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1. Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:30 JST Pauline von Hellermann

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   #AcademicVenting The irony is, when i started this thread, I honestly didn’t think things would happen so quickly; i had in mind something quite different, little, amusing examples of the neoliberal shitshow that universities have become.

   I do have dozens of new ones every week- the handling of our “Transformation” is something else but also other universities- but the bigger picture is so dire that that dominates and also, well, fear.

   • Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:31 JST Pauline von Hellermann

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     #AcademicVenting there were hopes that the unique, important MA Ethnobotany could be saved by being transferred into Conservation, but apparently not. Just when the world needs more #Ethnobotany, not less.💔

     The people who have created and run this wonderful programme are colleagues and friends.

     [and if you want to respond with “well noone wants to study it ”; “you make more money in IT” - perhaps just don’t].

   • Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:32 JST Pauline von Hellermann

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     #AcademicVenting Awful news from Kent University (see posts above). It really is happening.

     “We have taken the decision to phase out Anthropology, Art History, Health & Social Care, Journalism, Music & Audio Technology, and Philosophy/Religious Studies.” 💔

     https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/34743

   • Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:33 JST Pauline von Hellermann

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     #AcademicVenting ❤️ (on the office door of Andrew Douglas - spotted on X)

   • Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:34 JST Pauline von Hellermann

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     #AcademicVenting well, we ALL (everyone in the 11 departments “in scope”) have to reapply for our jobs. The scale of proposed job cuts is just staggering.

     Those of you who’ve been through this will relate: the physical manifestations of stress are something else. It does all feel quite existential- not just worries about mortgage, unemployment etc, but also because being an anthropologist at Goldsmiths is so central to my whole being. And to see something u love (G) falling apart is just 💔

   • Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 16:41:35 JST Pauline von Hellermann

     #AcademicVenting Mood (haven’t actually read this yet, but will)