Sensemaking as Solidarity: Liz Neeley on cutting through noise to meet the moment

Our guest this week is Liz Neeley, founder of Liminal, a science communication collective that focuses on sensemaking. We discuss the ways storytelling can help us make meaningful change from our research, navigating risks of speaking out, and tools for working against the strategic onslaught of information overload. Liz also guides us through planning a security party, so you can take practical steps, in community, to ensure you and your data are protected.

 

Links to further reading from our discussion:

• You can see more of Liz Neeley’s work by visiting Liminal, subscribing to Meeting the Moment, and checking out Storymakers and Unbreaking
• When Liz mentions several tools for security and resourcing, she’s thinking of resources for whistleblowers, the Researcher Support Consortium, and Expert Voices Together
• Try working through these checklists at security parties
• The Liminal quadrant visual can help you make choices about when to speak up and take risks
• Additional resources not specifically mentioned in the podcast but which Liz refers to include Knight First Amendment Institute, American Association of University Professors (AAUP), lawyers in the public interest, FIRE Legal Network and Legal Defense Fund, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and PEN America