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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · 16d

A gift to post-structuralists everywhere

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Trump hangs autopen photo instead of Biden portrait in new presidential gallery

Latest snub is part of US president’s attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claims President Donald Trump has added a “Presidential Walk of Fame” to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief – except for one. Instead of a headshot of Joe Biden , the Republican incumbent instead placed a photo of an autopen signing the Democrat’s name – a reference to Trump’s frequent allegation that the former president was addled by the end of his term in office and not really the one making decisions. Continue reading...

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · May 26

Last month, my father passed away from cancer. The journey to that point showed me how many lives are affected by cancer, either directly or through friends and family. I am collecting donations in memory of my father for @cancerresearchuk.org:

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/maximil...

Maximilian's Race for Life

Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life 10k to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you...

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · May 26

Last month, my father passed away from cancer. The journey to that point showed me how many lives are affected by cancer, either directly or through friends and family. I am collecting donations in memory of my father for @cancerresearchuk.org:

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/maximil...

Maximilian's Race for Life

Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life 10k to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you...

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · May 21

Launch event:
WIND AS MODEL, MEDIA, AND EXPERIENCE
June 11th, 04:00pm (London/Online)

Join us for the launch of the Stream “Wind as Model, Media, and Experience” with Media+Environment.

Editorial: mediaenviron.org/article/1274...

Zoom link: sfu.zoom.us/j/8429412299...

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · Apr 2

Just in time for @scmstudies.bsky.social #SCMS2025 👉Introducing Wind Humanities: A Q&A with Media+Environment’s Wind as Model, Media, and Experience Guest Editors www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...

Introducing Wind Humanities: A Q&A with Media+Environment’s Wind as Model, Media, and Experience Guest Editors

As a complex, dynamic system, wind challenged physics and scientific modelling capabilities while also presenting human imagination with the very embodiment of change and ephemera in spite of its appa...

www.ucpress.edu

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Mar 28

“In an oral culture, cliché and stereotype are valued, as accumulations of wisdom, and analysis is frowned upon, for putting those accumulations at risk.”

Two print metaphors for oral culture. ♾️

https://tinyurl.com/bdd737vp

We’re all conspiracy theorists now. Why?

tinyurl.com

Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Mar 26

PhD studentship: The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England (Cambridge, UK)

Deadline: 16 May 2025

https://www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships/cambridge-university-library-and-university-of-cambridge/

Cambridge University Library and University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities

www.ccc.cam.ac.uk

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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · Mar 24

this article is published in a special issue of Media + Environment which I contributed to editing as part of an AHRC & DFG funded project called Weather Reports: Wind as Model, Media, and Experience. with many thanks to @hepach.org for the editorial heavy lifting mediaenviron.org/article/1274...

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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · Mar 24

beyond thrilled to announce the publication of “An Island of Sound: A Libretto” — an article co-authored with @julesrawlinson.bsky.social written into the libretto devised for the live performance of An Island of Sound, a browser-based work about phantom islands mediaenviron.org/article/1295...

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Jan 6

As part of "Weather Reports", we've just published the first part of a Stream (Special Issue) on wind as media, model, and experience with Media+Environment.

In our introduction, we ask what shape the Wind Humanities might take: mediaenviron.org/article/1274...

Wind Humanities: An Elemental Media Approach | Published in Media+Environment

By Maximilian Hepach, Ryan Bishop & 3 more. Drawing together work from environmental humanities, media studies, and artistic practice, we propose and contribute to a new elemental field of study: the ...

mediaenviron.org

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · Dec 17

The Polyphony (coming to Bluesky in 2025 ☺️) is one of the world's leading medical humanities platforms. We are recruiting 2 new part-time editors to join our dynamic ECR-led team, working closely with Editor-in-Chief @evasurawy.bsky.social

Apply by Jan 20!

thepolyphony.org/2024/12/17/w...

We’re hiring!

The Polyphony is seeking two Editors to join our team, including one Associate Editor (General Editor) and one Guest Editor. Applications close 20 January 2025.

thepolyphony.org

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Dec 13

Durham home & international PhD studentships for work on climate action, open to all Departments:

www.durham.ac.uk/business/pro...

Global Grand Challenges Studentships - Durham University Business School

www.durham.ac.uk

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Jenny Leetsch @jennyleetsch.bsky.social · Nov 11

12 funded PhD positions available at the Augsburg-Munich International Doctoral Program "Rethinking Environment: The Environmental Humanities and the Ecological Transformation of Society"

-> Deadline: January 31, 2025 #envhum #ecocriticism

www.uni-augsburg.de/en/forschung...

Call for Applications

www.uni-augsburg.de

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Nov 11

Anyone else feel seen?

A light brown zebra with faded stripes stands on a grassy hillside at Vergelegen wine farm near Cape Town. Unlike typical zebras, its stripes are less pronounced and fade into a plain brown color on its lower body. The animal is photographed against a backdrop of dense green vegetation and a bright blue sky with a single white cloud. Below the image is a headline in white text asking "Did Scientists Revive an Extinct Animal or Just Breed a Less Stripey Zebra?"

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Lachlan Fleetwood @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social · Oct 24

Delighted to see that my review of David N. Livingstone's The Empire of Climate is now out in @whitehorsepress.bsky.social's exciting new journal Climates and Cultures in History: doi.org/10.3197/whpc...

The cover of Vol 1 of Climates and Cultures in History, featuring a painting of an inferno engulfing buildings and countryside.

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Lance Gravlee @lancegravlee.bsky.social · Oct 9

Final flight into the eye of a storm for the late Peter Dodge, who spent his life studying hurricanes.

NOAA drops scientist’s ashes into the eye of Category 5 Milton

Hurricane hunter Peter Dodge’s last flight into the storms he spent his life studying.

arstechnica.com

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Sep 26

Sheep physics is a thing. A rather wonderful thing. Here is my new article about it for Physics World.
physicsworld.com/a/field-work...

Field work – the physics of sheep, from phase transitions to collective motion – Physics World

Physics sheds a new insight on the behaviour of sheep flocks, helping with new tips on shepherding

physicsworld.com

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Sarah Klosterkamp @sklosterkamp.bsky.social · Sep 24

I'm excited to announce the publication of my latest chapter on Feminist Methodologies in the Encyclopedia of Human Geography by Springer. 📚

Here, I explore how feminist research methodologies challenge traditional approaches to knowledge production #geosky ⤵️

link.springer.com/referencewor...

Feminist Methodologies

'Feminist Methodologies' published in 'The Encyclopedia of Human Geography'

link.springer.com

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Sep 24

CFP #AAG2025 - Media Matter(s) in Geography: On Theory, Genealogy, and Analysis of Media Spatiality. Addresses the diverse materialities of media, digital and otherwise, bringing into dialogue geographic scholarship on media. Deadline 18 Oct buff.ly/3TEDBKr

Jacob Saindon | AAG '25 CFP

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Sep 24

Some personal news..

I will be joining Durham Geography as Assistant Professor (Research) this November! My 5-year Wellcome Trust project "Under Pressure" will explore the historical and cultural geographies of meteorosensitivity (the physiological and psychological impact of weather on health).

An illustration depicting a medieval cityscape with colorful buildings in the foreground. Above the city, there is a stylized sun on the left with a human face, surrounded by rays. To the right, a large celestial object with a face and long, flowing tail extends upward, resembling a comet. The sky is mostly clear and blue.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · Sep 24

As global temperatures rise, the world's workers are feeling the heat

You could be a part of the solution

Our growing Oppressive Heat team is hiring a PDRA for 2+ years

To join us at the cutting edge of heat stress research, see link below👇...or get in touch with questions!

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Sep 22

On confusion-bait:

“Racking up a lot of views is crucial for achieving greater visibility, as well as moneymaking opportunities—and confusing people is a pretty innovative way to do it.”

I Really Can’t Tell If You’re Serious

The latest style of engagement-bait video is designed to be confusing—but why?

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Sep 19

I contributed a short piece about the cultural history of sandpaper to the "sand" issue of Material Intelligence!

[the editors asked me to share these :)]

www.materialintelligencemag.org

A rough background with scraps of sandpaper + the title "Grit and Gleam"

"Itself the product of weathering and erosion, sand has long been used to smooth, abrade, texture, and shape the materials with which it comes into contact -- and to erase the traces of time's passage."

"Sandpaper requires patient engagement. It can graze the knuckles and make them bleed; it can also change the way light filters through a room."

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Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social · Sep 17

Our introduction to a special issue of @journalphp.bsky.social devoted to our Wellcome project, Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology, edited and co-authored by Lucienne Spencer, Giovanni Stanghellini and myself www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The future of phenomenological psychopathology

Published in Philosophical Psychology (Ahead of Print, 2024)

www.tandfonline.com

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