Korina Giaxoglou
@anthrostream
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Explorer of lived language, narrative, and affect @TheOpenUniversity, UK (currently on maternity leave) - posting in personal capacity
Milton Keynes; London; Sparta.
Joined December 2011
It's official: The lunatics are running the asylum.
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London Protest for Tempi Train Disaster – February 28, 2025 Tomorrow marks two years since the Tempi train disaster, where 57 lives were lost due to negligence and systemic failures in Greece’s railway system. In London, a solidarity protest will take place at the Greek Embassy
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Excited to share the second episode of the new @OU_Praxis scholarship hub podcast. For this episode, it was a pleasure to interview @anthrostream and have a really interesting discussion about storytelling on social media. Have a listen here:
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Why don’t animals have funerals? I don’t mean the ones we organise for them. Why don’t they organise them for themselves?
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i have secured funding to run a summer school for secondary school teachers on language and social in/justice. it'll be over 3 days and involve teachers engaging with linguistic justice theory and applying this to practice. more details soon but feel free to express interest!💜
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Check out this research output at King's College London: From ‘being real’ to ‘relatable tales’: Formatted authenticity and stories in TikTok short form videos
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Join us in November for our seminar with @OpenThanatology to launch @EricaBorgstrom and @Renske_Visser’s new book and get behind the scenes of writing it ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/T7gnozf9TA
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CDAS & Open Thanatology co-host to celebrate and explore the new publication: ‘Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement’
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Congratulations to our authors Philip Seargeant, Korina Giaxoglou and Frank Monaghan for having their book "Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape" shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize!🤩
BAAL Book Prize Shortlist 2023-4! 🎉🎉 Amazing contenders for this year's prize, and congratulations to all of those nominated The winner will be announced at the annual BAAL conference in September #appliedlinguistics
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It's happened 🥁 Language as Statecraft is available now from @RoutledgeLing 🎉 The book offers an original analysis of the politics of language in Rwanda, for a theory of global English that centres class struggle, capitalism, and colonialism. 🧵 https://t.co/EBdSihuiBA
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Brilliant to see this exciting and original book out for people to delve into. So proud of what is coming out of the death and culture book series @EricaBorgstrom @KateWoodyBath @BrisUniPress #dissection #photography #deathandculture
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The book project is starting to feel more real (w @Renske_Visser)
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This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably,...
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📢 Another keynote talk, this time by @koteyko_nelya. A fascinating talk on digital ethnography with marginalised communities @__BAAL / @CambridgeUP / @CLASUoN Register here: https://t.co/WhZTxq2f0r
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@EDIFYresearch @__BAAL @CambridgeUP @CLASUoN 🚨Interested in language, parenting and digital media? Our next lightning talk at our @__BAAL / @CambridgeUP / @CLASUoN Seminar will be from @JaiMackenzie with some fascinating insights from the @MFOproject! Register here: https://t.co/WhZTxq2f0r
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Continuing the medical humanities theme, I will be presenting on young people's experiences of eating disorders on social media. This presentation is based on research interviews I've been conducting for @EDIFYresearch! @__BAAL / @CambridgeUP / @CLASUoN
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Our thirds lightning talk offers a really interesting and unique focus on mobile conversations (@Carotagg)! 📲 I'm personally really looking forward to learning more about this!
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🚨 Interested in short-form social media and language? We are now sharing details of our upcoming @__BAAL/@CambridgeUP Seminar @CLASUoN, starting with our keynote by @ruthtweetpage. Register here: https://t.co/WhZTxq2f0r
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My thoughts are with Goldsmiths colleagues this weekend who are waiting to find out who will receive redundancy notices on Monday. Please share - on why this matters to anyone who believes in the transformative power of education.
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