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sophievohra.bsky.social
PD Research Associate at Uni of Leicester’s School of Museum Studies on The Sensational Museum AHRC-funded project | Public historian, historian of memory/identity, railway historian & museum professional | Intersectional feminist | MHFAider
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📢Autistic participants wanted for AR + VR heritage accessibility study📢 Exciting opportunity to participate in the amazing Shelby Navone’s doctoral research! See the attached flyer (/alt-text) or get in touch with Shelby at [email protected] for more information 🌟

One for Fair Museum Jobs - £12/hr requiring a grad/post-grad/teaching qualification 😑😑😑

📢 I couldn’t be more excited that this PhD project exists! Supported by an incredible academic and professional team 🙌🏽 Share far and wide - all the details are below 👇🏽

📢 I couldn’t be more excited that this PhD project exists! Supported by an incredible academic and professional team 🙌🏽 Share far and wide - all the details are below 👇🏽

Do you have lived experience of #deafness and/or d/Deaf culture and BSL, ASL or International Sign? Our Co-Investigator, @alisonfe.bsky.social and the Uni of Westminster are recruiting for a #PhD studentship. #Deaf #sciencecommunication #museums #accessibility

Anybody aware of a feed for arts and humanities and/or museums and heritage conferences?

Insanely proud of my partner @nicknewman.bsky.social for submitting his PhD thesis - and a massive portfolio of his creative practice! Watch this space for an *incredible* piece of work (and resources) on guiding theatre directors to better portray Alzheimer’s disease on stage 👏👏👏

Repost a GIF describing your exit from Twitter.

Yay TSM@Bluesky starter pack!

Just going to pop this back on your feed 😊⭐️

🏆Prize announcement! #CFP #History We're excited to announce that submissions are open for our Olivette Otele Prize for Black, UK-based PhD students. This is an opportunity for academic excellence to be recognised and showcased! Please keep reading... #OlivetteOtelePrize (1)

Job: Associate professor/Assistant Professor in AI & Data Mining for Digital History Join us at the University of Luxembourg and develop the research, teaching and practices between digital history and #AI Deadline for application 15/1/2025 recruitment.uni.lu/en/details.h...

📢 NEW TSM PODCAST ALERT📢 @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Sensational Short episode on Identity with me and @suryabowyer.com now ready for your ears (or eyes: descriptive transcript available - docs.google.com/file/d/1CU5v...)

Opening Bluesky up in the morning and finally seeing my feed full of interesting content, joy and cats (which is also joy)

For the many new faces on here - enjoy a sound of comfort to settle in with @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0iA4...

Looking for an introduction to the project? Our #podcast is a great place to start. Our 'Sensational Shorts' give short intros to concepts like #DisabilityGain and #Multisensory. Longer podcasts produced for our Belfast and Cardiff retreats get into more detail open.spotify.com/show/1WKXdzx...

So captivated by not only with the content of the Beyond the Bassline project/exhibition, but how the panel conversation is flowing with incredible facilitation by Miles Greenwood @museumsassociation.bsky.social #Museums2024

On my train bright and early from #York for the #Museums2024 conference in Leeds @museumsassociation.bsky.social

Please tell me that at least one other person had that uncanny feeling re parallels between recent Trump news and Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced”…

📣 Want to try something totally different for your collections information? Apply for Strand A and you could be in with a chance to work with me (good or bad, you decide) to test out a new and kind of radical CMS (full design tbd) DM me if you have any questions

📣 It’s your very last chance to have your voices heard! 📣 Survey closes end of play on 5 Dec! Find out how you can get involved below 👇🏽

I have been in worse venues… Really looking forward to repping @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social and doing some recon 👀 at the Museum Development Yorkshire event at York’s beautiful Hospitium today

Only 1 week left to get involved in @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social 'Strand A: Collections' preliminary research! 😱 Find out how to get involved below👇🏽

📣 Not long left to get your thoughts and experiences into our Strand A @SensationalMus research!! See below for how you can still get involved👇🏽

📢 Do you work in museums & want to help The Sensational Museum’s Communication Strand make radical change to exhibition design a reality? Fill out (and/or share) our short survey about your experiences working with multisensory approaches in museums! t.co/Utpu6a9iOe

📣Your input can make a huge difference for The Sensational Museum bit.ly/3ESAQNH Check this out if… 🖥️ you make, manage + maintain collections management systems used by UK heritage orgs 🏛️OR you work in UK heritage + have access to create, edit + add to collections info on your CMS software

Would be super jazzed - if you haven’t been bombarded with this already - if you could fill out my survey/have an interview with me re universal design, ability diversity, opportunities and barriers to collections management systems and museums 🏛️🖥️👇🏽

Is it an inevitability that I’ll lose all 20 followers I’ve gratefully accrued by doing literally nothing of note on here..? Watch this space for something to make your follow worth it. Maybe.✌🏽

📣PSA about my current research The Sensational Museum ‘Strand A Collections’ survey on multisensory and accessibility in heritage practice, data models and user interfaces of collections management software now open: bit.ly/3ESAQNH Check it out if you work in UK heritage or for CMS providers