By Monica Whyte, Alan McDonnell, Emer Loughrey and Elizabeth Ogunjimi . . . Introduction Who would have imagined that we would ever live and work during a global pandemic. Our lives have changed so much recently and drastically. The frightening Corona virus or Covid 19 virus has unfortunately become a very real issue in our everyday lives. In Ireland we […]
By Tamara Ashley and Alexis Weedon . . . We were writing and editing Developing a Sense of Place as the Covid-19 pandemic broke across the world. Travel was restricted and our geographical sense of place focused on local: our neighbourhood, our street, our house, our room. We had to renegotiate distinction as places for work and domestic living, schooling […]
By Nana Bonsu . . . Introduction This paper explores my experiences of an organisational response to the pandemic of COVID-19, whilst simultaneously on a systemic journey to transform practice. I use a number of systemic ideas as a means of helping me to make sense of my experiences. These ideas draw upon the domains model (Lang et al, 1990), […]
By Jasmine T. Chin . . . Illustration by Hayley Clarke . . . Knock knock “Who’s there?” Covid politics “Covid politics?…What? Who?” Ha! You’ll see… Oi you! Citizen! “Yes Covid Politics?” It’s your duty, not ours to save lives To hide lies Whatever your circumstances. You will clap to run the country Into a ground swell of positivity Heroism […]
By Elaine Grech . . . Sitting here in front of the confined space of my computer screen, I know that the story I would like to tell resides in my body. I am focusing on my breathing, and I am becoming aware of different sensations in my body. The gentle breeze on my cheek transports me back 40 years. […]
Siobhan Potter . . . …Poetry lacks the capacity to be cavalier and pass by It’s a drive by, connected to landscape in service to its collision potential The drive by shooting of the pandemic cyclist His spit weaponised, collides with bludgeon a word I never utter But I saw this and I thought of you and not in a […]
Jean Binta Breeze 1956 - 2021
Dub Poet
I want to make words
music
move beyond language
into sound
(From The Garden Path)
