Thanks Oak...and Shar for lending your hand for scale! (Brings back memories of being in the hills with Sam, and I was often asked to stand against rock faces 'for scale'... in the good old 36 frame films of the day, I was frequently that small person at the base of the cliff/boulder/moraine!)
The tension between hocus-pocus/marketing/ illusion /factual information must be frustrating at times... especially when trying to educate for social change... even the different interpretations on whether kids would be in school or not, on a rainy day, is almost 'mythical'!! It's an interesting observation that 'engaging students' by creativity and integration of ideas, is not comfortable for everyone/every context.... but also a sad truth that as 'not-from-here' you could say almost anything and it would be believed.... those sorts of inequitable attitudes seem like some of the hardest to handle 😕
Keep breathing deep and with long exhales when these frustrations dig deep into you... and thanks for letting us in again with your insights.
Great post. you made me think about what various sales people look like to locals and how your conservation message or what iv do in the global South looks any different to what menstural pad sales people are selling.
That Chipni sunset phot is beautiful... I try and get a Matariki Morning one here (to swap!) once this wet front moves through xx
Thanks Oak...and Shar for lending your hand for scale! (Brings back memories of being in the hills with Sam, and I was often asked to stand against rock faces 'for scale'... in the good old 36 frame films of the day, I was frequently that small person at the base of the cliff/boulder/moraine!)
The tension between hocus-pocus/marketing/ illusion /factual information must be frustrating at times... especially when trying to educate for social change... even the different interpretations on whether kids would be in school or not, on a rainy day, is almost 'mythical'!! It's an interesting observation that 'engaging students' by creativity and integration of ideas, is not comfortable for everyone/every context.... but also a sad truth that as 'not-from-here' you could say almost anything and it would be believed.... those sorts of inequitable attitudes seem like some of the hardest to handle 😕
Keep breathing deep and with long exhales when these frustrations dig deep into you... and thanks for letting us in again with your insights.
Love to you both from a very damp Otepoti xx
Thanks! I would love to see some of these 'Helen for scale' photos at some point :)
Wondered if peer reviewing is one person writes the post and the other peers at it in the dark.
Great post. you made me think about what various sales people look like to locals and how your conservation message or what iv do in the global South looks any different to what menstural pad sales people are selling.