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An University of Bristol Institute for creativity, compassion, and co-created research. Nurturing transformative partnerships from ideas to impact. linktr.ee/hellobrigstow

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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you are local to Eastville Park, join this event on Friday 18 September for a collective cyanotype-making workshop - creatively exploring Eastville Park through memory, observation and imagination. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
TODAY! College Green, Bristol, 10 am to 1 pm. Free to attend, just turn up. Join Climate Conversations Bristol for a friendly and interactive drop-in session where we'll explore climate change, Bristol's local climate challenges, and practical actions we can take together.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Involved in research, learning and arts practice - site-specific art, rites of passage, celebratory arts, participatory practice, and environmental/elemental art? If so, you might want to join us at our Welfare State International Symposium on 10 June. More info www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/welfare-st...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We have fantastic news that free kids' holiday bus travel in the West of England is to be extended for three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Read more about this collaborative project on our website at www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fre.... Policy briefing: www.bristol.ac.uk/policybristo...
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Bristol, Weston and Bath's kids go free holiday bus travel extended
Research suggests the scheme has had the biggest impact for those living in the poorest areas.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join us for co-produced research training with artist Hannah Mumby next week! Whether you are an artist, academic or volunteer at a charity, EVERYONE is welcome. Come and explore this collaborative research method in an interactive session. Register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
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Introduction to Co-produced Research Workshop
Would you like to find out more about co-produced research?
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Brigstow’s Connections funding is to develop and solidify growing ideas, partnerships and plans for interdisciplinary and co-produced research with the aim of preparing teams to apply for external funding to support the next stage of the research.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We are excited to share that we currently have two Connections funding competitions OPEN! Apply for up to £1500 💰 Open Connections Funding. Deadline 19 Feb. 💰 Thematic Connections Funding: From Harms to Harmonies. Deadline 12 March bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/funding/open-calls/
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
2025 has been a wonderful year getting to know new artists & community partners, delving into unexpected research topics & ideas, & holding training with enthusiastic groups. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our community - your contributions help all of us grow & develop our practices.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So excited to see this article come out of Brigstow Seedcorn funded project "The Wounds We Keep: Youth, Trauma And Otherness In The 21st Century"
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So exciting to see this! A fantastic co-produced project and films from the journey that can help us all to learn about working equitably and inclusively.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
From Harms to Harmonies: Ideation Workshop Join us to explore how creative collaboration can transform harm into harmony. This workshop invites all to co-create research ideas that foster positive change. 📅 Date: 12 January www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-harms...
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From Harms to Harmonies Ideation Workshop
Join Brigstow for an ideation workshop in preparation for our next funding call
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🌊 Currents for Change – a boat tour exploring the hidden histories of psychoactive substances and global systems. 📅 3 Dec | 🕐 1:30 PM | 📍 SS Great Britain 🎟 Register: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve... #CurrentsForChange #BrigstowInstitute #BristolEvents
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Transform Drugs Boat Tour: Currents for Change | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Climate change, activism and disability are all areas that are rarely thought of as joyful. Last night Emma Geen and Polly Meyrick discussed their experiences within their talk 'The Joy of Activism: Finding Flowers in the Sh*t' 📽️ youtu.be/OwXh7Pbqw-I #COP30 @cabot-institute.bsky.social
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We have now extended this deadline until the 27th November! If you are interested in Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices, have a look at our Exploratory Research Fund.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🔍 Bristol glass, taxidermy pangolin & colonial silences—what stories do they tell? Join Materiality & Museum Extraction at Watershed, 19 Nov. Talks + creative insights from historians, artists & scientists. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve... @cabot-institute.bsky.social #DecolonisingMuseums
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materiality and museum extraction | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
Funded by Brigstow Institute’s Seedcorn, these partnerships evolved during the Personal to Planetary Fellowship programme.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🌍 Racism & climate crisis—what’s the link? Join Bridging Racial and Climate Justice at Easton Community Centre, 16 Nov, 1 PM. Talks + conversations with Natalie Hyacinth & Yaz Brien. Free tickets: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve... @cabot-institute.bsky.social #ClimateJustice #RacialJustice
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Bridging racial and climate | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
In 2025 the UK experienced the hottest summer on record, and an increase in racist violence on our streets. What do these things have in common? Who benefits from climate denialism and community divisions? And how can we tackle them both to ensure a safe and dignified life for us all?
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🌍 How do colonial legacies shape today’s climate crisis and tech culture? Neocolonialism, Extraction & the Cracked Mirror of Capitalism – talks + film at Watershed, 15 Nov. Free tickets 👉https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/neocolonialism-extraction/ @cabot-institute.bsky.social
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Join @hellobrigstow.bsky.social & @cabot-institute.bsky.social for The Joy of Activism – a conversation about finding hope & creativity in climate & disability activism with Polly Meyrick & Emma Geen. 📅 13 Nov, 6:30 PM | Bristol + Online 🎟https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/joy-of-activism/
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Are you interested in our "From Harms to Harmonies" funding theme? We are excited to share with you are first collaboration event! Join Lisa May Thomas for SOMA SOCIAL VR an interactive workshop running twice - the 18th and 19th of November. www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
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SOMA SOCIAL VR Workshop | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
Location: Docklands Community Centre, 29 Brigstocke Road, Saint Paul's BS2 8UA
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Brigstow’s "From Harms to Harmonies" funding theme is live! Find out more and sign up for key collaboration events here: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
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From Harms to Harmonies | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
As we enter the Collaborate phase of this theme, we’ve connected with past funded projects to curate a series of events that help to stimulate research ideas and questions, bring together potential teams, and connect you with past projects that might fit under this theme.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If you are interested in this opportunity join us for a webinar to ask your questions and find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
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Post colonial ERF webinar | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
There will also be an opportunity to hear from and connect with teams who were funded as part of the Connections Funding for this theme.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨 Funding Alert! We have an open call for exploratory research projects that are: 🎨 Creative 🤝 Collaborative 🌍 Equitable 🔬 Interdisciplinary Theme: Postcolonial natural history collections & museum/archive practices 📅 Deadline: 20/11/25 🔗 bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/funding/exploratory-research
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Exploratory Research Funding | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
Guidance for exploratory research funding by brigstow.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A fantastic showcase of our 2025 seedcorn projects this week. Each of them shared their fantastic outputs and learning. A great celebration of the end of our Seedcorn funding!
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
How can Bristol communities support migrant families better? The Find Your Village project shows how peer support in the first 1,001 days boosts wellbeing, trust & child development. 📖 theconversation.com/focusing-on-... ✒️ @profdebw.bsky.social and Tom Allport #CommunityHealth #PeerSupport
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Focusing on children’s first 1,001 days can build neighbourhood support for migrant families
Peer support can help parents build secure relationships and grow in confidence bringing up their children.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🌿🤖 Nature and AI Workshop 📅 13 Oct |📍 Bristol Explore how artificial intelligence and the natural world collide, collaborate, and co-exist. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-and... #BristolEvents #AIWorkshop #ClimateTech
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Nature and AI Workshop
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📢 Join us for an Ideas Lunch on children’s engagements with digital technologies and media practices and the impact of these on outdoor play and mobilities. We will be joined by Lois Peach from University of Wollongong, Australia. 16 Sept www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
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Ana Castro-Castellon, DPhil (Oxon) @acastrocastellon.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Thrilled to Lead: “Exhausted lives: The bitter juice of the cane never tasted”. Exploring human and environmental exhaustion in Caribbean Nevis during rum production 17th & 18th centuries. Thanks to @hellobrigstow.bsky.social Projects description: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
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Alice Would @alicewould.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
More here! www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
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2025/2026: Connections funding: Postcolonial natural history collections | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
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Alice Would @alicewould.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I’m very pleased to working on this new project seeking to embed silenced voices in the new Natural History GCSE curriculum. This is a fabulous collaboration with Rising Arts Agency, colleagues in the School of Education and Bristol Museum. Thanks to @hellobrigstow.bsky.social.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We are delighted to announce that we have awarded 5 brilliant projects connections funding around the theme of ‘Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices’. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/new...
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2025: Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices conne | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A fantastic post by @erikahanna.bsky.social about the creation of Mother Irish within her @hellobrigstow.bsky.social seedcorn project!
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Our connections funding call for postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices closes at midnight! If you have any issues with the application form please email hello-brigstow@bristol.ac.uk. If you are emailing after 3.30pm please do not expect a response until AM.
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Application Form Questions | Brigstow Institute | University of Bristol
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Fantastic opportunity for a PGR to join us as a Research Associate! We are looking for someone to do short term research in response to the recent announcement of free bus travel for children across the WECA region this summer brigstow-institute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/research-ass...
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Research Associate opportunity: Free bus travel, children and young people
Brigstow Institute are recruiting one or two Post graduate researchers (PGR) students or research-experienced community members to help undertake a short-term and part-time research project from early...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It was fantastic to see @hellobrigstow.bsky.social projects taking part in an exhibition this month as part of the International Symposium for Cerebellum & Emotional Networks: The Emotional Brain. Fantastic and inspiring display! Well done to all involved. #CEN_TheEmotionalBrain
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We had an amazing ideation workshop for "Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices". Amazing energy and conversations! Couldn't make it? You can still get involved through Connections funding! Deadline for applications: 30th June www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Such a fabulous opportunity to champion the importance of supporting all children to play in unstructured ways and enjoy the freedoms we assume come with being a child!
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hear Brigstow Director Debbie Watson speak on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour alongside Baroness Anne Longfield. @profdebw.bsky.social, a professor in child and family welfare, speaks on the need for children to play out & how we can create the spaces for this to be done safely. Listen: lnkd.in/dcW2Zf82
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Do children in your neighbourhood take part in unstructured outdoor play? In the wake of the #Play Commission report, this @theconversation.com piece uses Brigstow research to highlight barriers & suggest some solutions to engaging children in more unstructured outdoor play.
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Children need the freedom to play on driveways and streets again – here’s how to make it happen
Finding ways to encourage children to play in places such as driveways, courtyards and on their streets can help with their independence in the outdoors.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Are you interested in our current funding? Do you have an idea? Join our drop in writing circle for space to write or to ask us questions. 17 June 9 - 5. www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Is this the dawn of bionic bardism!? @lyrafest.com AI and Poetry: UK Symposium. 27th June. shorturl.at/kZHWe Featuring Q&A with industry experts, plus interactive poetry performances pairing artists with - and against - the AI for composition mastery. #ai #poetry
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AI and Poetry: UK Symposium at Watershed
Date: Friday June 27th 2025 Venue: Watershed (W3) Time: 10:00 - 14:00 Price: FREE (advance booking essential) Join Lyra Bristol Poetry for the UK’s first ever AI and Poetry symposium. Lyra’s project...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Is this the dawn of bionic bardism!? ‘Page Against the Machine: AI and Poetry’, has been pairing poets with technologists to create new work exploring the ethical and creative dilemmas of our time. Join them for a free AI and Poetry symposium. 27 June www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/wat...
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AI and Poetry: UK Symposium at Watershed
Date: Friday June 27th 2025 Venue: Watershed (W3) Time: 10:00 - 14:00 Price: FREE (advance booking essential) Join Lyra Bristol Poetry for the UK’s first ever AI and Poetry symposium. Lyra’s project...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Be part of a lively discussion around what’s next for community-led design and making with Knowle West media Centre: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/made-of-st...
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Made of Straw and Still Standing
A free evening of inspiration about community-led design.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"Empty Shirts: lost childhoods", a poignant exhibition from a Brigstow Ideas Exchange. The project amplifies young people's voices and experiences of youth violence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is a brilliant example of using creative methods in research to explore a sensitive subject.
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Clean Slate WIP showing. #IdeasExchange 5 June A woman’s domestic life crumbles as she is pushed to breaking point by her boyfriend’s relentless domestic incompetence – & you’ve been cast as the boyfriend. Email cleanslatetheplay@gmail.com to participate AM R&D www.tickettailor.com/events/clean...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Interested in our funding? Join our Ideation workshop! Facilitated by the Brigstow Team, it will use methods that will help kick start your creativity. We’ll also have colleagues from Bristol Museum and Special Collections at the University of Bristol. 5 June: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The theme for our funding pilot will be: Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices. Find out more and get involved: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This year we have been reviewing our support for interdisciplinary & co-produced projects, and considering how we might also better prepare projects to apply for larger-scale funding. We are piloting a new funding model. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
📣 The draft programme for our Environmental Humanities Summer School has landed and we're so excited to share it with you: bit.ly/4miqI5k ✨ There's still time to apply but you'll need to get your skates on as the deadline is the 25th of May. More details here: bit.ly/4j3sAfi ✨
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Bramble Gardiner (they/them) @bramblegardiner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Interested in #FoodJustice & #CreativeMethods? If you are based in #Bristol or nearby this event looks useful for meeting future research collaborators! #FoodSystems #AcademicSky
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