Grokkist Press
Reading Room
A collection · read in any order
On metrics, productivity and the systems that turn care into compliance. These pieces notice what happens to people and to knowledge when everything has to be counted.
Surprise meEntangled Vale
We're publishing Marcus Barrick's Healing Fragmentation one section at a time across the coming year, with a circle of readers in the room for the part that is still becoming. Here's what it is, and how to be in it.
Surprise meEntangled Vale
Distress is a perfectly healthy response to a distressing situation.
Surprise meEntangled Vale
If we are the the sum of our actions, how much of ourselves are we willing to sell?
Surprise meEntangled Vale
Perhaps what we know is less important than what we do with it.
Surprise meEntangled Vale
A university should be a place where knowledge is woven together, not just pulled apart into individual threads. But what happens when the weft starts to fray?
WonderEntangled ValeMaker's Forge
A preface to a new series on Art, Ego & Identity in the Digital Age.
Make senseEntangled ValeSoma Isles
The mental health crisis isn’t just psychological—it’s philosophical. Healing lies in reconnecting our inner lives with the interconnected systems that sustain us.
Less aloneUnfolding RealmWild Margin
Eleanor is a tertiary librarian working in researcher development. We talk care, cardigans and why librarians risk becoming invisible ghosts. We also discuss how academics get lost in the system and whether curiosity has any place in the world of academic research.