Author Archives: Tullia Jack

Hipster Hobo in Malmö

I stayed with some friends of mine in Malmö last May after presenting at ERSCP.  While I was there Matthias asked me if I would like to help with Soppa för Värme, the soup kitchen that he is part of, and of … Continue reading

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Charmpits

Out of ALL the parallel universes – how on earth did we end up on the one where women devote hours, fortunes and endure torturous pain to keep our armpits hair less? How do we cross over to a jubilantly … Continue reading

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Collective Agency & Institutions, Sustainability, and the Capability Approach

I was in Leipzig for a workshop on Collective Agency, which was very inspiring and thought provoking, and I wanted to share all of the discussions here, but they were so proliferate and sometimes disparate that I am going to … Continue reading

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Urban Archeology

I spent the last few days in Leipzig. While there I met the owner of Kaffee Schwartz, Raymond Romanos, who introduced me to some of the issues facing East Germany. He told me about the initially drastic, now steady drift west, … Continue reading

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Jill Meagher: Why?

The whole of Melbourne is numb.  Jill was taken from Sydney Road last Saturday night and extinguished by a stranger.  After being at Brunswick Green and Bar Etiquette.  The most local and friendly places in my Melbourne world. Three out … Continue reading

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Human Kindness

Today I broke my backpack.  Hoping to find a repairer I stopped by a leather jacket shop, one of the many proliferating Florence’s tourist district.  The lovely Indian man inside repaired it straight away and when I asked to pay … Continue reading

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Eco Acupuncture

For the last week I’ve been in Florence helping Chris Ryan (my thesis supervisor) and Michael Trudgeon with a design studio in Florence. The studio intriguingly titled Eco Acupuncture, is all about performing narrow but deep sustainability interventions in a … Continue reading

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Chatting to Fi on ABC Statewide Afternoons NSW

An interview from earlier this year where I rambled off about social technical systems. Fi on ABC Statewide Afternoons NSW

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Australia: not the most racist place in the world

Last night I caught the overnight bus from Nuremberg to Florence, this experience traumatised me, not because of the long hours but because of what happened on the trip. Leaving Munich we were pulled over by an unmarked police car, … Continue reading

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Electronics industry is facing a ‘Nike moment’

Here is a brilliant video from Greennovate, a non-profit sustainability consultancy and education initiative, highlighting not only what the issues are with the electronics industry, but how we can help catalyse the process for positive change. Go to their page … Continue reading

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