Published in Overland Issue Photonic Overland Uncategorized Editor’s selection Ian Gibbins Ian Gibbins Ian Gibbins has been a neuroscientist and Professor of Anatomy at Flinders University. He is now a widely published poet and electronic musician. His first collection was Urban Biology (Wakefield Press, 2012) and in 2014 he produced The Microscope Project: How Things Work as part of a major art-science collaboration. For more info, see www.iangibbins.com.au More by Ian Gibbins Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 27 January 2023 Cartoons In attacking us, they bring us together Sam Wallman 'What these bosses don't understand is that in attacking us, they bring us together.' (Paddy Crumlin, Maritime Union of Australia, Svitzer Rally November 2022) First published in Overland Issue 228 24 January 202325 January 2023 Aotearoa / New Zealand The end of the politics of care Giovanni Tiso The daily spectacle of televised briefings was not unique to New Zealand, and it may simply be the case that Ardern thrived when given the opportunity to speak to the public directly—in other words, that she was better than others at it. Alternatively, we could say that her rhetoric found in the pandemic the ground on which to turn into concrete action. Either way, the benefits we derived in terms of lives saved from the remarkable extension of that social license are literally incalculable.
