February 2020 Monthly Review

my keynote at ComSciCon Houston 2020

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highlights from the past month

• 3-day Intimacy Director Intensive in Houston
• did a pilot of the climate change dramaturgy project with Michelle Dahlenburg’s Theater and Dance in the Community class at Texas State
• facilitated class in Drama-Based Pedagogy with Courtney
• performed as ‘Squire Hardman in Sweet Ermengarde in Frontera Fest
• finished up Pandemic Legacy with Peter, Marc, and Heath
• started working on a podcast for Planet Texas 2050 on why climate change needs the humanities with Heather Houser
• gave the keynote and was on a panel for ComSciCon Houston
• finished (almost) the ICA Handbook chapter comparing science, environment, and risk communication

lessons learned from last month

• work is not just stuff that other people call work — it’s also resting and eating well and being sweet to myself

theme or emotion that sums up the month

• sauntering along

outcome of last month’s goal, projects completed

• ICA handbook chapter (nearly) complete
• ComSciCon keynote talk
• pilot climate change dramaturgy community work with Texas State class
• morning pages and meditation and movement about 1/3 of the time

goals for the month ahead

science communication

• get preliminary data on word counts for ICA book chapter
• revise science communication fellowship paper and submit to journal
• Center for Media Engagement public opinion of science survey vetted and ready to go
• parameters for science communication twitter scrape finalized

personal

• garden
• meditate daily
• morning pages daily
• evening routine
• daily joyful movement
• burlesque/dance classes

media consumed in the last month

films

• Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
• Birds of Prey

TV/Youtube

• Night on Earth (episode 1)
• The Witcher (episode 1)
• Shrill (season 2)
• Watchmen (season 1)

books

• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
• The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
• Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual