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Mary Catherine Garland is an independent scholar. Inspired, encouraged and supported by the Adventures in Posthumanism Research Network during her doctoral studies at the University of Plymouth and beyond, she is committed to using research and writing practices which foster speculative and experimental approaches.

Joanna Haynes is Associate Professor at Plymouth University Institute of Education. Together with Professor Jocey Quinn she founded and coordinates the Adventures in Posthumanism Network https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/education/adventures-in-posthumanism. Joanna’s background is in philosophy and her research interests include community and democratic education; age and intergenerational relations; and philosophy in/of everyday life.

Helen Bowstead has worked at the University of Plymouth for over fifteen years teaching English for Academic Purpose and TESOL. Her doctoral thesis explores how working with Erin Manning’s concepts of research-creation and thought-in-motion has the potential to open up spaces for creative and innovative educational orientations.

Ken Gale is a member of the Adventures in Posthumanism Research group at the University of Plymouth in the UK. He has published widely and presented at a number of international conferences on the philosophy of education.

Jocey Quinn is Professor of Lifelong Learning at University of Plymouth UK. Her research focuses on adults learning, particularly in everyday life and beyond formal educational spaces. With Dr Joanna Haynes she founded Adventures in Posthumanism.