Claire Boardman
@claireboardman.bsky.social
People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
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DAY SYMPOSIUM: CELEBRATING THE STONE OF SCONE/DESTINY on 14 March 2026 comprises a day of papers at Perth Art Gallery, between 9.00am and 6.00pm, followed by an evening wine reception to visit the Stone on display in Perth Museum Scotland. Book now www.culturepk.org.uk/event/the-st...
February 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM
DAY SYMPOSIUM: CELEBRATING THE STONE OF SCONE/DESTINY on 14 March 2026 comprises a day of papers at Perth Art Gallery, between 9.00am and 6.00pm, followed by an evening wine reception to visit the Stone on display in Perth Museum Scotland. Book now www.culturepk.org.uk/event/the-st...
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I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage
ics.sas.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
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Do come along if you're in or near #Nottingham! Free to attend but do register using the link on this page: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...
Twisted Ribbons of Song; The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and poetry from and inspired by northern Scotland - The University of Nottingham
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February 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Do come along if you're in or near #Nottingham! Free to attend but do register using the link on this page: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...
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Nature's wonderful patternings in rock lichens.
February 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Nature's wonderful patternings in rock lichens.
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First time in the reopened Inverness Castle. I expected it to be a dirge, but I confess it was genuinely impressive: a wealth of interesting presentations and interpretations telling the story of the Highlands, the building fabulously rejuvenated, and of course great views. Locals, with a visit!
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
First time in the reopened Inverness Castle. I expected it to be a dirge, but I confess it was genuinely impressive: a wealth of interesting presentations and interpretations telling the story of the Highlands, the building fabulously rejuvenated, and of course great views. Locals, with a visit!
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One for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (SHAPE) researchers interested in open science, and hot off the press (as well as, naturally, open access).
Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM (A MORPHSS Project Report)
Conceptual frameworks of 'Open Science' and their implementation by funders, journals, institutions and other organisations have been criticised on the grounds that they are tailored primarily to quan...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
One for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (SHAPE) researchers interested in open science, and hot off the press (as well as, naturally, open access).
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Just in time for reading week, in the Transactions of the @royalhistsoc.org: historians and our uses of data; sources, GLAM collections, newspapers, access and more...
#dh 🗃️
A pleasure thinking and writing with @ruthahnert.bsky.social and @kmcdono.bsky.social
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#dh 🗃️
A pleasure thinking and writing with @ruthahnert.bsky.social and @kmcdono.bsky.social
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Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources
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February 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Just in time for reading week, in the Transactions of the @royalhistsoc.org: historians and our uses of data; sources, GLAM collections, newspapers, access and more...
#dh 🗃️
A pleasure thinking and writing with @ruthahnert.bsky.social and @kmcdono.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#dh 🗃️
A pleasure thinking and writing with @ruthahnert.bsky.social and @kmcdono.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Anthropology the Gathering #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition (plus Star Wars and power, democracy, anthro community, coastal anthropology, and the value of drawing cell phones): anthropologia.org/2026/02/15/a... #anthrosky #anthropology #roundup
ATG #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition
Scene from Blade Runner 2049. Copyright Warner Brothers, 2017. Image found via this post. After a bit of a fall hiatus due to all the stuff that’s happening everywhere, here’s another i…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Anthropology the Gathering #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition (plus Star Wars and power, democracy, anthro community, coastal anthropology, and the value of drawing cell phones): anthropologia.org/2026/02/15/a... #anthrosky #anthropology #roundup
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This is so soothing. Oh to be a floating bear!
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is so soothing. Oh to be a floating bear!
The Red Tower, York. A fascinating site but also a great community-led heritage restoration story which saw the building pass into the ownership and use of local residents.
Some of the studies I did on site and before tackling the main drawing. The view of the tower from the other side shows the projecting latrine more clearly.
February 15, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The Red Tower, York. A fascinating site but also a great community-led heritage restoration story which saw the building pass into the ownership and use of local residents.
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Who do I know in LIS who is working on AI slop…? Any pointers well taken, thanks!
February 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Who do I know in LIS who is working on AI slop…? Any pointers well taken, thanks!
"As a shore-dweller ... I’m prone to thinking instead of the land extending out into the sea — headlands, nesses, tongues, spits. Though, at a different time and in a different life, I can imagine how the reverse perspective — eyes seeking bays, inlets, arms — could creep in."
This week’s writing from me — on mapping sea versus land, plus some thoughts from my own travels through sea-heavy lives and times
On the margins
Changing perspectives on land versus sea
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February 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
"As a shore-dweller ... I’m prone to thinking instead of the land extending out into the sea — headlands, nesses, tongues, spits. Though, at a different time and in a different life, I can imagine how the reverse perspective — eyes seeking bays, inlets, arms — could creep in."
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Tomorrow, the UK's first community owned vet practice opens in Tiree. I am indescribably proud of this project, and the team of people who have made it happen. It's been a mission of epic proportions.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2585...
www.thenational.scot/comment/2585...
This proud moment is testament to islanders’ refusal to ever give up
TOMORROW, on Monday, February 16, the UK’s first community-owned vet practice will officially open in Tiree.
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Tomorrow, the UK's first community owned vet practice opens in Tiree. I am indescribably proud of this project, and the team of people who have made it happen. It's been a mission of epic proportions.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2585...
www.thenational.scot/comment/2585...
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To repeat, rewilding and restoration are different activities,
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
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Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
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Restore or rewild? Implementing complementary approaches to bend the curve on biodiversity loss
We discuss the benefits of integrating restoration and rewilding in conservation projects and highlight how such integration could increase the amount of space available for nature recovery; boost kn...
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February 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
To repeat, rewilding and restoration are different activities,
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Highly HIGHLY recommend this for anyone who wants to understand why and how real coders think of 'the good part' of AI, which really is a real thing and worth learning about
I just wrote about this as a sort of “software factory” anildash.com/2026/02/11/c...
Coding agents as the new compilers - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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February 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Highly HIGHLY recommend this for anyone who wants to understand why and how real coders think of 'the good part' of AI, which really is a real thing and worth learning about
I *met* social enterprise Climate Cartographics at an online design event last week & am happily exploring their website climatecartographics.com ... I may have hit peak nerdiness with: "Section through the North Sea: A large scale static visualisation of a subsea cable route across the North Sea."
February 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I *met* social enterprise Climate Cartographics at an online design event last week & am happily exploring their website climatecartographics.com ... I may have hit peak nerdiness with: "Section through the North Sea: A large scale static visualisation of a subsea cable route across the North Sea."
Happy to have been introduced to the work of artist Kindra Crick: "My work explores the intersection between the 'two cultures' of science and art which share a common wonder at the creative possibilities of the material and natural worlds."
Full image. A decades-old geological map with fantastic colors with various tones of pink and red as a background for a block print in deep maroon of my anatomical valentine.
There are notes in graphite and on top of this map of mineral deposits I added gold pigment ink.
#map #sciart #valentine
There are notes in graphite and on top of this map of mineral deposits I added gold pigment ink.
#map #sciart #valentine
February 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Happy to have been introduced to the work of artist Kindra Crick: "My work explores the intersection between the 'two cultures' of science and art which share a common wonder at the creative possibilities of the material and natural worlds."
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Yes, we bring this one out every 14 February. But how many historic Valentine's Day murders do you think there were in Kent! www.kent-maps.online//16c/16c-ard...
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Yes, we bring this one out every 14 February. But how many historic Valentine's Day murders do you think there were in Kent! www.kent-maps.online//16c/16c-ard...
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Beautiful day yesterday to go up Meall Mor, beside the NTS visitor centre in Glencoe, to inspect this millstone rough out up at 400m OD in Coire nan Cuilc. Thanks to @eddiecstewart.bsky.social for coming along.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Beautiful day yesterday to go up Meall Mor, beside the NTS visitor centre in Glencoe, to inspect this millstone rough out up at 400m OD in Coire nan Cuilc. Thanks to @eddiecstewart.bsky.social for coming along.
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Attended, yesterday, the commemoration ceremony for the Glencoe Massacre which took place on 13th February 1692. Short walk from the bridge over the River Coe up to the monument at Carnock. In bright sunshine and blue sky, with snow on the mountain tops.
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Attended, yesterday, the commemoration ceremony for the Glencoe Massacre which took place on 13th February 1692. Short walk from the bridge over the River Coe up to the monument at Carnock. In bright sunshine and blue sky, with snow on the mountain tops.
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Such a wonderful thread
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Such a wonderful thread
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Looking forward to everyone's presentations and to chairing the panel on Communication and Information next weekend ☺️
Along the way, as well as lots of space for open-format discussion on key problems in medievalist game dev, we'll be hearing from @jubalbarca.bsky.social, @jfg.land, @gonzohistory.bsky.social, @robehoughton.bsky.social, and @vinicius-marino.bsky.social among other excellent speakers :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Looking forward to everyone's presentations and to chairing the panel on Communication and Information next weekend ☺️
If so, then this tells me much more about late 20thC/21stC job design - as dehumanising/mechanising - than it does the technology. I can see a resurgence of work study assessments and organisational design research in the near future.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
If so, then this tells me much more about late 20thC/21stC job design - as dehumanising/mechanising - than it does the technology. I can see a resurgence of work study assessments and organisational design research in the near future.
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can you please make Word a bit more usable, Mustafa
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
can you please make Word a bit more usable, Mustafa