Gail Davies
@gailfdavies.bsky.social
Prof in Human Geography at University of Exeter researching spaces of science & technology, human & animal health, research involvement & responsibility. Currently works on animal research & its replacements. Unexpected interest in chronic pain & FND.
In this part of Devon, commercial daffodil fields were dug up in the 1940s to grow war time food, the bulbs thrown onto the low walled boundaries, where an amazing range of varieties still flower
March 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In this part of Devon, commercial daffodil fields were dug up in the 1940s to grow war time food, the bulbs thrown onto the low walled boundaries, where an amazing range of varieties still flower
As an academic, I found it interesting to reflect on how dualisms still strongly structure our ways of talking about relations between mind/body, subjective/objective, functional/organic when, as @timnicholson.bsky.social suggests, all symptoms are the brain's constructed experience of the body
March 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As an academic, I found it interesting to reflect on how dualisms still strongly structure our ways of talking about relations between mind/body, subjective/objective, functional/organic when, as @timnicholson.bsky.social suggests, all symptoms are the brain's constructed experience of the body
Returned home with some excellent questions and comments to consider from the seminar, and a well stocked goody bag thanks to an imminent UCL rebranding! Thanks to everyone who came and to @carinafearnley.bsky.social for hosting
March 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Returned home with some excellent questions and comments to consider from the seminar, and a well stocked goody bag thanks to an imminent UCL rebranding! Thanks to everyone who came and to @carinafearnley.bsky.social for hosting
.. their farewell message as they signed off was ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew. I wish that for you”.
I taught on the risks in that way of thinking then and I guess we are finding out what that wish entails now 5/6
I taught on the risks in that way of thinking then and I guess we are finding out what that wish entails now 5/6
February 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
.. their farewell message as they signed off was ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew. I wish that for you”.
I taught on the risks in that way of thinking then and I guess we are finding out what that wish entails now 5/6
I taught on the risks in that way of thinking then and I guess we are finding out what that wish entails now 5/6
I included something - then almost an aside - about the experimental cultures of the 1960s embodied in the Whole Earth Catalog published in 1968 by Stewart Brand in Menlo park. This is the slide I used to teach, reflecting on its rejection of postwar institutions around science and education 3/6
February 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I included something - then almost an aside - about the experimental cultures of the 1960s embodied in the Whole Earth Catalog published in 1968 by Stewart Brand in Menlo park. This is the slide I used to teach, reflecting on its rejection of postwar institutions around science and education 3/6
Mine arrived today too. It’s good to have the tangible output of a collaboration in your hands
January 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Mine arrived today too. It’s good to have the tangible output of a collaboration in your hands
It’s wet and windy outside, so how are you going to entertain me?
January 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It’s wet and windy outside, so how are you going to entertain me?
Happy winter festivities from Devon! Most of the county seems covered in low cloud and mist, so we headed up to see Haytor in the winter sunshine
December 25, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Happy winter festivities from Devon! Most of the county seems covered in low cloud and mist, so we headed up to see Haytor in the winter sunshine
Hello new followers 👋 this is mainly a work account but it’s Saturday so here is a cat picture. Nancy is a rescue cat, with us since March, and yes she really is quite long
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Hello new followers 👋 this is mainly a work account but it’s Saturday so here is a cat picture. Nancy is a rescue cat, with us since March, and yes she really is quite long
We have a date! Our book ‘Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare’ will be out 9th Jan 2024 in paperback and open access online. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152616575...
December 17, 2023 at 9:21 AM
We have a date! Our book ‘Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare’ will be out 9th Jan 2024 in paperback and open access online. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152616575...
Unsure how to start posting on yet another platform, so I’ll introduce the tree on the profile page instead. It’s the candelabra oak, a sessile oak in Herefordshire, 9.1m girth, over 1000 yrs old. Its shape is a result of earlier pollarding for fuel and means it fits neatly on a banner photo here.
October 12, 2023 at 8:01 AM
Unsure how to start posting on yet another platform, so I’ll introduce the tree on the profile page instead. It’s the candelabra oak, a sessile oak in Herefordshire, 9.1m girth, over 1000 yrs old. Its shape is a result of earlier pollarding for fuel and means it fits neatly on a banner photo here.