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1. This is a really incredible example of a PhD student whose fieldwork was completely derailed by COVID, who took the time not just to perform triage, but to radically rethink the project in light of the most pressing societal issues of our time. https://twitter.com/LB_Naylor/status/1337479351131119616
2. It was incredible for me to see how my colleague @LB_Naylor provided incredible and in-depth mentorship to the student to even enable this kind of radical rethink to happen. #Geography #phdchat #mentorship
3. This unfolded over the spring and summer, when all of us were reeling, in our own ways, under the compounding crises and traumas of the moment. This dynamic, which has significantly shaped the intellectual and community space of the @embodiment_lab inspires me in so many ways
4. I'll try to be specific, because care work is often taken for granted, invisibilized, or considered somehow adjacent to intellectual work. #Geography #phdchat #mentorship
5. I know they had a regularly scheduled meeting time, the student was encouraged to read widely and reflect, and engage in regular dialogue with his advisor. They created a safe space to explore ideas, to be vulnerable, to think as whole persons #phdchat #mentorship
6. This takes time, but time is what is necessary for intellectual labor. And care is above all about what we do with our time in relation to others.
7. Care creates the conditions under which intellectual labor is possible. By creating an intentionally care-full space, the #mentor enabled the student to think broadly, and to foreground ethical committments. And they came up with an amazing, impactful, and award-winning plan
8. I am so inspired by this. I learned a lot from observing this process, even in a limited fashion. My view at the time was more like "how do you ADAPT your current project" instead of "how can you TRANSFORM your project to meet the demands of the present?" #Geography
9. And that's all. Just super proud and inspired. /fin
