Reposted by Linnea WallenThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Independence requires more than free tuition. It requires universities organised around public purpose, democratic responsibility and the long-term interests of the nation they exist to serve, writes Martin Docherty-Hughes ✍️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi... 02210
Reposted by Linnea WallenUCU QMU @ucuqmu.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We're celebrating students' success on the first day of graduation ceremonies and calling for QMU management to stop the cuts and changes to working conditions that will damage the student experience, staff wellbeing and quality of the university #StopTheCuts #UCU 076
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 11/06/2026Today is the start of the football World Cup, giving us an opportunity to reshare the Football Memories programme, coordinated by the Scottish Football Museum, a national programme benefiting thousands across the country by forming reminiscence groups to tackle social isolation. buff.ly/tjzT5q2 001
Reposted by Linnea WallenEver Dundas @everdundas.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I’m disappointed to hear QMU are planning to hollow out the Sociology department The course and staff had a big impact on me as a person and a writer, and I know how much many others value it. It should be treasured. Please sign: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/protect-jobs...speakout.web.ucu.org.ukProtect jobs and courses at Queen Margaret UniversityTo Sir Paul Grice, Senior Leadership Team and members of the University Court at Queen Margaret University The Scottish higher education funding model is failing, destabilising staff and students. Th... 023
Reposted by Linnea WallenKarl Johnson @karlpjohnson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026QMU might be the last Scottish Post-92 offering single hons Sociology, & we're at risk of redundancy. By the end of day 1 of our Petition to Protect Jobs & Courses at QMU we had 100 names. This morning we're already on our way to 200. Please sign & share! speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/protect-jobs...speakout.web.ucu.org.ukProtect jobs and courses at Queen Margaret UniversityTo Sir Paul Grice, Senior Leadership Team and members of the University Court at Queen Margaret University The Scottish higher education funding model is failing, destabilising staff and students. Th... 012
Reposted by Linnea WallenKarl Johnson @karlpjohnson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/protect-jobs... Last week the Sociology Team & other colleagues were told we're at risk of redundancy amid sweeping harmful changes at QMU. Please sign this @ucuqmu.bsky.social @ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk petition to support protecting our jobs, courses & students.speakout.web.ucu.org.ukProtect jobs and courses at Queen Margaret UniversityTo Sir Paul Grice, Senior Leadership Team and members of the University Court at Queen Margaret University The Scottish higher education funding model is failing, destabilising staff and students. Th... 013
Reposted by Linnea WallenGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Please everyone sign and support my east side comrades. Sociology in the post-1992 sector is being gutted and sociology itself is being made into a subject for elite universities. 169
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Sociology Team at QMU are at risk of redundancy (alongside other colleagues) as a result of significant organisational changes. Please sign this petition to protect jobs and courses: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/protect-jobs... @ucuqmu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.socialspeakout.web.ucu.org.ukProtect jobs and courses at Queen Margaret UniversityTo Sir Paul Grice, Senior Leadership Team and members of the University Court at Queen Margaret University The Scottish higher education funding model is failing, destabilising staff and students. Th... 028
Reposted by Linnea WallenICOM UK @icomuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026💬🏛️ Museums reflect history, but who controls the narrative? At Museum Diplomacy in Action, Mattie Reynolds will discuss museum diplomacy, repatriation, and Indigenous control over cultural stories. #MuseumDiplomacy #IndigenousArt #Repatriation Book your place: buff.ly/jVza4Br 012
Reposted by Linnea WallenCentre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 20/02/2026If memory is embedded in material — in cloth, in thread, in the things we touch every day — what happens when those materials are discarded, sealed away, or transformed? Do objects remember us? Or do we remember through them? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comFabric of memory: the artists turning secondhand clothes into monumental artYin Xiuzhen builds cities from donated clothing while Chiharu Shiota weaves found objects into vast webs of thread. Now the two are exhibiting their massive, moving installations in two parallel exhib... 093
Reposted by Linnea WallenVicky Iglikowski-Broad @vickyig.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Learn more about the discovery process behind our current exhibition, Love Letters. From structured research to serendipitous finds — three specialists and a volunteer share the thrill of uncovering heartfelt emotions centuries later: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...nationalarchives.gov.ukResearching Love LettersDiscover how expressions of love have been uncovered in unexpected places by The National Archive. 01715
Reposted by Linnea WallenUCU QMU @ucuqmu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026We're going to try to gather as many members as we can over here now that we've opened a consultative eballot following today's announcement that compulsory redundancies cannot be ruled out after a 3 week uni-wide voluntary redundancy window - QMU folk, where are you?! 001
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Lejsgaard Christensen applies the sociological notions of ‘resonance’ and ‘alienation’ in considering how the organisation identity of a museum is an iterative process of acknowledging both its legacy and present day values and narratives: (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)tandfonline.comMuseum or mausoleum? The impacts of narrative identity in a historical collector’s museumHow do contingencies between a museum’s historical legacies and its present-day organisational identity impact the museum’s conduct, values, and core narratives? What may be the tensions between hi... 001
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Association @museumsassociation.org · 18/02/2026Feature | Great again? The rise of nostalgic nationalism 🕰️ We’re living through a time of extremism, division and collective forgetting. But Rachael Lennon believes museums have the power to seed hope and cohesionmuseumsassociation.orgGreat again? The rise of nostalgic nationalism - Museums AssociationWe're living through a time of extremism, division and collective forgetting. But Rachael Lennon believes museums have the power to seed hope and cohesion 174
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 18/02/2026🌈 “How can we ensure LGBTQIA+ stories are visible in our venues all year round?” We invited Ilona to share how she's worked with a local LGBTQ+ charity to develop a queer art trail at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Here are her top tips for authentic engagement with community groups: buff.ly/pjnJn06 074
Reposted by Linnea WallenDr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!exeter.ac.ukPhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter 24346
Reposted by Linnea WallenThe Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Can our memories ever be unfair or unjust? Today at The Memory Palace, Kathy Puddfoot explores the concept of "mnemonic injustice" and how our memories can serve a role in treating people with justice. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/wronged-by...thememorypalacephil.substack.comWronged by MemoryKatherine Puddifoot (Durham University) 0115
Reposted by Linnea WallenJohn Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Register now - two-day in-person interdisciplinary - in Glasgow - not hybrid! 082
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Association @museumsassociation.org · 11/11/2025News | House of Memories app launched for veterans living with dementia National Army Museum partnership uses familiar military objects to spark memoriesmuseumsassociation.orgHouse of Memories app launched for veterans living with dementia - Museums AssociationNational Army Museum partnership uses familiar military objects to spark memories 021
Reposted by Linnea WallenICOM UK @icomuk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025🌿 Call for Papers | Oxford 2026 Conference Theme: Museums as Spaces of Healing Museums can emotionally, culturally, and socially heal. How do they achieve this? 🗪 Join us at #Oxford 2026 Conference #callforpapers #icomuk #conference #museum Submit papers here👉https://buff.ly/BiERQcK 123
Reposted by Linnea WallenSue John @suejohn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I wrote this about fighting Section 28 for National Galleries Scotland, part of the brilliant 'Resistance' exhibition - there are some really interesting blogs on there too: www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti... For info @womenslibrary.bsky.socialnationalgalleries.orgWords of Resistance | Fighting Section 28 and Changing Hearts and Minds by Sue John | National Galleries of ScotlandContinuing our Words of Resistance series, feminist and lesbian activist Sue John, looks back on fighting Section 28, repealing the law and changing hearts and minds 25 years on. 096
Reposted by Linnea WallenHannah Ayres @hannahva390.bsky.social · 14/10/2025My first journal article has officially been published! If you want to know more about trans museology and especially the Museum of Transology, check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comA “weapon of survival”: the importance of material culture in trans re/presentationThe Museum of Transology contains the UK’s largest collection of objects re/presenting trans, non-binary and intersex people’s lives. It is a project that fosters and centres community for trans pe... 1267
Reposted by Linnea WallenKayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Excited to be running this Festival of Social Science event in Glasgow, on November 7th. If you are interested in LGBTQ+ equalities work or want to come along and learn more, sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-ba...eventbrite.comLooking Back, Looking Forward: LGBTQ+ EqualitiesLet's look back, and look forward together 032
Reposted by Linnea WallenQueer Heritage and Collections Network @queerhcn.org · 02/10/2025📢 REGISTRATIONS OPEN! 📢 Registrations are open for the upcoming QHCN Symposium, exploring the innovative queer heritage work being developed by cultural organisations across the UK and beyond 📆 Date: 25-26 November 2025 📍 Location: National Trust - Heelis Registration links below ⬇ 134
Reposted by Linnea WallenCentre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Join us for Confronting Colonial Imaginaries – stories of a postcolonial road trip with Professor Uma Kothari. Wednesday 1 October 2025 16:00–17:30 BST Pathfoot Building D1, University of Stirling (hybrid event – attend in person or online) All welcome. Register forms.gle/jmiJivr8jsur... 082
Reposted by Linnea WallenScottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Our friends at @socantscot.bsky.social invite you to a free hybrid talk: Reinterpreting the Past to Explain the Present and Reimagine the Future, with Nelson Cummins on colonial histories in Glasgow Museums. 📆 Thu 2 October, 6-8pm 🎟 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...eventbrite.co.ukReinterpreting the Past to Explain the Present and Reimagine the FutureThis hybrid talk will be presented by Nelson Cummins, Curator of Legacies of Slavery and Empire at Glasgow Museums. 042
Reposted by Linnea WallenJennie Morgan @drmorgan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...qualtrics.kcl.ac.ukQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 01012
Reposted by Linnea WallenICOM UK @icomuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2025🧵@vadundee.bsky.social is hosting a landmark exhibition exploring the tradition of tatreez: Palestinian embroidery. Thread Memory features over 30 historic embroidered garments, accessories, and archival photographs from the 19th century to today. #exhibition #embroidery #palestinebuff.lyThread Memory: Embroidery from PalestineExplore the history of Palestinian dress and the ancient practice of elaborate hand-embroidery 101
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 12/08/2025⚽ In our latest case study, Curator Richard McBrearty shares how the Scottish Football Museum scaled up their 'Football Memories' reminiscence project by building powerful partnerships and connecting with experts: www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/case-study/f...museumsgalleriesscotland.org.ukFootball Memories: from pilot scheme to national programme - Museums Galleries ScotlandRichard McBrearty, Curator at the Scottish Footall Museum, reflects on the nationwide growth of Football Memories reminiscence project. 021
Reposted by Linnea WallenThe Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 13/08/2025“The nostalgia deployed here was fluid, enabling an attachment to the past, but also a reimagining of it into a different future.” Kate Burningham and Susan Venn @cusp.ac.uk on Zygmunt Bauman, nostalgia and visions of the future in Stoke-on-Trent. #OpenAccess @SageJournals buff.ly/Wvy2V4U 022
Reposted by Linnea WallenKids in Museums @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social · 14/08/2025🌈 New webinar recording: Engaging children and families with LGBTQ+ content in museums Learn how museums can enable kids and their grown ups to engage with new topics in a safe space - and perhaps, to also see their experiences reflected back. ➡️kids-in-museums.cademy.ioRECORDING: Engaging children and families with LGBTQ+ content in museums by Kids in Museums on cademy.ioThis is a recording of a session which took place on Zoom on Thursday 3 July 2025. Are you interested in developing programmes and exhibits with LGBTQ+ content for children and families? About this… 043
Reposted by Linnea WallenMasja_@_Brill @masjah.bsky.social · 19/08/2025New pub: Memory Studies in India This pioneering volume marks a significant contribution to memory studies in India, exploring how collective and individual memories shape and reshape identities, narratives, and historical knowledge. @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social brill.com/display/titl...brill.comMemory Studies in India"Memory Studies in India" published on 28 Apr 2025 by Brill. 042
Reposted by Linnea WallenGlasgow Building Preservation Trust @gbptrust.bsky.social · 07/08/2025⚡️Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival Programme & bookings are LIVE! Discover Glasgow for free this September! Scotland’s largest free heritage and community festival returns from 18 - 21 September. Full programme: glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk Check out our 2025 trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=52SX...youtube.comGlasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025 TrailerYouTube video by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust 085
Reposted by Linnea WallenICOM UK @icomuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2025🎤Call for Speakers! MuseumNext buff.ly/0sPlThj is inviting proposals for 20-minute presentations that explore the future of museum work for their upcoming Forecast Summit for December 2025! The event will dive into the trends shaping the future of museums. #museum #future #museumnextbuff.lyCall for SpeakersIn November, we’re hosting the Museums & Social Media Summit, exploring how museums can harness the power of social media to engage audiences, build their brands and tell stories. We are now inviting… 041
Reposted by Linnea WallenCentre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Join us at the University of Stirling to explore the memory, material traces, and places of everyday life — from the official to the overlooked — with archaeologist and heritage practitioner Professor @tracyireland.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Linnea WallenUCU QMU @ucuqmu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025For colleagues following us here who may have missed the emails - please sign the petition against terms in the Hybrid Working Policy (specifically requiring staff to work on campus ≥50% of their time) speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/hybrid-worki...speakout.web.ucu.org 023
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Beyers explores strategies of commemoration in the Apartheid Museum & District Six Museum in SA. He highlights contrasts between the role of objects where curation attribute meaning to these no longer present & those used to incite a spirit of solidarity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 010
Reposted by Linnea WallenProf. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social · 05/08/2025History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...youtube.comForgetting - Professor Catriona Pennell, Professor in Modern History and Memory StudiesYouTube video by University of Exeter 2156
Reposted by Linnea WallenMemory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025📢Upcoming #SummerSchool in Digital #CulturalHeritage! Are you a PhD student interested in how the digital age is reshaping our understanding of memory, heritage, and history? Join Tallinn University for a 3-day summer school! 🔗For more information: bit.ly/3IRTdaF 021
Reposted by Linnea WallenLSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Congratulations to our PhD candidate @megomahony.bsky.social on her recent publication titled “Curating conflict-related sexual violence: Museological visibilities at the Imperial War Museum” in @memorystudies.bsky.social! ⬇️ Read the full research article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 032
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Very interesting paper by Fraccaroli & Simonetto (@psimonetto.bsky.social) which explores LGBTQ + archival practices in Latin America and highlights that archives share but also contest the meaning and materiality of memory of how LGBTQ+ people are remembered: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 031
Reposted by Linnea WallenBen Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 07/10/2024*NEW SERIES ALERT* - EXCITED to announce Bloomsbury's new memory studies series: 'Critical Memory Studies', ed. Lucy Bond, Rick Crownshaw, Brett Ashley Kaplan & Jessica Rapson. Working in the area or know people that are? We'd love to hear from you! DM me for more info. 074
Reposted by Linnea WallenDr Jenny Woodley @jennywoodley.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Who do I know/ who should I know who is interested in open-air and living museums in any national context? I'm looking for practitioners, academics, and collaborators for a new project! 244030
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 20/07/2025My PhD thesis - Memory and Museum Community Engagement - is available online! The work sits in the intersection(s) of museum studies, memory studies and sociology and it explores memory (work) in three Scottish museum community engagement projects: eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.50... 1153
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 18/07/2025🤝 Our new project, Protection Through Connection: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland, aims to raise the profile of Scotland’s living traditions by building stronger relationships between cultural and heritage organisations and communities that maintain ICH. 🔗 buff.ly/CJnI25T 032
Reposted by Linnea WallenChris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Delighted to talk publishing, public writing, and sociological R&D with @aminghaziani.bsky.social and Doug Hartmann in the new issue of @contexts.org. link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 0195
Reposted by Linnea WallenKayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025My full and final PhD thesis can now be accessed online. This is an alt format thesis that explores safety in queer spaces, LGBTQ+ experiences in women's prisons and the concept of 'queering' the prison researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentTh...researchportal.bath.ac.ukThe Imaginary Queer Prison: The Possibilities and Limitations of ‘Queering’ the Prison 0104
Reposted by Linnea WallenMuseums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 20/06/2025🌈 This Pride Month, explore a resource where Sacha Coward explores the stereotypical portrayals of LGBTQ+ stories and how museums can embrace inclusive, thoughtful, and family-friendly ways of representing LGBTQ+ lives. Find out more: buff.ly/QHLusGa 031
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Insightful paper about community-based museums of memory; Diana Ordóñez Castillo writing "...these museums challenge the space of enunciation in constructing memory, raising questions about who speaks and what is spoken about" www.proquest.com/openview/f5b...proquest.comWhat If We All Go Out in Fear?: Emotions in the Configuration of Community-Based Museums of Memory - ProQuestExplore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform. 081