I'm a geographer at Edinburgh University interested in everyday multiculture, photography, ordinary cities, race and racism, assemblages, and industrial ruins
Joined December 2011
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Dan Swanton retweeted
1 Aug 2023
Want to know more about our 'Backbone' project on scoliosis funded by @ScoliResearch? Come to my @edfringe Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show on 6 (tinyurl.com/3wz2yhh8) or 13 Aug (tinyurl.com/5n74dn6f)! @dswanton @RMHunt17 @Pip__T @DrCarolineBrown @DrCB00 Pls RT
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Dan Swanton retweeted
22 Nov 2022
Just 1 day remaining for applications to be submitted for this post. Come join us @GeosciencesEd !
17 Nov 2022
Here @GeosciencesEd we're currently welcoming applications for a Lecturer in Human Geography (Sustainable Cities/Urban Geographies) post. Closing date is soon (23/11/22). Details below, give it a look! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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Dan Swanton retweeted
5 Jan 2022
We are looking for the newest member of the @ROHrabies team @wellcometrust : 4 year Human Geography PDRA position @EdinburghUni; multispecies research on street dogs and public health in India. Apply by the 24th Jan 22. edin.ac/3F3K6MM
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Dan Swanton retweeted
2 Sep 2021
Teaching with Lego: @EdinburghUni’s @dswanton explains how using #Lego to demonstrate and apply lessons in class promotes play and interaction that leads to better engagement and peer discussion as part of active learning design #THECampus bit.ly/3tajLZ6
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2 Sep 2021
A short thing I've written about teaching with Lego: timeshighereducation.com/cam… via @timeshighered
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Dan Swanton retweeted
5 Nov 2020
In this post, @dswanton describes the development of a hybrid field course for Year 3 students on the Masters of Geography programme. This alternative approach opened up practices of participation and observation, and innovative ways of study in the field
teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.…
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Dan Swanton retweeted
30 Oct 2020
Daniel successfully defended his PhD “Enabling Assemblages” today (& received a special Dr badge). A big thankyou to his examiners @alxndrt & @CresswellTim. His PhD parents are very proud. @dswanton, @daniel_m_z
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23 Sep 2020
Q.6 Super important...with everything that's happening marking learning playful, fun and social seems like an effective way of engaging students #LTHEchat
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23 Sep 2020
Q5. Time to build up confidence and reinforcing purpose and value of creative activities #LTHEchat
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23 Sep 2020
A3 More zines. Seems more important than ever to time to go analogue and craft something. Also enjoying using padlet to bring in different voices, perspectives and examples #LTHE
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23 Sep 2020
A2 walking - using walks to encourage learners to spend time away from a screen and responding to the world around them #LTHEchat
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23 Sep 2020
A1. using lego to get students building and storying as a way of discussing readings on urban division; zines as an assessment to encourage students to craft accounts of fieldwork and think about ethics of knowledge making and sharing #LTHEchat
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Dan Swanton retweeted
19 Aug 2020
Practicing some more - decided to sketch a paper - and chose this new one by @kay_sambell and @ProfSallyBrown (link below)...I hope they like it, but given their expertise, I am expecting constructive feedback :)
17 Aug 2020
A new item out today in this collection by me and Kay Sambell: Covid-19 Assessment Collection - Sally Brown Sally Brown. I hope colleagues find this technique useful in designing innovative assessments to replace exams sally-brown.net/kay-sambell-…
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Dan Swanton retweeted
22 Jun 2020
We're delighted to share these resources for #RemoteResearch, curated by my colleague Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira, designed originally to support our undergraduates who are being forced to reformulatr their dissertations due to #COVID19 #AcademicTwitter - docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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13 Jun 2020
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
12 Jun 2020
How I’m Spending My Pandemic Summer Vacation - The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/How-I-…
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2 Jun 2020
As the George Floyd protests continue, let's be clear where the violence is coming from theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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25 May 2020
WeRNotVirus: plays to highlight Covid-19 racism against Asians theguardian.com/world/2020/m…