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Year: 2019

Narrative CV as an experiment in convergent cultural evolution

December 15, 2019 Leave a comment

NWO introduces a narrative CV, and I have some thoughts. Sounds like a convoluted cultural evolution experiment: a high stakes…

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Posted in: Academia, Threads, Writing

Een week @NL_Wetenschap

December 4, 2019 Leave a comment

In voorjaar 2019 mocht ik een week twitteren in naam der wetenschap voor het wissel-account @NL_Wetenschap (10-17 februari 2019). Omdat…

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Posted in: Nederlands

Micromoments in music

December 1, 2019 Leave a comment

This post originated as a twitter thread. 1 One of my favourite micromoments in music: the creak at 1:15 in…

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Posted in: Fun, Threads

Integrating Iconicity: session at ICLC15

August 7, 2019 Leave a comment

I’m happy to co-convene a session to take place at the International Cognitive Linguistics Conference in Nishinomiya, Japan. The session…

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Posted in: Iconicity, Ideophones

Rethinking Marginality: panel on interjections & interaction at IPRA

June 6, 2019 Leave a comment

We’re convening a panel at the 16th International Pragmatics Conference in Hong Kong next week. This doubles as the inaugural…

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Posted in: Academia, Linguistics

Latest 10 posts

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  • Futures Library updates: art, machines, weaving, and feminism
  • Vasily Grossman on “AI” and fascism
  • The Futures Library: Allohistory, magic lanterns and pluriversalism
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  • Silence is a commons

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Oddly specific

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