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Feminism in the Wild is out in the world today! If you're looking for some respite from the world as it is, and want some company as you imagine the more beautiful worlds that lie ahead of us, I hope you'll spend some time with our book. mitpress.mit.edu/978026204963...

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Exactly this. So much reinventing of wheels and lack of learning across "challenge" areas and excellent work already out there. See also co-production, co-creation, participatory research wheel invention etc ...

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Nice thread on how the new @ukri.org challenge directors might work with existing research capacity

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It's hard to comprehend the scale at which supertrawlers are murdering life in the oceans.

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Our sell out women’s heritage walks, led by our volunteer tour guides, show Glasgow’s neighbourhoods in a new light, making visible the often hidden and overlooked contributions women have made to the city. Walks are open to all. Coming up this Spring:

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These lovely and stylish endpapers were created by Eileen Mayo in 1949 for Pleiades Books. ‘Larger Animals of the Countryside’

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Gender and Justice publishes feminist research that tackles gender related injustice. Our view of (in)justice is broad; it includes the economic, social, criminal, distributive, environmental, cultural and the political. Submit a paper today buff.ly/ldRJU7W #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

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Happy International Women's Day! We can’t wait to introduce you to the women in the pages of the Portico's books - the women who are almost forgotten. Our Creative Producer & cultural historian Dr Debbie Challis will be our guide today, starting w/ the illustrations of Ann Mary Severn Newton.

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Today, for #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate some of the incredible women artists and naturalists whose work we have digitised and made freely available: 🎉Anna Atkins (1799-1871) 🎉Clara Maria Pope (1767-1838) 🎉E. Gertrude Norrie (active 1900) 🎉Elisa Zoe Malcy de Chazal (1804-1880) #IWD2025

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Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

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Ladybird Nature Corner. ‘Sallow and Blackthorn’ Trees, 1963 Artist : SR Badmin

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We are not obligated to show respect to those in power.

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2 WEEKS: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships 🏙️ Join us with UoM Urban Institute to explore the methods and approaches to urban partnership and civic participation in research 🗓️ 19 March ⏰ 12.30pm 📍 @ContactMcr 🎟️ FREE: ow.ly/UY1p50UVE0O @heritagemcr.bsky.social

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Excellent use of an archive - top marks @heritagequay.bsky.social 👏👏

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What role does creativity play in research? 🎨 Join us for a thought-provoking webinar on how #CreativeResearchMethods challenge power dynamics in knowledge production. #ResearchMethods @drhelenkara.bsky.social 📅 March 24, 2:00 PM 🔗 Register now:

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A rare chance this Thursday to hear from Donna Harraway, exploring the role of mistrust in sci fi narratives. In person sold out and over 400 registered online but still time to register for virtual tix www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

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Women's History Month and #IWD must be reclaimed and reimagined to dismantle capitalist patriarchy. This collection highlights how deeply revolutionary feminism can be. With titles from bell hooks, Françoise Vergès, Sophie K Rosa & more! www.plutobooks.com/feminism-is-...

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This is wonderful, an absolute goldmine of food-related material culture.

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Very lucky to have stayed with Chris on his farm, as he is part of our #CASTOR team with @uktreescapes.bsky.social 💚 #beavers

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Yorkshire: 'Brass bands have always played the music of the people'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Spring is on its way! Look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌷🌱 What have you seen recently? Don't forget to tag us in your butterfly and moth sightings. 📷 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

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Update: in dialogue with the journal editors now. Thanks to those who stepped up as allies and friends to also raise their concerns. While I'm disappointed in the research quality, I'm more cut up by the class discrimination. I wouldn't wish "a taste for deprivation" on anyone else.

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Did you know there is no dedicated team or person in Defra for grasslands, despite them covering 40% of England? 🤯 We're joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & partners in calling for the Gov to establish a Grassland Taskforce to unlock their value 🌱 Learn more: www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the...

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Analysis | The destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage 📝 Three years since the full-scale Russian invasion began, the conflict has raised questions about the protection of culture in an age of modern warfare.

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Our next free webinar will be on March 11th at 1.30pm (GMT). We'll be discussing the recent 'To Know Dying' report and research areas for palliative and end of life care. Link to register and for more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-thana...

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Might as well plug the book I co-edited with the excellent Sue Breakell @designarchives.bsky.social The Materiality of the Archive: Creative Practice in Context. And it's open access!

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Seminar series event alert! Details and registration below 👇

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‘Knowing subjects? Feminist epistemologies, power struggles and social work research’ out now in… www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.

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A fabulous photo thread, thank you @philiplickley.bsky.social! 40 yrs' of community-arts-led #Moonraking in #Slaithwaite. I'm supporting evaluation this year, whoop! #Folklore #heritage #community #Arts #lanterns #water #fire #moonlight #Yorkshire

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