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Zsuzsa Millei

@microbial-child.bsky.social
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Microbial Childhood Collaboratory is an interdisciplinary group of researchers and artists, led by Zsuzsa Millei. Interested in microbes and biososcial perspective. Website: research.tuni.fi/ecepp/microbial-ch…

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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🧶 #MemoryMondays | You Can’t Go Home Again ✍️ Madina Tlostanova A Soviet childhood of exile, escape, and quiet revolt. Remembering as refusal - and return. 🔗 www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... #Anarchive #PostSocialism #Memory #Childhood @microbial-child.bsky.social @OpenBookPublishers
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🧶 #MemoryMondays | Smearing the Portrait ✍️ Lucian Țion A boy. A wet sponge. Ceaușescu’s face on the wall. A perfect throw. A moment before the fall. books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp... #Anarchive #memory @microbial-child.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
doi.org/10.1177/2043... New article for Microbial Childhood projects @isilova.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @gronroos.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @microbesinfo.bsky.social
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Childhood in a bacterial world: Anthropogenic biology for the global studies of childhood - Zsuzsa Millei, 2025
Social, political, economic, and technological aspects of a global world and the particularities of local places shaping childhood are the scope of global studi...
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Childhood in a bacterial world: Anthropogenic biology for the global studies of childhood doi.org/10.1177/2043... @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @gronroos.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
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Childhood in a bacterial world: Anthropogenic biology for the global studies of childhood - Zsuzsa Millei, 2025
Social, political, economic, and technological aspects of a global world and the particularities of local places shaping childhood are the scope of global studi...
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🧶 MEMORY MONDAYS | Memory Highlight “Rua Liga Dos Comunistas” ✍️ By José Cossa What does the Cold War feel like in Maputo? A childhood fragment. A street. A world in motion. @microbial-child.bsky.social #Anarchive #Memory #CollectiveBiography @gesigcies.bsky.social
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🧶 MEMORY MONDAYS | Memory: “Breakfast Across Borders” ✍️ By Stefanie Weiss Santos What does a morning meal carry across borders — beyond food, beyond routine, beyond geography? @microbial-child.bsky.social #Memory @CollectiveBiography #Childhood
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Received funding to continue our project - koneensaatio.fi/en/grants-an... Thank you @koneensaatio.fi @journalces.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @microbesinfo.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social
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Microbial Childhood: Restor(y)ing Daycare Ecologies II - Kone Foundation
This interdisciplinary project explores how microbial life can be meaningfully integrated into early childhood education through the framework of Microbial Education (MicroED), grounded in post-anthro...
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🧶 MEMORY MONDAYS | Chapter 2 ‘I Wanted to See the Man with That Mark on His Forehead’: A Historian, Her Childhood Experiences, and the Power of Memory ✍️ By Pia Koivunen bsky.app/profile/isil... @microbial-child.bsky.social @shermandorn.com #Memory #ColdWar
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🧶 MEMORY MONDAYS | Memory: (Re)membering in Jeong By Olga Mun What does it mean to remember across displacement, across borders within borders? A reflection through Korean philosophy of kindness, relationality, and more-than-human. Read more 👇 doi.org/10.11647/obp... @microbial-child.bsky.social
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🧶 MEMORY MONDAYS | Chapter 1: Who Do I Remember For? Memory as Genre and Dark Pleasures of Trauma Witnessing ✍️ By Petar Odak What shapes our memories—before they are even ours to tell? Read more 👇 www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... #ColdWar #Memory #Childhood @microbial-child.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Child bodies coexist with microbial life, how can child studies and education grapple with that? journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jc... @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social@criticalchildhood.bsky.social @deborahyoudell.bsky.social@timgitzen.bsky.social
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Child Ecologies in a Microbial World: A New Imperative for Childhood Studies | Journal of Childhood Studies
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We co-edited this book as MnemoZIN, a collective name for Zsuzsa Millei, Iveta Silova, and Nelli Piattoeva. Writing together is our method—and our refusal of academic individualism. Inspired by Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory & Daughter of Gaia #MemoryMondays #MnemoZIN @microbial-child.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Child bodies coexist with microbial life, how can child studies and education grapple with that? journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jc... @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social@criticalchildhood.bsky.social @deborahyoudell.bsky.social@timgitzen.bsky.social
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Child Ecologies in a Microbial World: A New Imperative for Childhood Studies | Journal of Childhood Studies
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Childhood memories as research data! @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social @psayoungpol.bsky.social @memorystudies.bsky.social @mervikaukko.bsky.social @karenpashby.bsky.social @eecera.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @fohn.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
@phoebegilpin.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi @tampereurban.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @poisedrg.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
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Mira Grönroos @gronroos.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
On ollut ilo tehdä yhteistyötä tässä prokektissa! Lue lisää 👉 @microbial-child.bsky.social www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...
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Mikrobien kohtaaminen voi muuttaa ajattelua – tutkimus yhdisti tieteen ja taiteen | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö
Tampereen yliopiston taiteilijoiden Erika Aallon ja Eva Bublan luoma monialainen taideteos ”Making Kin with Microbes” vei lapset ja perheet mikrobien maailmaan lasten taidefestivaali Hippaloilla. T...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 07/06/2025
Prochlorococcus, a marine bacterium that is only 0.5–0.7 micrometers wide, produces more oxygen than all tropical rainforests combined. Every tiny organism plays a key role in our planet's health. On #WorldOceanDay, see how UNEP works to #SaveOurOcean: bit.ly/3Qk34aI
A microscopic image showing several green, circular to oval-shaped cells of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. The cells have a layered appearance and are viewed under an electron microscope. Clusters of smaller dark dots, likely bacteria or cellular fragments, appear near the larger cells.
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Dr Rosalind Cavaghan @rcavaghan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Planetary Politics RT at #BISA2025 is packed, in teeny weenie room. Problematising of concepts of ownership, epistemology, 'dehumanisation' and so much more. This discussion is proving a smasher! With @flusterbird @anthonyburke‬ @ckweatherill @cameronharrington ‬ @hannahhughes @bisa-ecpwg
A photograph of a panel of 4 speakers, in small room packed with an audience of more than 20 people
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Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🌀 What if education isn’t saving the world— …but scripting its collapse? In our new article, we ask whether global calls for “more education” are reinforcing the very systems driving ecological collapse. 📖 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... #Unlearning #PlanetaryFutures #SDGs #MoreThanHuman
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
@microbesinfo.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @tampereupress.bsky.social @tampereurban.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @poisedrg.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A child's mouth and hands interact with the invisible world of microbes as they explore the world. Science only but beginning to understand the deep and complex connections with childhood and microbes creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... @nessling.fi @isilova.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social
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#48: Discover your microbial child (with Zsuzsa Millei) by Ferment Radio
Did you know your body is never truly sterile—even before you’re born? From semen and placenta to umbilical cord blood, your microbial journey begins early on. And it doesn’t stop there. The type of b...
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
MISSING KINS www.tuni.fi/en/research/... - Guerilla poster campaign, 2025, various urban locations around Southern Finland @nessling.fi @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @tampere.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @microbesinfo.bsky.social @hatsunemicrobe.bsky.social
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Au revoir coastal #nuclear. It's only a matter of time. bbc.com/news/article...
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Coastlines in danger even if climate target met, scientists warn
The goal of limiting warming to 1.5C is too high to avoid continued sea-level rise, scientists warn.
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows
Burning, worsened by global heating, overtook farming and logging as biggest cause of destruction of tropical forests
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
@phoebegilpin.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @microbeminded.bsky.social @earlychildhood.bsky.social @earlychildhoodedu.bsky.social @earlychildhoodireland.ie @tampere.fi @yle.naamio.social @flusterbird.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Biffe (bifidobacterium) said 'farewell' to children in Tahmela Daycare as our Microbial Childhood: Restor(y)ing Childhood Ecologies project is closing www.tuni.fi/en/research/... @isilova.bsky.social @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Heading to Hope and Resilience Conference at Jyväskylä University in Finland www.jyu.fi/en/events/ho.... 2 art workshop & 2 presentations @riikkahohti.bsky.social @pauliina-rautio.bsky.social @nessling.fi @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @gronroos.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A stick covered in circular splitgill mushrooms that look like the gunshot wounds in the terminator that can turn into liquid metal. This stick has been turned upside down so we can see the gills. All photos by me
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Increases in #vaccine-preventable #disease #outbreaks threaten years of progress ... | #pathogens | #Immunization | #measles | #meningitis | #YellowFever | #diphtheria | #children | #kids | Via @who.int
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents and adults at…
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
How do microbes taste? @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @museumofchildhood.bsky.social @vimsfishmrg.bsky.social @multispeciesstudio.bsky.social @multispecies.bsky.social @pauliina-rautio.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Red sauerkraut liquid drop on the paper... 'Look there is a microbe!' - What kind of microbes live in a daycare? See some explorations www.tuni.fi/en/news/what... @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social
Brown paint drop on a sheet of paper looks fuzzy on the edges.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo. Credit to Dr. Mónica Folgueira Otero & @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo at around five days post-fertilisation viewed from the side (lateral view). The cavefish Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has a seeing and a blind form; the latter lives in dark environments, and relies on other senses. with an antibody that targets a calcium binding protein (calretinin) shown in green, which highlights different neuronal types and their processes in the nervous system. The blind cavefish has specially adapted traits that its sighted relation (dwelling near the surface) does not. These include a greater number of sensory receptors and taste buds along its body; these taste buds are also more efficient than the equivalent cells in the seeing cavefish. The eyes are still present at this stage of development but they will degenerate naturally during the lifetime of the fish as they live in a dark environment where eyes are redundant. Adult cavefish are blind. 2011 Wellcome Image Award winner. Text taken from Wellcome Collection. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/sgtfn677
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Why #anthrax still haunts #Kenya’s #farmers and #vets ... | #Bacillus | #bacteria | #pathogen | #contamination | Via nation .africa
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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Declining water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to have profound implications for biodiversity and people. 🧪🌍🦭🦩 www.nature.com/articles/s43... uk.news.yahoo.com/toxic-dust-s...
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Toxic dust and stressed seals: What the shrinking Caspian Sea could mean for people and nature
An area larger than Iceland is likely to dry up, even if the climate ‘only’ warms up by 2C. Here’s what that means in the Central Asian region.View on euronews
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
“If the news is to be believed, microbes are a scary thing.” But are they? Read more in our blog on our funder, the Maj and Tor Nessling foundation website. Wonderful support from nessling.fi/en/microbes-... @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
There is a lego person in a child's hand and the lego's head is upside-down pressed into agar in a Petri dish tasting for microbial growth
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
“If it tastes like nothing, and smells like nothing, is it nothing?” How to research invisible microbes in a daycare is a dilemma we keep alive in our project www.tuni.fi/en/research/... @isilova.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social y.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social
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Microbial Childhood: Restor(y)ing Daycare Ecologies | Tampere universities
Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) constitute the Tampere Universities community. Our areas of priority in research and education are technology, health and societ...
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J. Childhood Studies @childhoodjourn.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
#CallForPapers Reminder that manuscript proposals for the Re-engaging the Journal of Childhood Studies Special Issue are being accepted until January 31, 2025
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks for our funder: @nessling.fi and Tahmela daycare children and staff
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Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“The bacteria are ruling the insects! Insects are following the bacteria”- microbes are part of imaginary play as we research children’s relations with microbes in Tahmela Daycare in Tampere, Finland. Did the children read Merlin Sheldrake’s book Entangled Life? www.tuni.fi/en/research/...
Projected forest onto a suitcase cut out as as a TV screen, in forests lots of microbes live. In front there is a candle. The forest projection is made from wood and leaves collected in the forest. Another forest projected where the twig looks like a dragon.
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