Polit’bistro : des politiques, du café

UnderstandingSociety The politics of religion / Les politiques du religieux - Tentatives d'analyse des moments où le religieux et le politique se croisent, s’opposent, se superposent, s’interpellent, se métissent, s’interfèrent... WatchDog La philosophie au sens large Plaques de verre de géographes | Archives photographiques et histoire de la géographie La Boite à Outils des Historiens Shut up and Write! A couple of months ago a friend told me about the ‘Shut up and Write’ movement in San Francisco. The idea is quite simple; a group of writers converge on a location, presumably one with good coffee. After 15 minutes of chit chat they, well – just shut up and write. They write solidly for an hour, then take a break for coffee and more chats before they leave. I tend to think of writing as a solitary activity which needs a closed door and the phone/email/twitter off the hook. I’m doing it right now. As I write this post I’m sitting in one of my favourite cafés on campus, opposite my friend Jonathan who has recently set up “The Research Whisperer” blog. [21:18 minutes to go] It’s a curious thing, but Jonathan’s relentless key tapping reminds me that I should be writing, so my fingers keep moving. As I look at Jonathan I notice he has stopped typing furiously and is now using his mouse pad and it occurs to me: this mode of writing is a bit like doing an aerobics class at the gym. Like this:

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