@150Legacy

On 150th anniversary of the funeral of Scottish traveller David Livingstone researchers come together to discuss the legacy of imperialism in cultural heritage

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Kathryn Simpson, lecturer in Digital Humanities, will be joining a new consortium of 25 researchers to develop solutions for effective and ethical uses of AI. “I am incredibly excited to be part of this innovative and culturally prescient project.” @drkatesimpson
Dr Kathryn Simpson smiling

ALT Dr Kathryn Simpson smiling

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#Legacy150 would like to thank everyone who made the conference such a success. Special thanks to the amazing folk at @dhishef none of this would be possible without funding from @UniShefAH and finally huge thanks to @DLivingstoneBP and @natlibscot for hosting and supporting us!
Delegates from the #Legacy150 conference. Large group photo outside in front of the fountain at the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre with the Museum in the background. Colour photo

ALT Delegates from the #Legacy150 conference. Large group photo outside in front of the fountain at the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre with the Museum in the background. Colour photo

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Always good to have @jamescummings at a conference to bring some well needed seriousness and rigour! @DLivingstoneBP @taptika22 #Legacy150
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Today we are attending the #Legacy150 at the @DLivingstoneBP in Blantyre. #scotlandmalawi
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MBT@michabt19 Apr 2024
Great to be back with ol' friends and locations at #legacy150 Conference, with @jamescummings
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Taptikabh@taptika2219 Apr 2024
#legacy150 Another conference day @DLivingstoneBP Learning, sharing knowledge and engaging discussions.
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📢 Excited to back at @DLivingstoneBP today as part of @150Legacy to present and share Alasdair Campbell and I's recently published paper on "Collaborative Approach to Updating Object Records at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum." #Legacy150
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Great first day of #Legacy150 conference yesterday @natlibscot thoroughly looking forward to today @
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Taptikabh@taptika2218 Apr 2024
#legacy150 “The museum will not be decolonised.” First day of conference @NLS Edinburgh. @DLivingstoneBP
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#Legacy150 – “The Museum will not be Decolonised”: honest, equitable and human-centred conversations around colonial collections in non-ethnographic British museums. Begins today at 1pm @natlibscot
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Beginning tomorrow! On 150th anniversary of the funeral of Scottish traveller David Livingstone researchers come together to discuss the legacy of imperialism in cultural heritage. dhi.ac.uk/blogs/legacy150/… @UniShefAH @dhishef @DLivingstoneBP @natlibscot
DeepAI generated image in 'surreal' style. Prompt text is 'researchers come together to discuss the legacy of imperialism in cultural heritage'. Generated April 2024. A surreal symmetrical black and white image that shows indistinguishable repeated images in triangles and squares.

ALT DeepAI generated image in 'surreal' style. Prompt text is 'researchers come together to discuss the legacy of imperialism in cultural heritage'. Generated April 2024. A surreal symmetrical black and white image that shows indistinguishable repeated images in triangles and squares.

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On Saturday, Ray Abruzzi, Kate Simpson and Adrian Wisnicki will be joining us for a roundtable discussion around technology, harm and bias in history and heritage research. dhi.ac.uk/blogs/legacy150/ @UniShefAH @dhishef @DLivingstoneBP @natlibscot @kilmunbooks @AdrianWisnicki
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Our sixth and final panel will take place on Saturday with talks from Erin Canning, Mike Toth, Achilles Mujunangoma Bufure and James Cummings. Further details here - dhi.ac.uk/blogs/legacy150/ @UniShefAH @dhishef @DLivingstoneBP @natlibscot
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On Saturday, our fifth panel will include talks from Justin Livingstone, Mary Ton and Dirk Ton, and Ahlam Bavi. More details on the conference site here - dhi.ac.uk/blogs/legacy150/… @UniShefAH @dhishef @DLivingstoneBP @natlibscot
DeepAI generated image in ‘surreal’ style. Prompt text is paper titles from this panel of speakers: ‘Digital Editing, Material Culture and the Production of Geographical Knowledge, Livingstone’s Lantern in a New Light: Perspectives in Photogrammetry’, ‘Ethical Community Engagement in the Digitization of Cultural Heritage: Strategies, Challenges, and Procedural Guidelines’. Generated April 2024. A black and white drawing of a lantern which has what appears to be a front door and lined with books inside. There are two smaller objects to either side of the lantern which look like mushroom-shaped lanterns encased in circles.

ALT DeepAI generated image in ‘surreal’ style. Prompt text is paper titles from this panel of speakers: ‘Digital Editing, Material Culture and the Production of Geographical Knowledge, Livingstone’s Lantern in a New Light: Perspectives in Photogrammetry’, ‘Ethical Community Engagement in the Digitization of Cultural Heritage: Strategies, Challenges, and Procedural Guidelines’. Generated April 2024. A black and white drawing of a lantern which has what appears to be a front door and lined with books inside. There are two smaller objects to either side of the lantern which look like mushroom-shaped lanterns encased in circles.

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This Friday at the conference, Jamie Robinson & Gurtek Singh will be discussing ‘Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections’ and Felicity Crowe will be presenting ‘“Woman in a headscarf”: new approaches to the archive of the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies.’
DeepAI generated image in ‘surreal’ style. Prompt text is the titles of the papers in this panel: ‘Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections - “Woman in a headscarf”: new approaches to the archive of the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies’. Generated April 2024. A grayscale illustration of two framed panels which each features a portrait of a person in a headscarf. We can see the complete portrait of the image shown right-centre, but we can only see half of the face of the person on the left hand side.

ALT DeepAI generated image in ‘surreal’ style. Prompt text is the titles of the papers in this panel: ‘Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections - “Woman in a headscarf”: new approaches to the archive of the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies’. Generated April 2024. A grayscale illustration of two framed panels which each features a portrait of a person in a headscarf. We can see the complete portrait of the image shown right-centre, but we can only see half of the face of the person on the left hand side.

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The Digital Humanities Institute is thrilled to offer two scholarships worth £10,000 each to home fee-paying students embarking on their postgraduate journey with us in 2024. Find out more & apply: sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate…
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