Dr Amy Hondsmerk
@AWildHistorian
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Works to upskill the heritage sector. Researches videogames as museum interpretation. Lover of games, singing, sci-fi, and cats. She/her.
Joined April 2012
This looks like an amazing PhD topic at Durham: 'The Special Operations Executive, World War II Covert Action, and Digital Wargaming'
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Published! This unique edited collection explores the interplay of heritage, memory, identity & history within postcolonial board games & their surrounding paratexts. It examines critiques of these games within gamer communities & beyond: https://t.co/11sAdUrnOS
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Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games is a unique edited collection that explores the interplay of heritage, memory, identity and history within postcolonial board games and their...
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The first Holocaust Museum in Fortnite has been approved today by Epic Games. Super proud that we will be the first to bring something like this to Fortnite's 400 million + players. 80% of Americans haven't visited a Museum. So this is game changing.
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🐈 There is a cat on the luggage rack. I repeat: cat on the luggage rack! Hoping for a purr-fect journey on the @LNER down to King’s Cross. (Don’t worry, owner is underneath!)
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🎶 TOMORROW - Accord Community Choir concert! 🎶 Come along to enjoy a FREE evening of fantastic music! No need to book, just turn up! If you can, please bring along a donation for the local foodbank - tinned and long life food.
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Four good films starting with the first letter of my name.
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1/ Are you after a new role in the arts, creativity, culture or heritage? Ever wondered about THE BEST websites to find such opportunities? Below is a list of *40* that I know of; please share any that you think I've missed! 🎨🎭📚🎞️🪨🎶 #ArtsJobs #MuseumJobs #HeritageJobs
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We have 2 wonderful positions available here at the Museum and The City of Caves. We're looking for a Front of House Assistant and Visitor Experience Assistant to join our amazing team of staff. Closing date for applications is Monday 17 April 2023 https://t.co/rHLfrmfatK
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Deadline for @TrentUni fully-funded PhD studentship is 16 March 2023 (start: Oct 2023). We look at novel modes of heritage and museum engagement that offset the collective psyche of cultural heritage from the objects to the process. @MoF_NTU @CAUGH_NTU @ahrcpress
We pleased to announce a fully funded PhD Studentship at @TrentUni @CAUGH_NTU Working with me and #ProfCeriAshley, on: "The Making of #LivingHeritage": looking at the history of #craftpractitioners and #living #museums in #Africa and #UK
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The @I_W_M in conjunction with myself and colleagues at @HistoryGamesNet & @UofGGamesLab have been organising a War Games Jam. And it's now freely open to sign up! Find out more details at the website here: https://t.co/75R2J6c1Ym
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I also have to thank @Midlands4Cities for their support as well as @ntuhum and @NTUDoctoral. Also to Jan-Noël Thon for your invaluable assistance in getting this project off the ground! There’s countless more people to thank, but for now I’m going to crack open the champagne!
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There’s a doctor in the house! So pleased to say that I passed my viva today with no corrections. Thank you so much to my examiners @rebekah_wood and @jenkidd for such an interesting and thoughtful discussion and to my supervisors Duncan Grewcock and Helen Kennedy! #PhDone
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Call for Participants! We are conducting a study on player responses to generative archaeology games! All aged 16+ welcome! 🕹️Play a game 📝Give us your interpretations ✨Contribute to the future of games research! Take the 10 min survey here: https://t.co/Ehlz1ibi8H
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🔴 NEW 🔴 A group of MPs has been advocating for NHS privatisation while being funded by private health firms. 📝 My @BylineTimes latest 👇🏻 https://t.co/rqANuk30jR
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Sam Bright investigates how a parliamentary lobbying group on healthcare has been backed by private interests
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🚨The Call for Contributions for TIPC3 is OPEN!🚨We are looking for contributions that have an integrative, diverse, accessible, and inclusive approach to bolster our shared understanding of the past and Video Games Deadline is 15 January 2023: https://t.co/70K4KAq6oc
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🚨Heritage people! Next week my Youth Collective will be hosting an in-person speed mentoring event, we'd love to have a few more mentors from the wider heritage sector. We're keen to highlight roles outside of curatorial. There is ££ for your time! DM for more info.
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A great opportunity with a great group of people!
Come and do a Phd with @dr_sdavis and I in collaboration with @JusticeMuseum ‘Re-interpreting convict transportation: Decolonising the convict transportation exhibition at the National Justice Museum’ https://t.co/6AgU8ree5T
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not me having a nervous breakdown any time a video game has two paths and i don’t know which path leads to collectibles and which path leads to story content that might prevent me from going back and getting the collectibles rip
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