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Alero @aleroetie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
'Gove tried to dictate a National Curriculum for History that would focus on deeds of the Great, White Men who, he believed, had made Britain & its Empire... in Gove’s envisaged curriculum, Britons of colour would be denied access to the “common thread of British citizenship”.'
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“We’re not racist, we just think anti-racists are the enemy within”.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
1/2 The press headlines about disadvantaged white working class kids is indeed the result of focusing only on the very poorest among them, on free school meals. It’s also worth noting that historically, in South Africa & the USA, heightened concern … www.instagram.com/reel/DaQRlWu...
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everydayracism_ on Instagram: "The white working class children they refer to in this report {that’s all over the headlines} are living in poverty.They are not fa…"
The white working class children they refer to in this report {that’s all over the headlines} are living in poverty.They are not failing at school because of DEI and anyone working in the system will tell you that.Nigel Farage is not an education expert on any day of the week.When you see these headlines be mindful of the four things I break down in this video.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
2/2 … about the “poor white problem” coincided with the rise of racially segregated societies and concern that white supremacy was threatened when there was little to distinguish materially between the poorest whites & most black people.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 17/06/2026
OTD in 1991, the repeal of South Africa's Population Registration Act dismantled the legal basis for Apartheid. In this post from the archives, Kasonde Mukonde examines how theatre created opportunities for resistance in an age of segregation.
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Theatres of Resistance in South Africa
How did the Black Consciousness movement spur a remarkable transformation in South African theatre during the Apartheid era? Kasonde Mukonde explores.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16/06/2026
Worth noting, this very helpful guide is published free Open Access uolpress.co.uk/book/becomin... by @uolpress.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social #Skystorians
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Becoming a Historian - University of London Press
Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community ...
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you. It offers flexible grants for research or research-adjacent activities, such as training, secondments and networking. (1/2)
Dorothy Chisare, Equitable Funding Specialist at Wellcome, says: "Our Accelerator Awards continue to create opportunities and break down systemic barriers, supporting underrepresented researchers to take the next step in their careers."
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Are you a researcher seeking to engage with Horizon Europe Pillar 2 opportunities in the 2026-27 Work Programme? The British Academy is hosting a workshop on what makes proposals competitive, and how to navigate Horizon Europe effectively. Learn more: bit.ly/49IaQED
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Pretty good coverage of the Church of England’s Project Spire and the opposition from hard right activists opposed to reparative justice here. Conclusion: Christian justice is now at odds with the dominant right wing political atmosphere. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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File on 4 Investigates - Sins of the past: Should the Church of England pay for its links to slavery? - BBC Sounds
Should the Church of England pay for its links to slavery?
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darold cuba @daroldcuba.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For @cam.ac.uk's Exploring #LegaciesOfEnslavement Research Series, I show how #FreedomColonies were not just refuge from #JimCrow —they were governments. Land, kinship, institutions as a counter-sovereign #BlackPoliticalOrder inside the republic: www.legaciesofenslavement.cam.ac.uk/news/landed-...
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Landed Blackness: Post-emancipation marronage and Black autonomy | Legacies of Enslavement
Explore how post-emancipation Black communities used land, kinship, and governance to build autonomy after slavery.
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Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop @cammarronage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📜 Thursday 11 June · 2–3pm BST 📜 #LuanaReis (@princeton.edu) presents: "Lélia Gonzalez, Beatriz Nascimento, and the Poetics of Kilombo." Join us on #MSTeams: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3825331... #Kilombo #Quilombo #LéliaGonzalez #BeatrizNascimento #Amefricanidade #CHoM #CamMarronage #Black
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
'United States of America at 250' marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This major event on 29 May also launched the Centre for the United States of America at Cambridge (CUSAC), Cambridge's new intellectual home for research and teaching on the United States ⬇️
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Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop @cammarronage.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
TODAY, Thurs 4 June · 2–3pm BST #CHoM welcomes Nigel Browne-Davies (@camhistory.bsky.social PhD candidate, @queens.cam.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk): "From Maroon to Creole: Loyalism, Marronage & Creolization." MS Teams (#LinkInBio) #CamMarronage #Marronage #Maroons #BlackLoyalists #BlackHistory #Black
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 31/05/2026
Register for our upcoming scientific meeting on 15-16 June which will bring together geoscientists, bioscientists and health scientists to explore the role of metals and oxygen in homeostasis. You can also submit a poster for the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...
A promotional image for a Royal Society event titled "Metals and Oxygen," scheduled for 15–16 June 2026. The event is organized by several professors and doctors, with names listed. The image also includes a close-up of a green leaf with water droplets on it.
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 27/05/2026
Congratulations to our 7 researchers announced today who have been elected to the @royalsociety.org 2026 Fellowship! 🎉 Meet the Cambridge Fellows, recognised for their exceptional contributions to their respective fields 👉 bit.ly/4ugUXMZ
Exterior view of the Royal Society building, featuring large columns and an entranceway. Text above reads: "Seven Cambridge academics newly elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Join the Catalysts for Decolonisation Research Lab for their upcoming events The annual lecture on 1 June will be given by Julian Go (Visiting Professor at Cambridge University and Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago) Find out more and register at bit.ly/4tKDHPJ
20 May
Scholarship Denied: The Phelps Stokes Fund’s use of the ‘Race Relations’ paradigm to silence Du Bois’ critiques of racial capitalism
2-4.30pm, S1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP

27 May 
Anticolonialism, race and violence in Basque radical nationalism (1892-1936)
3-4pm, SG2, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP

1 June, Annual Lecture
Race, Capital, Critique: For a theory of racial capitalism
2.30-5.30pm, SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
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El Guapo @mr-el-guapo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Just behind Mississippi ratifying the 13th amendment in... 2013!
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
France finally abolishes the law rendering Black people property. In 2026. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery
National assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
When future historians try to figure out what the hell happened to propel far right movements to prominence across the West during the 2010s-20s, the Trump-Epstein-Bannon-Farage-Johnson nexus that toppled Theresa May & brought us “hard” Brexit will be a key factor: bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
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Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
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Joint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Please join us on Thurs 4 June at 5pm when @mattinbiglari.bsky.social will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar (jointly with the World History Seminar) on 'Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation & Colonial Modernity, 1933-51'. Click for abstract and further details.
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Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation and Colonial Modernity, 1933-1951
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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#BlackBritishHistory Paul Robeson was presented by the British Soviet Society at Birmingham Town Hall on 21 May 1949, 77 years to the day. Ref: LP 22.41 #LibraryofBham #BlackBritHist
The front cover of a programme for a performance by Paul Robeson at Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday 21st May 1949. Below this is a photographic portrait of Paul Robeson. Beneath this is biographical detail about Paul Robeson. The price of the programme is at the bottom.
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
‪Cambridge Histories of Marronage workshop TODAY with @daroldcuba.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
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darold cuba @daroldcuba.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#CHoM Easter Term • Thurs May 21, 2pm-3pm BST: " #HarvestAsMarronage: Shankleville's #TxPHP Fest & the #MaroonLegacies of #FreedomColonies," my chapter in the new #ManyWaysToThinkAboutHarvest #Routledge book. Join us on #Teams: t.co/fpCnhle9nt #Maroon #Maroons #Marronage #History #Cambridge
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https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/382533152557248?p=n3jG2u1tPgCSn4uVjR
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Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop @cammarronage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📜Thu 21 May · 2–3pmBST📜 @daroldcuba.bsky.social (Cam.ac.uk), #HistoryPhD candidate, @stjohnscollege.bsky.social: " #HarvestAsMarronage: Shankleville's #TexasPurpleHullPea Festival & the #MaroonLegacies of #FreedomColonies." Join: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3825331... #CHoM #Maroon #Marronage
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I've only recently become more aware of Siddi communities - descendants of Africans, many but not all enslaved - in India. Fascinating survey of how race, caste and religion interweave to shape their identity and history here: www.focusongeography.org/publications...
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Siddi Life and Their Sense of Belonging in Karnataka, India
FOCUS on Geography: Siddi Life and Their Sense of Belonging in Karnataka, India
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Church of Scotland hasn’t just apologised, it also set up a Masters scholarship at Edinburgh. In England reparative justice is being resisted by a well-connected political lobby: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-arg... Church of Scotland apologises for role in slavery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Church of Scotland apologises for role in slavery
The apology was adopted at the church's General Assembly in Edinburgh on Saturday.
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Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop @cammarronage.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Dearest Maroons, We are thrilled to share #CHoM's Easter 2026 Term Card! Join us every Thursday from 2-3pm BST on #MSTeams to explore the #HistoriesOfMarronage at @cam.ac.uk's @camhistory.bsky.social . See you on Thursday! #Maroon #Maroons #Marronage #History #Cambridge
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
WORKSHOP TODAY 👉 As part of a larger project on a Global Black Atlantic family, Professor Nemata Blyden (University of Virginia) will look at members of the family who settled in Liberia in the 19th century. 🔎 How can we understand their experience if looked at through the lens of marronage?
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Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop @cammarronage.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
📜 Join us Thu 14 May · 2–3pm BST · #MSTeams Prof. #NemataBlyden (#UVA), Armstead L. Robinson Prof. of 19th-C African American History, presents: "'#BackToAfrica' as #Marronage: A Global Black Family in Liberia." All welcome: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3825331... #CHoM #Maroon #Maroons #Cambridge
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Save the date for the Cambridge American History Workshop Conference Researchers from across the UK and Ireland will present new work spanning the long 19th century to the late Cold War. 📅 22 May ⏲️ 9am-5pm 🏢 Jesus College, Cambridge Free, open to all 🔗Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-...
Cambridge American History Workshop Conference on Friday 22 May 2026, with a keynote by Dr Ben Zdencanovic (Assistant Professor of U.S. History) and the closing address by Professor Mia Bay (Paul Mellon Professor of American History)
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Now open ⚽️ Explore how football fanzines have defined the beautiful game in Voice of the Fans, a free exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries, at Leeds Central Library until 10 August 2025. Discover 60 years of fan-made media: bit.ly/BLVoicesOfTh... 🎥 Cole Robinson
Artwork for Voices of the Fans exhibition, a composite image made up of photographs of football fans posing in front of stadiums, cheering at a match, and holding football zines.
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢Bookings for our 2025 conference are now open! ⏰7-9th July 2025 🏢Black Country Living Museum, Dudley 🗣️Biggest gathering of social & cultural historians in the UK 👉Book online here: socialhistory.org.uk/membership/a... 🗃️ History Humanities
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📢AUTHOR EVENT: Join Andrew Preston, Professor of American History @camhistory.bsky.social, as he discusses his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.' 📆29 May 6-7pm 🏢Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge 📲 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/total-defe... @harvardpress.bsky.social
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Total Defense - Andrew Preston, at Heffers Bookshop
Join us on the 29th of May as Andrew Preston discusses his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.'
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Plants and People 2025 conference @people-plants-2025.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Registration is now OPEN for our conference 'Plants and People'! Please sign up for attendance and workshops through our website: sites.google.com/view/plants-... Thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social & the Material Culture Forum for their generous assistance.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Ireland joins the scrum: 'The plan envisages deploying roving academic talent scouts who will offer potential recruits attractive packages, with the Irish government contributing up to half of the salaries offered by Ireland’s third-level institutions.'
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Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’
Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad
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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 12/05/2025
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume. Me: Archives are not a minute-by-minute recording of everything that ever happened, and nor are they neutral; they are the result of choices. Archival silences abound, and the silences often have more to teach us than the documents themselves.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening is now open! 🌱 Discover botanical treasures, medieval manuscripts, contemporary artworks and the stories of the remarkable people and plants that shape our gardens today. Book now: bit.ly/BLUnearthed Members go free
A visitor looks at a display case containing a large scroll featuring various botanical drawings of leaves. Two framed prints of flowers are displayed on the wall behind them. 
Two visitors look at a display of open books, featuring large bright botanical drawings of plants and flowers.
A visitor looks at an open book showing a large botanical drawing of a sunflower.
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Cambridge Black Advisory Hub @cambridgebah.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📢 Black Researchers Symposium - Easter 📅 Monday, 29th May 2025 ⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM 📍Student Services Centre 🔗 Submit a proposal! (DEADLINE: Thursday, May 15): forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... RSVP: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... More info: www.blackadvisory.hub.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate-symposium
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Mark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
So excited to announce our conference on Gardens & Empires, with @englishheritage.bsky.social and the @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June 2025, in person/online. Fantastic global speakers and panellists. Do come! Tickets £15-£40 in person; £5-£15 online. events.bl.uk/events/garde...
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Gardens and Empires | British Library
The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This conference investigates the impacts of these global connection
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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Have a read of our recent article 'Anthropology and Settler Nationalisms in the Art of Emily Carr, Irma Stern, and Margaret Preston' by Martin Crevier: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Anthropology and Settler Nationalisms in the Art of Emily Carr, Irma Stern, and Margaret Preston
South African Irma Stern (1894–1966), Canadian Emily Carr (1871–1945), and Australian Margaret Preston (1875–1963) all attained iconic status as artists in their respective countries. Early apprais...
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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Attacks on the modern state are intensifying globally. Join Stephen Hanson & @jeffkopstein.bsky.social to discuss their book on how to defend modern government against those who seek to destroy it. @dziblatt.bsky.social 🗓️4/8, 4pm 🔗https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/04/the-assault-on-the-state
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🎨 Join us at the Art for a Better World exhibition reception Come and visit an exhibition of cartoons on social challenges from international artists on the first floor of the ARB until 11 April The reception takes place on Friday 28 March from 5-7pm buff.ly/jgwNmvR
Exhibition information as per post above.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Join the Global History Lab for the launch of two books that challenge traditional narratives in global history and research. 📔 Global History Dialogues: Border-Crossing 📔 The Right to Research 11 March 13:30-15:30 UK time, online & in-person buff.ly/vuJQmAR
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 07/03/2025
Want to know more about an ERC-funded #residency programme for #science #journalists? Discover all the details during an online information session: 📅 10 March 🕑 14:00 CET 📝 Register 👉
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FRONTIERS Info Day | 10 Mar 2025
Date: 10 March 2025 Time: 14:00 (CET) Duration: 1 hour Agenda Presentation of the FRONTIERS Residency Program Overview of the program's FAQs Q&A session The event will be recorded and live-streamed…
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
✍️ What makes a ‘good’ ethnographic poem, sonic essay or work of fiction? How can we evaluate multimodal ethnographic outputs? ‘Ethnographic expressions’ draws together ethnographers and multimodal practitioners to explore these questions 🗓️ Join us on 25-26 March www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45745
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Ethnographic Expressions: Evaluating multimodal forms - CRASSH
CRASSH workshop
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"I’ve returned again and again to this composition to remind myself of the importance of remaining reflective and centered even as—or perhaps most especially when—life feels impossibly hard to navigate."
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A Triptych as Compass
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons's triptych Red Composition illuminates paths forward through reflection and spiritual guidance
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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
These fellows are transforming their communities, defending homelands and waters, developing solutions for regenerative and sustainable futures, and revitalizing Indigenous languages, governance, ceremonies and ways of being. To learn more about each Changemaker, read our blog: ndnco.cc/2426cmb
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