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So beautiful to see the whole Empire & Ecologies website laid out, & if you scroll down you can see my commissioned film on re-mediatised plant lives, which you can screen online for free at the bottom of this page! @ucd_envhum @comyn_scomyn @megkuster empireecologies.org/
Can’t wait for this roundtable on extractivism, today at 3pm GMT+1. Livestream link to follow for those who want to tune in…
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Join us today for the second, and final, day of 'Empire and Ecologies'! There will be a roundtable on extractivism, and live panels on critical Indigenous studies and blue humanities. A livestream link will be posted here soon, in case you don't have a ticket but want to tune in.
Day 1 of 'Empire and Ecologies' starts today! The program includes a film screening and panels on creative praxis, environmental disaster, and ecologies in antiquity. If you missed the chance to get a ticket, you can still tune in to the Live Stream: youtube.com/watch?v=cI53UFnr…
Looking forward to this film screening on Thursday! There are just a few tickets left, and you can still get yours here: eventbrite.ie/e/empire-and-e…
I'm really excited about presenting my new film, on plant life & the politics of re-mediatisation in lockdown, this week. Here are a few stills from The Video Book of Orchids (2021), commissioned by the Empire and Ecology research group in Dublin. @ucd_envhum @comyn_scomyn
Very excited for this panel on ‘biodiversity and Indigenous knowledges’, part of @ucd_envhum ‘Empire and Ecologies’, featuring Emma Powell, Miranda Johnson, Yunci Cai, Artemis Caine & Lachlan Fleetwood @lachlanfleet! Full programme & link to register: empireecologies.org/
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A range of pre-recorded talks on blue humanities; environmental disaster; empire & built environments; extractivism; biodiversity, critical Indigenous studies; and ecologies in antiquity will be available online before the live event. Register for access:
empireecologies.org/
Megan Kuster retweeted
There's still time to register for our Transimperial workshop on 10 May with @megkuster. Dr. Kuster will share her work on "Returning Citation: The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Natural Science and Indigenous Agents." Registration is free for all. ow.ly/602C50Ey2x6
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This fall, the #RSVPDigitalSalon committee will host a series of workshops on Race & Transimperialism in Periodicals. We're so excited we're kicking things off early on 10 May with @megkuster and her work on the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Join us! rs4vp.org/race-and-trans-imp…
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A Centre for Indigenous Studies in the UK: An Ethical Contradiction? – @DFStirrup reflects on the challenges of practicing Indigenous Studies at the heart of empire. @ciscstudies @KentUniPoCo @UniKentEnglish. research.kent.ac.uk/centrefo…
Don’t miss @s_galletly ‘s excellent post on the #SouthHem site (bit.ly/2ZLa3zE) in which she blogs about the recent discussion hosted by @ciscstudies of @kfullagar’s new book, ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist’
#CriticalIndigenousStudies #ImperialHistory
Megan Kuster retweeted
Announcing the hotly-awaited details of our follow-up graduate workshop(!): 'New Postcolonial Concerns 2: Combined, Uneven, & Critical Developments'. 19 June 2020. Keynote: Pablo Mukherjee (Warwick). CfP in reply. Please share widely! Travel bursaries available.
ALT Poster for New Postcolonial Concerns 2: Combined, Uneven, and Critical Developments, 19 June 2020. Includes call for papers deadline of 15 April 2020 and keynote Prof Pablo Mukherjee (Warwick).
First talk in SouthHem’s 2020 seminar series 6th Feb., 4pm @UCDHumanities. Prof Michelle Keown (Edinburgh) “‘Isles of Voices’: The Politics of Representation & Translation in Graphic Adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific Stories” @ERC_Research @UCD_English All welcome!
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The theme of restoring agency to those who have been erased from scientific narratives touched on by @rebeccalraven - motif that's come up throughout the day. #DecolonisingScienceNarratives
Looking forward to some great conversations and papers today at the #DecolonisingScienceNarratives workshop hosted by @SmgResearch!
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'There are no strangers', according to Toni Morrison, who has just died at the age of eighty-eight. 'There are only versions of ourselves, many of which we have not embraced, most of which we wish to protect ourselves from.' the-tls.co.uk/articles/priva…
What’s your take: do plants feel, do they have sentience? The biggest squabble over seeds, shoots and shrubs since the nineteenth century is live. theguardian.com/science/2019…
