Notices by Tanya **moved** (tdorey@mastodon.social), page 2

I read a lot about curriculum studies today.

The words that repeated: power, subjectification, agency, recognition, repetition, unlearning, unfolding, listening, attentiveness

Words I noticed missing: respect, care, small (scale)

@robparsons Thanks for this recommendation. It is very helpful!

@paralithode Sending kind thoughts. Rest well.

@lauraritchie Thanks Laura. Yeah, I have many, many examples of strong, diverse voices speaking about change, they just aren’t “part of the scholarly literature.” 😒

More and more I think my doctoral research will focus on the process of change. What troubles me is much of my reading list: Foucault, vonHippel, Womack.... today I added Centola.

What troubles me is that it is very white and very, very male. So I’m asking, begging really, for recommendations: Non-white, non-male scholars studying the process of change (any discipline) - Expecting the responses will make me feel embarrassed for having had to ask...

My washing machine is fixed. When the pump was opened up, they found 2 barrettes, one LEGO and one hair pin. It appears that it took not one but three kids to defeat it. (Suppose I should be happy they are doing their own laundry.)

My washing machine is broken. It's been broken long enough that I hand washed clothes.

As I washed, I thought. About clothes, the old cottage, "women's work," and the books I might be reading if I weren't washing (all written by white, male academics (!)), and the blog post I might write this evening (time permitting). About leisure, privilege, patience and time. And wisdom never recorded. Then, my girl thanked me for doing her washing and so I also thought about care and small acts of care.

@tellio I was thinking of looking up his articles, but might also order the book. and would be interested in reading together. Please keep me posted.

@dogtrax

@tellio whoa. This was really interesting - I added some annotations and want to look more into his work. I feel like he just explained a bunch of things I keep seeing in relation to how change takes hold, but struggled to wrap words around.

I only walked four blocks. Two to the store, two back. In that short walk, the ground shook under my feet thanks to the road construction, I smiled at the little family-run convenience store that seems to sell everything, including 11th birthday cards, realized that the stuff I’ve been pulling out of everywhere is morning glory (and that I quite like morning glory), and felt the warm sun & smelled a strong earth post-rain smell. And felt thankful. #smallstories

@paralithode @katebowles Fair enough...Can I at least nominate you for the hiring committee?

(Maybe someone should hire this @paralithode person as a design consultant (and speaker of wise words.))

@Gargron @creatrixtiara

I asked my daughter if she’d made any friends at her new school.

“Tony.”
“A boy? Do you like him?”
“No. Just a friend.”
“Have you met anyone else?”
“Tate.”
“Another boy?”
“I’m not sure. A girl I think.”

And suddenly I felt like the unenlightened, gender-centric jerk that I probably am. I need to learn to talk differently to my kids, I need to do better. May the next time my first questions be, “Are they nice? What do you like about them?”

@Downes @lauraritchie @katebowles @clintlalonde

I think a lot about assumptions. They are all the things we feel, think and believe (our theory) and inform our actions. Whether we are aware of them or not. So then everyone is “theory-driven.”

I tend to focus on changing processes, because encountering a change in process (even a small one) can challenge folks to rethink their assumptions about what is possible.

@lauraritchie @Downes I find the words I choose to use are really important in my current role. Mostly I’ve learned to “park my learning words and theory.” I mostly talk about buckets and clumping - that someone renamed clubbing which also works. It turns out most people who think they “don’t know anything about learning” do when you use words they relate to.

I save words like “praxis” and “constructivism” for talks with consultants we (in our infinite wisdom) have hired & academic friends.😜

@katebowles

And a takeaway questions...

What are the gestures and actions I use to show care at work? At home? Online? ... What happens if we replace the “rules” and “norms” with those tiniest of gestures of authentic care?

@katebowles I love it. He *chooses* to show care by standing up.

Toyota’s Lean was built on 2 pillars: Respect & continuous improvement. Over 50 years later, it seems to be systematized, focusing on the how’s & what’s rather than the whys.

I am starting to think that we focus so often on actions, especially successful actions (and turn them into institutions?) such that the initial motivation & whys, the care & respect, are lost.

There’s something important for me to learn in that.

@stuarttempleton This is genius!

@katebowles I often say about my work, “It is a company running on care” but it’s has growth means more is needed: defined processes, roles & responsibilities, investment plans and road maps...

I keep thinking that if we get it right, we can create foundational structures that empower and enable the care to grow in a healthy way. If we do nothing, people’ll burn out/get hurt. And if we get it wrong... we’ll have broken something special.

@lauraritchie Reading this, realizing that I have managed to shut myself off from the news of the world (and that I'm better for it). Even without knowing what fresh horror has taken place, I will follow your lead: I will hug, smile and encourage. And be thankful.