What is a neurome? It’s the mind equivalent of a biome. It’s a space where quirky minds can thrive and flourish. Where they accepted in their diversity and their associated sensory needs.
Neuronormativity, neuromes, campuses and finding a safe space
Neuromes can cross time and space too (I think books might be neuromes too). For now I’ll end by saying that in these unsettling times, I hope you can find. accept and make neuromes where you can – and safe spaces to either help you endure the requirements of neuronormativity- or escape them entirely.
Neuronormativity, neuromes, campuses and finding a safe space
I coined the term in a Substack newsletter I wrote a few months ago and it came up again when I found I was in one behind a bush on a university campus, discussing sculpture, myth and different learning styles, and mentioned it to the co-facilitator of the accidental neurome. I was on a week long writing residency at Lancaster University, facilitated by the arts organisation Lancaster Arts. There were very open parameters; I had to engage with their theme of “land”- which I wanted to do because I’m currently thinking about biodiversity and neurodiversity. I also had to have conversations with three academics whose work also had some link to land. They’d applied to meet with an artist of some sort.
Neuronormativity, neuromes, campuses and finding a safe space
