New article from PARADISEC’s Nick Thieberger and Amanda Harris
with colleagues Jane Simpson Clint Bracknell Jason M. Gibson (find me on bluesky), Michael Aird, Gaye Sculthorpe, Marcia Langton.
Risk aversion and roadblocks to access to Indigenous archives. The New Protectionism:
tinyurl.com/article-newpro…

We are hiring! Apply to join the Smithsonian 3D team as a 3D scanning/processing technician: usajobs.gov/job/785493200

In your application, please be specific about your experience using techniques, tools, and software. This posting closes on 04/22/2024 or after 150 applicants.🚀

Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1882. Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot.

Learn more about his life and see a collection of his stunning astronomical art here: buff.ly/2ENtY5g #eclipse #solareclipse

Great piece that helps elucidate the past of a region too often not examined - congratulations

This is a thread about hedges. They matter more than you think. And they are way more interesting. Let me explain… (1/12)

DIY of Cellphone: Unseen Connections is available - naturalhistory.si.edu/diy/cellphone-… - print-on-demand panels & digital graphics of the comic book by the brilliant 💀khary like atari💀 & Joanne Starer & all profiles of people working along the global cellphone supply-chain in the exhibit

Our latest #CulturalSurvivalQuarterly issue highlights Indigenous-led research initiatives integrating Traditional Knowledge systems into developing and applying emerging technologies, ensuring alignment with Indigenous values, needs, and priorities.

culturalsurvival.org/publications/c…

This is going to be very special

Here's a new edition of the Lost Streams of Washington, DC map.

Using sterile terms to discuss repatriation erases the humanity and connection to present-day Native Peoples. It's time to listen, learn, and center Native voices. WORDS MATTER. #Native #Indigenous #EverythingBack

'Uneven Connections' provides a critical history of mobile phones in PNG, ending with the sale of Digicel’s Pacific operations to the Australian company #Telstra in July 2022.

Now available to purchase and download: doi.org/10.22459/UC.20…

From our latest issue: Leniqueca Welcome shows how different forms of violence converge on and in black women’s bodies in Trinidad. In doing so Welcome comprehensively documents what is gendered violence and how it is embodied. Read it here: journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca/a…

Richard Serra, the sculptor whose grand steel works defined the Minimalist art movement, has died at 85. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Thrilled for DJ Cuzzin B who has worn a lot of hats at NPR. This one suits him beautifully. 💛npr.org/about-npr/1241…

I am *extremely* excited about this. Please share with anyone who might be keen: we're offering a FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship, exploring:
Colonial Natural Historical Collecting in the South Asian Indian Ocean.
There are some important stories to tell here
ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students…

A new playlist by Dom Flemons celebrates Black artists in country music. “This acknowledgment and acceptance of a multicultural country music community gives way to the type of deep-rooted storytelling that continues to define the genre,” he says.

Listen: s.si.edu/4aaOpGd

A whopping 726 page, fully-illustrated new book brings together 20 years of study on 'The palms of New Guinea' - all 250 species! 🌴🌴🌴

Check out some our favourite New Guinea palm stories and download a PDF copy of the book for FREE 👇

kew.org/read-and-watch…

Celebrating the legacy of Mexican photographer #FlorGarduño on her birthday! 📸

With over four decades of luminous career, she has captured life's essence, blending beauty and emotion in every frame. Currently, her art shines in a retrospective at Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico.

A ban on Russian timber following the Ukraine invasion raises challenges for tracing wood and enforcing sanctions

Our Nature Plants paper with World Forest ID shares new chemical and machine learning tools to scrutinise Eastern European timber origins🔎🌲

nature.com/articles/s4147…

A poet-anthropologist of the Chickasaw Nation honors infant remains historically used in teaching collections at the University of Illinois. loom.ly/jemNpWo