Chinese social networking site,…
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Continue reading →: I can’t believe it’s bog butter
Jack and his dog, Barney were out turf cutting in Fermanagh when they came across a huge ball. Taking it home in a wheelbarrow it was received with little enthusiasm by Jack’s wife, Bridget. Having probed it with a knitting needle, Bridget realised that it might have some importance after…
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Continue reading →: Racism and Sectarianism
Racism and attacks on foreigners is mingled with sectarian overtones in this part of the world. Our Eastern European immigrants might find themselves attacked for being different, but that perceived difference may include the presumption of Roman Catholicism. Skin colour may spark race…
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Continue reading →: Jimmy Simmons (to his numerous friends) not so unobtainable
Online is obviously the best place to embarrass yourself. Far from being difficult to obtain the writings of Mr James Simmons, I seem to be tripping over his work wherever I turn. Belfast Central library, which is an architecturally impressive building bathed in light and grandeur, had two copies of…
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