A better knowledge is possible, but “better” is undefined.

I was doing a web search for hits that contain both pluralism and feminism and found this article by Esther Turnhout, which is adapted from her inaugural lecture as Chair of Science, Technology and Society (STS) at University of Twente: A better knowledge is possible: Transforming environmental science for justice and pluralism so I read the lecture instead. It explains a lot of the concerns I have, and I mostly enjoyed reading it. Here’s some bits I highlighted, and then some thoughts about how this relates to my work going forward.

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Playfulness and truth.

Four recent blogs inspired me:

Starting with how to represent truth, moving to play, and then to belonging. The TL;DR:

The advances of structuring data in mapping unlocks potential for using physical world assets in games. Using physical world assets in emergent approaches to game design is well suited to allowing players to interact with their game worlds in varied ways. Exploring playing with the physical world – morphing and changing it – through games can allow us to learn about the world not through a top-down education, but through a curiosity that does not even have to involve the truth. Through these games we can build a new sense of belonging, that builds a common language across polarised opinions, because it’s just for fun, after all.

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Riga, Latvia, November 2023

Graham and I went to Riga for an Ubuntu Community Summit on the weekend, and then I did the housewife in luxury thing while he was attending an engineering sprint during the week. My notes on the summit content is in a separate post.

View from our room. The image does not do the golden dome and golden autumn leaves justice.

Riga is a beautiful city, I think Latvians put Italians to shame when it comes to style (hot take) but Latvia is also very flat and the clouds moved in for winter and I think they’ll only see sun again in many many months.

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