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Ruth Boyask

@ruthboyask.bsky.social
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Education. Political sociology. Culture. Incurable humanist. Mobilising research, art and general academia. Latest project www.aut.ac.nz/litplus Also, editor of Methodological Innovations journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO

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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Annual summer challenge complete!
Completed jigsaw puzzle on round coffee table with two empty black mugs.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Fabric designs from Footprints Studio lead designer Joyce Clissold. At Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth
Screen on wall with printed fabric swatch image in a square and dot design Screen on wall with a fabric swatch in seabug design
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A very rowdy crowd in my neighbourhood.
Duck and 9 older ducklings on grass
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Our exploratory statistics invited further exploration of how relational engagement with reading (reading with others, talking about reading, sharing reading) may affect 11 year olds wellbeing. www.aut.ac.nz/study/study-...
Diagram from report on relationships between wellbeing and reading for pleasure.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
New book by Elaine Reese ‘How Stories Change Us’. doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
Cover of book ‘How Stories Change Us’ by Elaine Reese with illustration two people in a paper page boat.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Reading with others may help children in difficult circumstances. 11 year old children who experienced more early reading, reading with family and talking about reading for pleasure report better general wellbeing during pandemic. www.aut.ac.nz/__data/asset...
Cover of report entitled "Relationships between reading for pleasure and children's wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand" with boy and girl reading and laughing.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Spent yesterday evening with one of my celebrity crushes, Jon Ronson. Institutions are crumbling and in their ruins narcissists thrive.
Stage in empty auditorium with lit up sign for Jon Ronson's Psychopath Night 2024.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Wellington
Outside Pegasus Books, a bookshop in Wellington, NZ, with many racks of books.
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Exhausted though satisfying sharing research and extending findings through discussion with teachers from EC centres and schools at our first conference. #LitPlus
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Ruth Boyask @ruthboyask.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Shift from other microblogging service to Bluesky complete. To celebrate here's some badges we've been making at home!
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