Fortnightly series | Investigates lost tales of the past | 2 sections: Hidden histories (Narrative) & stories (Historia)| Celebrates time and its multitudes.
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This June, @BeyondHistories will tackle the strange pre-assumption of land proposed for #settlement or other #colonial purposes is devoid of human inhabitants. This phenomenon has been observed many times in #history, and it is time to discuss it.
#SettlerColonialism
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#DontMissOut: If you're in #Amsterdam, here's an #exhibition on #slavery in Dutch #colonialism and it's not a "view from the ship".
Long way to go, but a big step forward!
It opens @rijksmuseum on June 5.
bbc.com/culture/article/2021…
@bbc @catherine_pound
Seems like we are coming close to finding #answers to questions of a past that happened "looong ago".
Plain of Jar - Phonsavan in Xieng Khouang, #Laos
@TheEconomist
#megalithic #Archaeology
A team of scientists has used a technique called optically stimulated luminescence to measure when the earth beneath the jars was last exposed to light econ.st/2RFBysu
#Maralinga: "They thought they'd pick a supposedly #uninhabited spot out in the #Australian desert. Only they got it wrong. There were people here."
Here's some lesser taught #history
🖊️: @jondonnisonbbc
📰: @BBCWorld
bbc.com/news/world-australia…
#nuclear #colonialism #emptyland
Our job as the keepers of the past isn't to keep it frozen in time. It's to look at it from our place in the present & right what was wrong.
Check out this brilliant piece by @profdanhicks in @guardian about how #decolonising #museums makes them relevant.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Somehow a 20k crore project that thrives on the demolition of several #historical buildings is more important during the destructive #SecondWaveofCovid19
theprint.in/india/governance…
#India #historyerased #archives #CentralVistaProject
“No amount of diversity and inclusion initiatives will suffice in lieu of the removal of the physical images which glorify white supremacy.”
#RhodesMustFall
theguardian.com/education/20…
Important book. Important Book Launch!
@IHEID @iheid_history Prof. Carolyn Biltoft's: 'A Violent Peace: Media, Truth and the Power at the League of Nations'
🗓: Thurs 20 May
⏰: 16h15-18h CET
graduateinstitute.ch/communi…
#history #power #LeagueofNations #information #truth
How have conflicts over #truth and #power played out at the #LeagueOfNations? What do they say about #totalitarian regimes and the #information age?
Looking forward to co-hosting Carolyn Biltoft's book launch with @iheid_history
📅20 May 16.15 CET
🔗bit.ly/2R1n0mZ
#KembalikanTanahAdat
Also, give this podcast🎙️ a listen: bfm.my/podcast/evening-editi…
@OrangAsal @BFMradio @sharmillag
in malaysia, our orang asli struggle to claim ownership to their ancestral land.
as unsustainable development grows, their settlements shrink. their culture, history & bond with nature are being erased. #KembalikanTanahAdat
“The #decline and discontinuance of the use of the #surfboard, as #civilization advances, may be accounted for by the increase in modesty, industry or religion.”
#History
Women and men began surfing in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands for centuries. But the arrival of American missionaries in the 19th century disrupted the mixed-gender sport.
Business Insider notes that both Kevin and Hunter “face multiple federal charges, including violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and unlawfully entering a restricted building.”
#CapitolRiots
Kevin Seefried, the Man Who Stormed the Capitol With the Confederate Flag, Is Going on Family Vacation While Awaiting Trial dlvr.it/RzgW2l
"In celebration of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth let’s remember the invisible battles that people fight every day, and the extraordinary circumstances many endure for a better life."
@olorunbunmi_ lists down 5 documentaries on the #refugee & #immigrant experience.
#mustwatch
Writing for @mirralliance I watched five documentaries about the #refugee and #immigrant experience. If you're interested in the experience of individuals who brave deserts and seas praying for a better life, I suggest watching any or all of these films. link.medium.com/TfoU6Pf5fgb
Read @BeyondHistories' story "The Nameless Numbers in the Sea" on its #Blog
#STORY
historiesbeyondhistories.com…
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Sumner Hall is currently presenting an #Exhibit documenting the "#History of #Racial #Terror #Lynchings in #Maryland" in the window of the Historical Society of Kent County's Bordley History Center.
myeasternshoremd.com/kent_co…
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What's a guitar?
Check out the #history of the #evolution of the #guitar into 7 #musicalinstruments : @RobScallon & Brandon Acker
youtube.com/watch?v=AjK4GVR1…
You can also read @openculture
" #HumanRights groups warn the law gives the #immigration minister a new power to overturn #refugee status."
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
🖊️: @bendohertycorro
📰: @guardian
#Australia #asylum #detention
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Do we see casualties as just faceless numbers rather than persons? Read this @beyondhistories’ short story about the #migrant crisis and how narratives influence our mindsets.
historiesbeyondhistories.com…
"@WHO's weekly report published on May 11 showed that India opts for “cluster of cases”, a lower and less dangerous classification" to avoid the community transmission tag. Epidemiologist Dr Jacob John told @the_hindu, India has been in community transmission since April '20.
India is opting for ‘cluster of cases’, a lower and less dangerous classification.
scroll.in/latest/994879/desp…
This piece discusses how many #refugees are suffering from post-traumatic mental health.
supremementalhealth.co.uk/re…
#Refugees #Rohingya #MentalHealth #TogetherWeCan #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #wellbeing #mentalhealthday #illmentalhealth #refugee
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