Museum Studies Lecturer & Honorary Curatorial Fellow @aberdeenuni. Temporality, Literature, Documentation, Carnivalesque, Existentialism. Views my own. She/Her.
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"This might be scandalous, I don't know, but it works for me." youtu.be/lf2K2PuEUv8
I've been happily sniggering about this exhibition name since I found out what it was to be called. So excited for the opening!
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My book came out this week. It's taken a while, but there it is! #publications #museums #museumstudies #AcademicTwitter
Pleased to announce the publication of our colleage Jen Walklate's book 'Time and the Museum: Literature, Phenomenology, and the Production of Radical Temporality' #museums #publications
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Excellent to see these recommendations emerge. An honour to be involved.
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Hello, are there any #genealogy folks here who might have recommendations for genealogy database software? Not an online one. #familyhistory
Want to work with the amazing @Yellowfinch10 on the #Canada #Inuit Nunangat UK (CINUK) #Arctic research programme funded project “Inuksiutit: #Food Sovereignty in #Nunavut and the Co-production of Country Food Knowledge”? Apply here: shorturl.at/rBNP9 #anthropology
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🎉We're absolutely delighted to announce funding of £950,900 from @HeritageFundUK for Curating for Change, a ground-breaking Fellowship and Traineeship programme for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent museum curators. For more info visit: screensouth.org/events/curat…
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Brilliant news. THIS is important. Superb initiative.
🎉We're absolutely delighted to announce funding of £950,900 from @HeritageFundUK for Curating for Change, a ground-breaking Fellowship and Traineeship programme for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent museum curators. For more info visit: screensouth.org/events/curat…
ALT Illustration showing a group of disabled people
Fancy working with me & my wonderful @Abdn_MuseStud & @uoacollections colleagues? There's a #job open & waiting for your application! We're looking for someone with an interest in #decolonial #AntiColonial #Museum practice. #MuseumStudies #anthropology abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/lectu…
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A chance to take a moment, to slow down, and reflect together on the emotional skills we are all building - for change with(in) digital, at a time of precarity and turbulence. No better guide than @vargasl, and no better space than #mcn2021
You are invited to join the ‘One by One’ research team in an exclusive book club discussion during #mcn2021 to chat about 'Emotional Agility' by @SusanDavid_PhD. A free copy of the bk is included with your registration. RSVP today: buff.ly/3AA6fko #digitalskills #museums
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Three important things for Aberdeen students:
1. The WayWORD Literary Festival is ON NOW, and has something for everyone! waywordfestival.com/
2. There are a number of internships listed on the university website, including some library positions: abdnjobs.co.uk/current-vacan…
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JOB! Another great opportunity @aberdeenunilib!
This one is all about publication metrics, with a focus on implementing @DORAssessment for @aberdeenuni
abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/schol…
Also an excuse to RT my other brilliant vacancy :-) – at Rawtenstall, England
Job alert!! I’m delighted to announce I’m recruiting. This is a senior strategic role @aberdeenunilib leading on our research and learning services. It’s a great leadership development opportunity @aberdeenuni, and I’m happy to discuss (DMs open)
abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/head-…
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BREAKING: young climate activists have formally demanded their placard is removed from @sciencemuseum's Shell-sponsored exhibition and asked the museum to guarantee it will never again display youth strike placards in a fossil-fuel-sponsored space: theguardian.com/culture/2021…
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In case you missed it last week, an exciting vacancy @aberdeenunilib is now open for applications. Deadline 20 September.
Job alert!! I’m delighted to announce I’m recruiting. This is a senior strategic role @aberdeenunilib leading on our research and learning services. It’s a great leadership development opportunity @aberdeenuni, and I’m happy to discuss (DMs open)
abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/head-…
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Just shy of one month until our 'Engaging the Public' papers are due! If you're a PGT/PGR student @aberdeenuni, get writing!
Not sure if your research fits our theme? Then send us an abstract (max 200 words) by the 10 September and we'll get back to you ASAP.
Go take a look - an exploration of the history of #witchcraft and persecution in #Scotland by our amazing students who have worked incredibly hard in a very difficult year.
Really proud of our #MuseumStudies MLitt students who have curated this fantastic online exhibition 'Toil and Trouble' with the help of @uoacollections It's really worth a look!
exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/unive…
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#jobfairy Work with us ... we are hiring a Research Associate on the UKRI Museums, Crisis and Covid19 @UlsterResMuseum research project. Search vacancy category 'research': ulster.ac.uk/about/jobs @NIMuseums @HeritageFundNI @UKRI_News Please share widely
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"Don’t be self-congratulatory. You don’t deserve a medal for doing the right thing..." 🚫🏅
Find out how @uoacollections prepared for the potential backlash to a politically-charged news story (@aberdeenuni's Benin Bronze announcement) earlier this year: scottishheritagesocialmediag…
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