A 30-minute discussion of the conceptual, historical, policy, legal and practical aspects of land governance in Uganda
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Lupe and Zarah discuss their obsession with house plants and the joys and tribulations of the tenure clock as academics.
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The Contingent Professor | Tenure? They still do that? | News, Commentary, and Interviews for PhDs Trying the Professor Life
DM Martinez
The Contingent Professor | Tenure? They still do that? Join Contingent Nation as we take you into the bizarre reality of surviving and thriving in 21st century academia, where tenure and tenure-track positions are being "re-evaluated." Designed for new and mid-career faculty - heck, all faculty - looking to break free of the Adjunct title or navigate the tenure/promotion/re-appointment process, which includes research, teaching, advising, service, working with colleagues, and dealing with ad ...
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The Tenure Talk


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Food Systems and Women`s Land Rights
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In this new episode, we bring you Ms. Agnes Kirabo, the Executive Director of the Food Rights Alliance (FRA) she will be discussing issues around the food systems and their interlinkage to women's land rights. We interrogate why and how women are a very important asset in the food systems chain and their invaluable contribution to ensuring that we …
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The Tenure Talk


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The Nexus Between Social Norms and Women`s Land Rights.
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In this episode, we bring you a discussion on the interrelation between social norms and Women's Land Rights, highlighting some of the progressive social norms that advance women's land rights, but also sharing some of the approaches that have worked. This is being discussed by Ms. Frances Birungi Odong, the Executive Director Uganda Community Base…
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The Tenure Talk


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The Impacts of Climate Change and Women`s Land rights in Uganda.
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In this episode, we delve into understanding what climate change is and how it has impacted women's land rights in Uganda. This is being discussed by Hon. Christine Kaaya, the Woman MP of Kiboga District and the Chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Land Management Forum (UPLMF), and Ms. Lucy Anne Iyango the Ag. Commissioner Wetlands, from the Mi…
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The Tenure Talk


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The Overview of the Succession Amendment Act 2022 and how it advances Women`s Land Rights in Uganda.
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In this episode, we bring to you a discussion on an overview of the Succession Amendment Act, 2022, and how it advances womens land rights in Uganda. What this law is all about, which sections were amended, and what prompted the amendment to happen? This episode is being discussed by two panelists; Mr. Robert Ali Bogere-The Assistant Administrator …
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The Tenure Talk


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Women`s Land Rights and Technology
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In this Second Episode, we interrogate how technology and innovations can be used to advance women's land rights in Uganda. Which particular technological innovations are those being pioneered and fronted by Civil Society Organisations in partnership with the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development, what are the glaring challenges, Opportun…
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In this episode, we explain the rationale behind 'The Tenure Talk', a podcast by LANDnet Uganda which discusses the conceptual, historical, policy, legal and practical aspects of land governance in Uganda.โดย LANDnet Uganda
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Plants & Tenure


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The Semester Begins: The Devil's Ivy
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In this episode we talk Zoom secrets and the golden pothos (aka devil's ivy). Show Notes/Sources: https://www.bibliomed.org/mnsfulltext/15/15-1528210542.pdf?1662050632 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242409833_ANTICANCER_MEDICINAL_PLANT_Epipremnum_pinnatum_L_Engl_CHLOROFORM_EXTRACTS_ELICITED_BOTH_APOPTOTIC_AND_NON-APOPTOTIC_CELL_DEATHS_IN_…
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The Pilea (aka Missionary Style)
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In this episode, we postulate about the beginning of the semester and Lupe discusses the Missionary Plant.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Plants & Tenure


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Episode 18: Getting Weird, A Prelude
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In this episode Zarah discusses separating a wrinkled peperomias and online teaching and Lupe tells us about the moves she's making at home.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 17 - "Too Many Plants?"
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In this episode, we lament over "How many is too many?"โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 16 - "Fake Plants and Excuses"
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In this episode we discuss our burnout as professors, our recent plant deaths, and our interest (or not) in fake plants.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 15 - "Stylizing Plants"
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Lupe and Zarah discuss how stylizing plants makes a huge difference; this extends to games, too, like The Sims or Home Design.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 14 - "The Semester Begins"
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The semester begins and Lupe and Zarah are ready to talk plants. Zarah has started a new job and Lupe, as usual, has a lot of opinions.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 13 - "End of the Semester"
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In this episode, Lupe and Zarah's working class backgrounds really come out as they discuss the end of the semester amidst the pandemic. The pair discuss their summer plans on the tenure clock.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 12 - "Stealing Plants, or Not?"
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In this episode, Zarah shares some big news; Lupe and Zarah debate what counts as stealing plants.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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We discuss our best repots of 2021, including the relationship between 90s fashion and Lupe's string of bananas plant.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 10 - "Orchids and Orchid-ism"
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We discuss how to care for orchids and Lupe admits she wasn't sure about Zarah's plant skills.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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TCP 2021-1: Perfect Enemies
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Perfect Enemies: Rob and Daniel catch up after another long hiatus. Points on perfection, online fatigue, and Daniel's ever growing hair.โดย DM Martinez
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In this episode we discuss more bug problems, orchids, and Lupe's diamonds. Zarah gets extremely passionate about orchids.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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In this episode we pride ourselves on our ferns and air plants and lament about the Hoya SCAM.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Plants & Tenure


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Episode 7 "Sneaking Plants" w/ Dr. Walton
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In this episode of Plants and Tenure, our future regular Dr. Rebecca Walton reveals all about her plantscapades in Utah. We discuss how we sneak plants into the house.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 6 "Nipples and Murders"
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This episode features a special guest, Amber. Lupe tells us about her nipple cactus and confesses to a second murder. Zarah reveals her latest obsession.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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We discuss fungus gnats, scale, and mealybugs. We could have talked for HOURS.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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We discuss our new obsession with cacti and our issues with flowers.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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We take you through what we call "Plant Day," a weekly tradition in Northern Minnesota.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 3 "Trees & Anxiety"
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In this episode, Lupe admits to being a murderer.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Episode 2 "Zooming & Blooming"
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This episode looks at the challenges of teaching on Zoom, Jade plants, and our memories of being undergrads.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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In this episode we let people know about how we became obsessed with plants amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss our mothers and our histories with house plants.โดย Lupe & Zarah
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Cov-Ed. Daniel and Rob talk (remotely) for the first time since lockdown. Listen to them catch up, talk covid, and discuss issues related to teaching and community in the bizarre year of 2020.โดย DM Martinez
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Empty Halls. Daniel and Rob sit down to talk about the trend of working outside the office during "business hours" to get things done, and what it means to university culture. (Standard disclaimers)โดย DM Martinez
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Daniel and Rob do some overdue venting as a new academic year moves along. From getting to do a faculty search to isolating 5 student classroom types. A little catharsis goes a long way. (Standard disclaimers)โดย D Martinez
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Just a blurb. Daniel and Rob try to make a blurb for another podcast and fall into an episode ranging from past lab experiences, to debriefing another end of semester, to new attempts at online programs. Needless to say, the blurb didn't pan out. (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views and our employer’s views. They aren't equal.…
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TCP 408: Bleeping New Material
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Bleeping New Material. Daniel and Rob with a new SD card and an almost end of semester podcast. When do you stop introducing new material in class? And what's the point of academic publishing? (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views and our employer’s views. They aren't equal.)โดย DM Martinez
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Copywrite Error. Bonus Episode. Daniel starts ranting and Rob grabs the microphones for a shortened episode about figure captions and attribution in books. Daniel notices a "write error" on the recorder and tries to save the episode. (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views and our employer’s views. They aren't equal.)…
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Spring Break. Daniel and Rob finally have some time right before spring break to chat up on what's been happening during the semester. Daniel talks about what it's like to teach a no-prerequisite quantitative reasoning course, while Rob is keen to speak on the college admission scandal. (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views and…
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TCP 405: Listen to my podcast
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Listen to my podcast. Daniel and Rob squeeze one last podcast into the year. In this episode they talk about the many roles of the professor, student evals, with a quick Q&A from student X or Y, and Rob's welcome message to new faculty--which involves telling them to listen to the podcast. (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views …
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Pop-up podcast. Rob makes Daniel make a podcast. In this episode they talk about pop-up courses and a controversial one that caused a slight national stir. What place do these have in different fields and do contingents dare run them? (Standard disclaimers: especially the part about our views and our employer’s views. They aren't equal.)…
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TCP 403: Attention span and other things
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Attention span and other things. Daniel and Rob make another podcast! This time about the attention span myth (TED talks? Blah) and a little bit about how your brain processes information. Plus, Rob gets distracted by his phone. (Standard disclaimers. Especially the part about our views and our employers' views. Not necessarily the same.)…
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TCP 402: Pre-semester Rambling
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Daniel and Rob find some time before the semester to podcast about winding up a new academic year. Standard disclaimers.โดย D Martinez
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Daniel and Rob dust off the mics to wind down another semester. (Standard disclaimers.)โดย D Martinez
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TCP 302: Student as Consumer
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Daniel and Rob catch up as the semester starts and work through some rust to talk about the student as consumer model. (Standard disclaimers.)โดย DM Martinez
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TCP 301: We’re Back/Quantitative Matters
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Daniel and Rob start a new season talking about the end of another semester and trials and tribulations of trying to get a new class enrolled. The big theme for this episode is the role of math testing in determining class placement and why it matters to departments outside of mathematics. They end with a small preview of the upcoming season. (Stan…
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TCP X01: Writing books is so much fun (and other riffs)
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Daniel and Rob come together for an in-between season podcast to catch up. Keeping the riff to about an hour this time, Daniel and Rob talk about what it takes to write a book, what you can try to negotiate if you are lucky enough to secure a tenure-track contract, and briefly about the BLS and what we can tell our students about employment potenti…
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TCP 210: The Russia Episode
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Rob takes over the show and talks about Russia every chance he gets. Daniel tries to refocus on more academic topics, like promotion, more student engagement, and potential teaching activities. With only moderate success. Standard Disclaimer Applies.โดย DM Martinez
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TCP 209: Navigating controversy in and out of class
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Daniel and Rob sit down to talk about controversial and taboo topics faced in the workplace and in the classroom by adjuncts, non TTs, and TTs. They spend a good chunk of time talking about an adjunct account and the learning style myth, ending with a top 10 of topics to consider. (Standard disclaimers apply.)…
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TCP 208: Yo Bro/Classroom Etiquette
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Daniel and Rob, stemming from a not so great student evaluation, discuss the state of etiquette in the classroom and (perhaps) the need for more detailed and explicit guidelines for how students should expect to behave in the class and out. Everything is laid out, from salutations, to email form, to the employer's desire for better soft skills from…
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TCP 207: Teaching and research trajectories on and off the tenure track
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Daniel and Rob start out the summer break with a discussion on how to plot out trajectories for research and teaching and the implications for those on and off the tenure track. After the regular back forth on the topic, they finish off with a little bit on tenure myths. (Standard disclaimers apply.)…
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TCP 206: Attendance Issues and Student Engagement
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Daniel and Rob sit down to talk about the noticeable decline in attendance as the semester wanes and discuss strategies on how to combat that effect, looking at k-12 and higher ed examples. But first, they highlight some of the goings on in higher ed with respect to adjunct wages and state system shenanigans. (Standard disclaimers apply.)…
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Daniel and Rob cut a mini-episode where they talk briefly about what academic deans actually do. It's brief because even after reading about it, they still don't know. (Standard disclaimers apply.)
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TCP 204: Mentors/Going Rogue
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Daniel and Rob sit down during spring break to talk a bit about mentors and their importance, as well as the growing trend to go academic rogue and what that means (inspired by the blog postings of a rogue linguist, Alison Edwards). But first, Daniel can't help but clue Rob in on academic twitter and a firestorm that happened when an undergrad said…
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