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Thank you to everyone who contributed a photo and reflection. It was alternately validating, frustrating and inspiring to read them! One quote, from Kate Sala, stuck with me: “Hope here does not mean believing the tools are clean. It means refusing the story that they are, and teaching as though the cost can be seen.” It reminded me of my own questions about whether I am doing enough to create opportunities for dialogue, for thinking differently, and whether ‘teaching as though the cost can be seen’ is enough. For me, the other half of this is that students need to be willing to listen. As James Tsatsaronis’ poem says “I hope they learned something … I hope they were challenged.” But what if they were not? What if the response rate is less than 12%?
Kate’s explanation of the static photograph from an ever-changing digital art piece as particles that repeatedly gather and disperse, forming and reforming a cohesive cloth reminded me of the way academics, students, professionals, scholars, etc come together for conferences (such as this one) and are inspired, frustrated, validated only to return home to work environments that may be hopeful or full of despair, as Corina Sirghi reflects. Less than two weeks ago I was reflecting to a colleague that sometimes I find myself realizing that my writing sounds very AI, even though I am not prompting it. As Corina aptly stated “technology has seeped into our [my] minds.” The question I am pondering is how can I carry those inspiring, frustrating, and validating moments, from the times we come together, back home?
