Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records ... From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable
PSA: Keeping cultural tourism income/benefits local.
If you're visiting the Scottish Isles pls consider booking accommodation through 'Isle Holiday'. Works like Airbnb but is community-owned w/ all profits retained and reinvested locally.
RTs 🙏
@SiobhanTalbott
Non-academic organisation but I got to the point where if people turned up to a meeting unprepared I cancelled it on the spot and asked them to let me know when they were ready and that I'd explain the delay at the next programme meeting ... they didn't do it twice.
@LifeAfloat
You're not paid to perform! You do whatever you need to do and whatever feels right in the moment. We'll assume no news is good news and thoroughly enjoy your tweets whenever they land. Have a great day/week.
While we're still on the topic of the
#RailStrikes
,
#NHSStrikes
and likely upcoming teachers' strikes, here's something to remember as the Tory government's plans to legislate against
#Strike
action.
We need a
#GeneralElection
. We need freedom of association. We need democracy.
@ZJAyres
I feel strongly about this too. I would like to see a blanket ban across the universities. I think there's concern re: less opportunities but with planning, fundraising etc. the impact would be minimal & the gains - a strong message of value & respect - worth any extra effort.
Tomorrow it is 1yr since I caught COVID. Today, action from the WHO re
#LongCOVID
. I can't emphasise how confusing, frustrating & frightening this illness is, especially when you have others to care for. With no info. available I wasn't supported but dismissed as lazy and stupid.
Tweeting the WHO's conference on
#LongCOVID
(called "Post COVID-19 Condition" here) as possible.
It starts off with the amazing
@LongCovidSOS
video from earlier this year: 1/
Purpose built Victorian live/work housing for creatives
@PhilBixby
, specifically 'bachelor artists' with Housekeeper accommodation in the basement - of course!
PhD Studentship: Machine Learning for Mapping Habitat Histories with the National Trust
I wish my research questions were this good!
"Just how hedgey was the British countryside? How hedgey could it be again?"
@Sharonheal
In my (albeit limited) experience the condition and integrity of the items in their care are paramount to curators/archivists. I'd describe it as a type of love. That's why this feels so 'off' and something much more than petty/opportunistic theft.
@tricyclemayor
I wish you hadn't had such an awful experience - please feel proud and happy, you're fabulous. Btw, I didn't notice the tube just that you use your glasses as a hairband like me. I ruin so many pairs that way!
@ifanmj
You might be interested in the work of Archaeologist and Geomythologist Erin Kavanagh
(
@geomythkavanagh
) who has done significant work around Cardigan Bay, deluge myths of sunken forests and the realism of places in the Mabinogi.
"Experts have recreated the oldest-known piece of tartan ever found, which was discovered in a peat bog after being buried for centuries."
The Glen Affric Tartan (1500-1600 AD): The green dye is believed to be made from woad or indigo the other colours - I'll need to read more!
Goodnight from the Anomalous Phenomena Team, downing courage in The Way Back pub before facing a night in Dowen Lodge. Goodnight from Weychester Cathedral’s Black Library where minuscule dust golems roam as the ink in certain books changes its shape. Goodnight from Hookland.
‘Landscapes of Change’: special exhibition & events programme
@McrPoetryLib
@ManMetUni
this summer will bring together poetry and science to explore the impact of the climate emergency
@arranlouise
This is the worse I've ever seen it. Building more housing isn't going to help without tight ownership and use restrictions ... otherwise, we're just building more holiday lets/second homes and solving nothing.
@ArchaeoDuck
Great idea, thanks for this! Today is always a tough one.
So niche fact ... the MV Isle of Arran is the oldest ferry in the CalMac fleet at 36yrs old.
I've worked 12 hrs today. It's not big or clever, but it is the first time I've had the energy to do so for 2+ yrs ... I might pay for this tomorrow but right now this is good
#LongCovid
.
Beaghmore/Bheitheach Mhór Stone Circles: "We gathered here as Water Protectors from Ireland, Chile and South Dakota ... The labels on the map remind us of the deep timescales of our places that resist the short-termism of profit orientated timeframes."
@gmacg_1
@urbanprehisto
"Counter-mapping is a form of critical cartography that challenges dominant power and reminds us that landscapes are more than empty backdrops for the accumulation of capital"
@cenza_v
on resisting the 'extractive gaze'
@Rundale_Media
Funded CDA PhD: Museum Experiences and Sound
"... project examines how immersive, interactive, and experiential sound practices can augment visitor experience in museum contexts."
May be of interest to some of your students
@Mariana_J_Lopez
,
@phiyownaah
.
Modernist heritage, but make it ice-cream 🍦
Don't miss Edible Archives: Eating Kirkgate Market – a fun multi-sensory experience celebrating
#WilliamMitchell
murals in Bradford through food and sound 👀
📅 Sat 29 Jul for
#BDFestival
"On every allotment site, there is usually a place where people put their excess crops for anyone to help themselves. This is deliberate. Gifts carry obligations, and by being able to help oneself without being seen, the taker doesn’t owe anyone anything."
Beautifully written 👇
For those who have kindly been asking - here’s an essay entitled ‘Banal Utopia’ that highlights points from my thesis. It’s also the afterword of this reissued allotment classic more soon…
@OpenAccessArch
My time at Sheffield was one of the most enjoyable and empowering periods of my life. It's twenty years ago but I remember it vividly. They have my support - anything and everything I can do.
This reminds me of the National Geographic maps I used to pore over as a child. Great work as always from Dan Lee
@Archaeo_in_Res
@UHIArchaeology
'Tombs of the Isles' report and free leaflet/map available to download:
@preshitorian
@calirunnerdoc
Really sorry to hear this. My heart issues / shallow breathing are back after several months. I've utterly failed to convey how debilitating this disease has been to my uni or they just don't believe me.
Given all the challenges people are facing, this feels obscene.
"Its “worlds”, incl. medical, recreational & educational facilities ... shops & and restaurants. Membership requires the purchase of a property, which can cost anything from $3m to $50m."
@We_OwnIt
@BluBanjoes
@Survation
We need key sectors: health, education, transportation, energy/water ... under public ownership, with long term (20-50 yr) strategies in place and ringfenced to protect them from the extremes of political ideology and party politics - left and right.
@AkanKwaku
@preshitorian
American friends of mine have decided to postpone visiting the UK - pre-pandemic they were regular visitors - mainly due to their fear of becoming ill and not being able to access medical care.
New
#SaveSheffieldArchaeology
website providing all the information and resources we need to fight the closure of the Archaeology Department at Sheffield:
Many congratulations to John Oxley
@yorkarchaeology
who has been created an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Heritage and recognising amongst other work, his 30 years as York City Archaeologist.
Well done John - richly deserved and so please for you!
@pre_historian
Look after yourself and swift recovery. I was listening to the two Scottish Drs talking on here last night about reinfections - particular in children - and how devastating and completely avoidable the SARS2 situation is/will be in the UK.
**May Teatime Talk now open for booking!**
Mapping the town: British Historic Towns Atlases: past, present and future
Date: Thursday 20 May
Speaker: Dr Keith D. Lilley, Chair of Historic Towns Trust
Time: 4.45 pm for a 5 pm start
Register: check your members email
#gischat
#map
Non-archaeologists: you wondering what all the noise is about? Everything beautifully described below👇is at risk if Archaeology Depts close.
Don't let this happen, please Sign Petitions+Share:
@ArchaeologyChe1
-
@UniShefArch
-
Archaeologists are hard-working & passionate about our discipline & the significance of the human past for our present & for future generations. We tell engaging data-driven stories & challenge preconceptions & prejudice.
It's great to see momentum building behind apprenticeships across the sector. I've been intrigued by the breadth of roles/skills covered (textiles get me every time!) and very impressed by the diversity of apprentices 🙌
NT Carpenter/Joiner Apprenticeship 👇
@alliyoungmd
Agree. 'Toxic Positivity' has become ubiquitous. Anything other than 24/7 joy and exuberance is seen as a personal failing or personality defect. Remembering the words of Maya Angelou: absolutely get angry when we encounter injustice in the world.
@AcademicChatter
Formal research training program leading to an accredited and internationally recognised qualification along side PhD. We have a program structured like this for teaching(lecturing) but nothing for a professional research/other career outside of academia.
People hiding amazing research from me! 😁
@profkdlilley
Glad to have discovered a new (to me) project today:
Mapping Lineages: Quantifying the Evolution of Maps of the Britsh Isles ()
Looking forward to future explorations.
h/t:
@ThomasSmaberg
🙌
In a popular coastal town with chronic affordable housing issues, historic buildings are being brought back into (protected) residential use through a community land trust and partners ...
@CommunityYoco
H/t:
@kwilsonlee
📣 We are delighted to be joining the partnership between
@CornwallCouncil
and Three Seas to restore the
#Looe
Coastguard Flats, providing much-needed
#AffordableHousing
in the town. 🏘
Find out more:
👉
Persian carpets - with their stories & deliberate - are one of my favourite art forms. Only complete mastery could have created this stunning example but I can't help feeling that it should be displayed, with its twin, in the space they were designed for.
19/ The Ardabil carpet was one of a matching pair that was made for the shrine of Safi al-Din Ardabili when it was expanded in the 1530s. Today, the Ardabil carpet is in the Islamic Art Gallery in
@V_and_A
while its twin is in
@LACMA
The carpets were side by side in the shrine
There is a white peacock and a black rooster foraging outside my window - truly - would anyone like to divine the meaning of these omens for the coming year? 😉
Back online for final day of
@42ndAEA
& another excellent session: Landscapes and Places chaired by
@urbanprehisto
.
Coffee break before
@GCBeale
leads the next session: Relationships with Landscapes and Species incl.
@archaeoholz
Thank you for hybrid format
@UofGArchaeo
👍
Just stumbled across photos of the stunning Grade 1 ex-York Asylum and later NHS hospital building. Designed in late 18th century by local architect John Carr and currently standing empty due to stalling of re-development project.
More info/images
@UoYBorthwick
&
@YorkExplore
I've been dipping into this excellent new collection of applied heritage essays and case studies all day. Look forward to going back to re-read each chapter.
Open access downloads via link in post 👇
Cultural heritage is at the heart of human development!
Find out more in this new collection of essays launched today. A pleasure working on these with
@BritishArts
and all the authors.
As one commentator put it: "with vision and political will". This redesigned street in London looks, and I'm sure feels, great and will only get better as it grows out!
@CommunityYoco
@PhilBixby
I love everything about the Permissible Beauty project (
@permissiblebty
): the concept, the people, the art - everything. I just wish the exhibition was on longer.
Look at these stunning natural dyed wools at Fountains Abbey. The colours are soft and so beautiful. Accompanied by music from monks to replicate the abbey in its heyday.
I wasn't a Twitter user when this thread from
@TheMERL
was first posted but very glad to catch this repost by
@kateweikert
. I won't say anymore and give the game away but take a look if it's new to you too. It certainly is an excellent example.
What are the legendary history or heritage social media moments? I always go back to this from
@TheMERL
. I teach it as an excellent example to teach, entertain, and drive people to the museum and archive. What are your favourites on any platform?
The People’s Parish: Public Folklore in Practice
Fri 21 July: 9.30-5:00
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
"exploring the concept of Public Folklore, working with creative communities to explore and celebrate their local traditions that reflect their locality."
@kittyjmac
Recommend watching the interview with
@UAlbarella
re: the year-long campaign to stop the closure of the Archaeology Department at Sheffield, the recently announced 2 year 'reprieve' and the implications for the sector as a whole.
@ZJAyres
I find the 'Harvard Letter' case astounding. The institution is taking disciplinary action against a perpetrator (history across multiple institutions) and a group of senior tenured staff have penned an open letter condemning this. A letter that makes no reference to the abused.
“You’re cutting off an awful lot of talent, you’re going to recruit people who have privilege rather than people who are potential.”
Interested to understand the sector focus of the 100 charities included in this research & the makeup of their Boards.
@tricyclemayor
Just decided he wouldn't bother with the Equalities Act that day!. If our legal system wasn't a bin fire, I'd be advising you to sue. Hope your paper finds a more worthy home.
York (UK): This Saturday 11 - 1, pop into the
@MuseumGardens
, meet the lovely folk from the
@YorkTravellers
Trust and listen as they share their history and culture as part of
#GRTHM2021
😃
@HelenBevan
@CormacRussell
I feel we've been having this conversation for the last 15 years (and probably much longer). The evidence is in - greater benefits & value are delivered, short and long term, through (truly) collaborative and community-led efforts. The cultural shifts to enable still lag behind.
Costs can stack up quickly, so it's great to see a reasonably priced archaeological field school which is open to all. Sorry, I'm not closer or I'd come visit!
Anyone you know fancy being an archaeologist for a day next year? Even fancy a go yourself? We expect a full programme of digging next year in the Cotswolds/Bristol area. Gift vouchers available for Christmas £40/day. See website for details or contact to be on mailing list
"the current version of community empowerment gets as far as graciously bestowing capital funding upon us & then expecting the rest to magically happen ... capital funding is a walk in the park compared to the core funding needed to keep the office lights on or maintain things."
A huge amount is put on the shoulders of volunteers in rural and island communities. In these roles, you often please no-one most of the time. It’s good though, we’re told. It’s community empowerment...
It's me in the
@SunScotNational
again 👇
York (UK) Folk: Please consider buying fruit, veg, plants, planters & other garden woodwork/crafts from
@Brunswick_York
. They provide training, dev. & employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities & the quality of everything produced is second to none!
Home grown fruit and veg is arriving daily in the shop! Check out these beauties lovingly grown by our talented land groups
#gyo
#shoporganic
#organicyork
Mapping habitats in the Peak District National Park:
AI-powered tool guiding wildlife monitoring & landscape restoration
+ adj project: " ... to study the disappearance of historical landscape features like walls and hedgerows across the Peak District."
1/3 Ever find it a struggle to match the sections to the plan in an
#Archaeology
report? I solved this for the Nutbane long barrow with a 3D model, hosted on the fantastic Sketchfab:
After a long 4 years the article developed from my masters thesis has just been published! Its fully open access, avaliable here
HUGE HUGE thank you to the
@CHERISHproj
team for their support, resources and for funding the publication 💚
Sadly, this is the outcome of much UK EDI work I'm familiar with, often because it's confused with widening participation. Without structural change, sprinkling protected characteristics through an organisation delivers all the right optics (short term) but little else.
The team certainly looked diverse, until you scratched the surface and discovered they’d all been schooled at a handful of elite institutions and their worldview was thus way narrower than one first imagined.
"A library of history and prehistory lie hidden under peat and turf; the books open and pages unfold if you know how and where to look. And there are places too, with paths to lead you there, that sing of a remoter past" ... Beautiful piece & nothing more immersive than a story.
@womensart1
This has reminded me of a beautifully woven bridal carpet many years ago with tanks, missiles etc. in a home close to the Afgan border in northern Pakistan. I didn't think through the connotations of it at the time and the potential status of the family/bride.
Great way to end the week - 10 permanent academic roles, including:
- Lecturer in Digital Humanities
- Lecturer in Digital Humanities & Cultural Comp
- Lecturer in Digital Economy & Innovation
- Lecturer in Digital Culture & Race
Further roles via the link in Tweet 👇
I took a stained glass class with Ann a few years ago. My very simple project was very difficult! so I appreciate the immense knowledge and skill together to produce this beautiful piece.
Lucky to have lived/worked in this stunning part of Pakistan - a beautiful thread of people & place traced through the practices of shepherding & 'shu', traditional wollen textile, production.
Aspects remind me of C-19 collective making you've previously mentioned
@wodieskodie
.
Shu maker Khushtan told us about the importance of 'geeve', a social gathering to work as a group where craft making, play and ritual came together.
Since men were not allowed in the geeve event, it gave the women more freedom and a space to express themselves.
Another Place 'creative collaboration' example for your toolkit
@CommunityYoco
@PhilBixby
Community-led, interactive map-based 'Place Plans' ... map existing assets/services that support 20 min Neighbourhoods while highlighting what is missing.
#CelebrateCHC
A fascinating presentation by Jane Russell-O'Connor re: why are people drawn to mountainscapes and/or seascapes & what are the emotional experiences they have there?
Unburdening, escaping, meditative, exhilarating, fearful ... spiritual connection & a strong desire to protect.
📢 Take a journey with us on 16 June to explore some wonderful landscapes of the Irish coast, Japanese seawall and Cape York in Greenland, all themed for our Research Fund of Landscape, Virtue & Common Good.
Details & to register 👇
@SETU_Research
Funded PhD: Design and Evaluation of Culturally Sensitive Immersive Experiences.
"experiences (virtual and mixed reality) that support interaction with culturally sensitive virtual artefacts and spaces. With a focus on archaeological sites and artefacts,"
Lunchtime listening: the inspirational
@InstituteArch
conference 'Fringe' event "Dismantling legacies and collectively building new ones - breaking barriers and bias in archaeology". Thanks to Pen Forman for organising/chairing and speakers for sharing their experiences 🙌
Disruptive inspiring conversations today re: Imagination Infrastructures / Collective Imagination - ways of knowing and being - supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf_uk
#ImaginationInfra
Next talk: Civic & Political Imaginations at the City Scale (fyi:
@CommunityYoco
)
Most mosques feature a dome, called qubba in Arabic. The dome is a symbolic representation of the vault of heaven. The interior decoration of a dome often emphasises this symbolism using patterns to awe & inspire
Here are 24 dome interiors in mosques across the world
A thread…
A valuable resource for ECRs with no/little experience engaging with policymakers - this short (10 min) video presents an overview of the Government policymaking landscape, 'where to start' entry points and how to present data. Many thanks,
@GraemeTR
.
h/t:
@kirstygrainger
🙏
🎥 Introducing "Research Insights" - a series of 6 films exploring the impact of research on policy, arts, business, and industry.
The first film features Professor Graeme Reid
@GraemeTR
, an expert in research policy!
Enjoy & stay tuned for more👀...
Congratulations and very best wishes to
@histarchck
,
@Adedwards7
&
@archaeoFD
who are attending their very delayed PhD Graduation ceremony today
@UniOfYork
. I'm sorry not to be there with you all but have a great day - savour the moment! Xx
This weekend - a poignant and personal look at island life and the lifeline boat services of early C20th Orkney, before RORO ferries or inter-island flights were introduced, and a beautiful combination of archival film, stills and music.
@OrkneyLibrary
@OAS_Orkney
@bbcorkney
Last night we were lucky to enjoy a viewing of Fiona Sanderson’s film ‘Light’ (2020), an atmospheric collection of footage reflecting on her family’s history as lighthouse-keepers. The film will be available to view all weekend here:
Rejoining this afternoon to hear
@drclairenolan
speak about archaeology and wellbeing and the distinct effect (and affect) of deep time engagement.
#Archaeology
#Prehistory