myblog | Tracy Abena Owusu | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/owu15472333/activity/ Activity feed for Tracy Abena Owusu. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:03:24 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 90be5f0bf67480c159a8b8c87a2025ef Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=128 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:23:02 +0000 La dat: Saturday 26th October 2021

THE ONLY POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP

TO THE UNIVERSITY TODAY

IS A CRIMINAL ONE…

“To the university, I’ll steal, and there I’ll steal”

I thought that it would be intere […]

]]> 0 fa161f14409d0d67ebe846192f1be2c2 Tracy Abena Owusu commented on the post, Topic 2 - Faith: A discussion of the readings, on the site Michael Breakey's PG Cert Blog http://mcbreakey.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/23/topic-2-faith-a-discussion-of-the-readings/#comment-8 Mon, 31 May 2021 17:56:23 +0000 Hi Michael,

The term “Religious Literacy” as well as “Cultural Literacy” is integral to how institutions, especially within the education sector are able to continuously build relationships with a diverse […]

]]> 0c058f5bf6ad82c29ecb7a8c090a79eb Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=119 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:37:05 +0000 Crimson O’Shea

During the presentation, I enjoyed your explanation of how colour could be used emotively within fashion design. I thought it was a good way to look speculatively at how this is viewed, […]

]]> 0 940f286604758fb712855b40a78168d6 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=110 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:01:36 +0000 Post Session Reflections Unit Presentations -Introductory 5 min First Presentation- 20 min Final Micro- Presentation + ( 10 min Feedback)

Research / knowledge can not be thought of monolithically as relying […]

]]> 0 7a12a8c65f71b375f507b74f1118252f Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=109 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:54:21 +0000 I think it’s very interesting that you have highlighted that the top key three factors that dictate the amount of earnings/ earning potential is based on  

I) how well and individual does their job […]

]]> 0 f574c8d9433b05cc90b0a19d3706765d Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=107 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:26:57 +0000 Micro- Teach -20 min

The Micro – Teach I received some invaluable feedback about my presentation, which I will be definitely utilising during my own sessions, also reading my other peers blogs it has […]

]]> 0 76860f33c314711fcf897fc1cde6cdb3 Tracy Abena Owusu commented on the post, Week 1: Teaching and Learning - an introductory lecture, on the site Frances Ross http://francesross.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/01/08/teaching-and-learning-an-introductory-lecture/#comment-2 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:55:48 +0000 I think it’s very interesting that you have highlighted that the top key three factors that dictate the amount of earnings/ earning potential is based on :

I) how well and individual does their job

II) l […]

]]> eb5bcf418e323ca7a1bdecfa076a69b8 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=91 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:44:03 +0000 17/03/21

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I Started of the session with an icebreaker because I felt knowing that the opportunity to get to each other aside from the […]

]]> 0 fa675dd58700820bfbe1d4ed6eba70af Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=89 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:53:34 +0000 As we edge closer to the presentations, I feel a sense of trepidation. I’m not naturally a presenter, public speaker. The micro-teach made me consider teaching as a whole because a good percentage of it is p […]

]]> 0 5374c982f7cb5e04cb6996c1101f4aa7 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=81 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:31:07 +0000 Performing with an invisible audience

I watched the performing to an invisible audience video, the speaker was talking about her experience as a barrister. I understood the importance of the relationship, and […]

]]> 0 4304e0b536b023ea54a3ebac82aacdc7 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=78 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:10:57 +0000 During my SON/ TW session I had the opportunity to discuss the importance of Object-Based Learning. As part of the task, we were given a video to look at and, teachers within the video the speaker gave the […]

]]> 0 fe62dae1af043d048257b67f9fed4a54 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=67 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:06:42 +0000 A film by Ken Loach

I’ve always been a fan of documentary, cinematography, and film. Most evenings lately I haven’t had the opportunity to really indulge in my favourite past-time and I usually wake up hal […]

]]> 0 1d20a247dd3bc767af9eb28d5031c30b Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=66 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:02:19 +0000 Post – Session Reflection

I’m currently reading Dante’s Inferno and although the book is heavy with theological and philosophical allegory. The premise of the book focuses on Dante who has lost his way, in th […]

]]> 0 abaebaeb9c5bc501c65cded0cffa0b25 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=59 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:17:05 +0000 Australian Journal of Teacher Education: Volume 33/ Issue 2, Article 4, The Art of Loving in the classroom: A Defence of the Affective Pedagogy, Alan Patience – Sophia University, Tokyo, 2008

This reading on A […]

]]> 0 04bfabbbadc825416379774de4d6919f Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=57 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:50:37 +0000 Everyone wants to know more about love. We want to know what it means to love, what we can do in our everyday lives to love and be loved. We want to know how to seduce those among us who remain wedded to […]

]]> 0 5cba4c6582d92132baf9a7f01291a070 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=55 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:45:38 +0000 The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study

Post-session reflection: Divine Beauty: “The Well-Baked Man” and the Aesthetics of Race David S. Ramsey

I was reading about the new film Judas and the bla […]

]]> 0 380ad252719399635dd518499f8bd2ad Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=54 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:47:05 +0000 (Wivenhoe; New York; Port Watson: Minor Compositions, 2013)

THE ONLY POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPTO THE UNIVERSITY TODAYIS A CRIMINAL ONE…

“To the university, I’ll steal, and there I’ll steal”

The term “p […]

]]> 0 4fe9137bdd2e18834385064f85e69465 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=52 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:49:48 +0000 ‘Playful measurement’ with criteria and band descriptors”

Blog Assessment Criteria

It was really beneficial looking at the marking criteria for the teaching and learning unit in particular reference to the […]

]]> 0 33605b803deb0713fae36a7b1c1abe22 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=50 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:28:40 +0000 Vilhauer, Gadamer and Ethics of Play Reading: “Understanding Art: The play of Work and Spectator in Monica Vilhauers Gadamers Ethics of play: Hermeneutics

Reflecting on Vilhauer and Gadamers text on e […]

]]> 0 0d99c7d207406a79b562a82fbf7e6cde Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=45 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:17:51 +0000 Reading: “Understanding Art: The play of Work and Spectator in Monica Vilhauers Gadamer’s Ethics of Play: Hermeneutics.   

To begin with my interaction with the text made me think of the film/ book The Wit […]

]]> 0 aa301504251f8684a90273eb1a79a245 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=41 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:29:37 +0000 The Tender Thinker of Negro Thoughts 2016T. A. Owusu

]]> 0 128b19d5765bc12be0b99f26528b5beb Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=21 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:50:55 +0000 During the first lecture we had to present a 5min presentation, look at 1-2 teaching practices, as well introduce ourselves to the group and respectively speak about our academic as well as professional […]

]]> 0 b44623397148610157260d709120e128 Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=11 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:44:27 +0000 It wasn’t that long ago that I was a student, so the whole process of going back into full-time or part-time education did not feel that daunting. I think the one thing that I completely forgot about was the f […]

]]> 0 3e863637fd778b070919b1a95112046c Tracy Abena Owusu wrote a new post on the site ThinkTank https://zugzwang.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:59:39 +0000 Hello.
My name is Tracy I am currently on the PGCert in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication (2020-2022).  I will be an associate Lecturer at CSM on the BA Product Design Course.  Im also on the S […]

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