Category Archives: Edgelands

New York: Spaces

Posted on July 22, 2017 by julianstodd

New York is one of my favourite cities: disjointed, divided, crowded and perpetually changing. The architecture is massive: not brutalist, but simply prevalent. There is more architecture than air in Manhattan. Layers of it, from the monumental to the prosaic, … Continue reading →

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Edgelands

Posted on February 6, 2015 by julianstodd

Trains transect spaces: urban to rural, city to the sea, valleys to highlands. And in between? Edgelands: spaces left unclaimed, unloved, spaces that form the thin black line between zones. Narrow, bordered by order, but in themselves chaotic, overlooked, lost. … Continue reading →

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The Boatman

Posted on October 14, 2014 by julianstodd

The windows were steamed up this morning: single glazing lets the warm, humid air inside the cottage connect with glass cooled by the fresh sea breeze outside. At this touchpoint, this connection, the condensation forms. Fine drops of water coalescing … Continue reading →

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Relics of greatness: agility and learning

Posted on January 23, 2014 by julianstodd

I travelled to Bristol yesterday, an old port with a long and glorious history. Still bustling, the signs of past glory are everywhere to be seen: on the dockside, lurking iron mooring posts that could anchor a moon and the … Continue reading →

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Communicating

Posted on April 9, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m writing in the apartment in Amsterdam today, up on the fourth floor, looking out over the city. It’s a bright day, clear views. This morning i’ve been communicating with colleagues in the UK, the US, Germany, Ireland and Asia. … Continue reading →

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Where are your communities? Mapping social learning in the real world and the record store

Posted on April 5, 2013 by julianstodd

Concerto is one of Amsterdam’s oldest and best record stores. It has rooms for every genre, as well as a sizeable second hand vinyl department, knowledgeable staff and a great cafe. It’s a ten minute walk from where i’m living … Continue reading →

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Taking the long way around: circular routes to learning

Posted on March 19, 2013 by julianstodd

I am forever getting lost in Amsterdam, which is odd as it’s quite a small city. The problem comes from the way it’s arranged in a series of concentric horseshoe shapes around the canals. This makes it very pretty, you … Continue reading →

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Meaning from chaos: Singapore Diary day 2 (Learning, knowledge and meaning)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by julianstodd

This week i am in Singapore, using the chance to explore learning, knowledge and meaning from a variety of angles. Yesterday, we looked at how objects have both tangible and imbued meaning and at how so much of our understanding … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage: the excitement of the record shop

Posted on September 11, 2012 by julianstodd

I’m on a pilgrimage today to a centre of learning: the Rough Trade East record shop in London. In the days of digital downloads, it’s rare to visit a record shop, rarer still to travel far to one, but this … Continue reading →

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Cultural differences in social learning spaces: exploring difference

Posted on July 26, 2012 by julianstodd

A world without barriers: that’s what the internet brings us. We are networked in every aspect of our lives and come together in social learning spaces for work, for pleasure and for no good reason at all. We are addicted … Continue reading →

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