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Alice Borchi
@aliceborchi.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Creative Industries at PCI, University of Leeds. How to pronounce my surname:🐗-🔑. Views my own. She/her
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Jun 29
New paper with Matina Magkou and Maud Pélissier! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The rise of the commons, cultural spaces and policy in Southern Europe: why did this happen and why do we care?
Having long symbolised the inefficiency of shared ownership, the commons are re-emerging as an effective principle of social and cultural struggle against neoliberalism. The commons are also at the...
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Helen Graham @helengraham.bsky.social · 23d
I'd had quite a bit of trouble working out why facilitating participation in museums was tricky so I wrote a book about it. @uclpress.bsky.social @fahacs.bsky.social
The front cover of a book. The title reads Deconstituting Museums: Participation's Affective Work. The image is of old rope, enwtined for strength but now fraying. The image is primarily text. The text reads: Over the past 30 years, museums have turned to participation in the hope that direct involvement of non-museum staff would serve their claims to be accessible, inclusive, representative and diverse. And yet, adding participation to museums has often generated conflict, disappointment and anger. Deconstituting Museums argues that the difficulties produced by adding participatory practice arise from political incompatibility. In the representational liberal logics that underpin museum decision-making, trustees and professionals make decisions ‘on behalf of’ future generations and the public. This is a political infrastructure the book names ‘museum constitution’. Conversely, participation arises from ideas and practices from direct and horizontal political traditions, drawing those who act as facilitators into new relationships and expanding political imaginations. Through sustained engagement with theories of affect, materialism, and feminist and decolonial praxis, Helen Graham identifies techniques for deconstituting museums. She uses experimental writing as a method to turn away from the desire to right institutional wrongs and towards relational and directly negotiated ways of organising. In doing so she locates participation not as engagement but as a mode of governance that is enabled by, and enables, variant political ontologies. This is an alternative named ‘participatory worlding’. The affective work of facilitating participation has long tugged at and frayed museums’ constitutional liberal logics. Deconstituting Museums envisages how participation and its affects might be activated in reworking the politics of heritage.
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · Aug 7
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Palestinian Literature and Culture.

Please relay widely.

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Associate Professor or Professor - Palestinian Literature and Culture
Associate Professor or Professor - Palestinian Literature and Culture
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Jun 29
New paper with Matina Magkou and Maud Pélissier! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The rise of the commons, cultural spaces and policy in Southern Europe: why did this happen and why do we care?
Having long symbolised the inefficiency of shared ownership, the commons are re-emerging as an effective principle of social and cultural struggle against neoliberalism. The commons are also at the...
www.tandfonline.com
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Jun 29
New paper with Matina Magkou and Maud Pélissier! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The rise of the commons, cultural spaces and policy in Southern Europe: why did this happen and why do we care?
Having long symbolised the inefficiency of shared ownership, the commons are re-emerging as an effective principle of social and cultural struggle against neoliberalism. The commons are also at the...
www.tandfonline.com
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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jun 18
As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social‬ & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity.

www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Jun 5
Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies
University of Leeds - School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ296/t...
Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies at University of Leeds
Apply for the Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · May 24
The Participation Research Group at PCI invites you to a panel discussion on art and participation in difficult times: 'Participatory Arts in a Time of Political Crisis: Provocations and Reflections'
Banham Theatre, Leeds, Thu 26th June 2025 2:00PM
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
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Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social · May 24
Lecturer in Photography Permanent, Part Time “A key part of your role will be helping students define their creative voice, build relationships with brands &industry partners…understand how image-making works in the context of the creative sector.” #AcademicJobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNF254/l...
Lecturer in Photography at University of the Arts London, London College of Communication
An academic position as a Lecturer in Photography is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · May 15
CFP reminder: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production,Athens, Greece, 4-5 September 2025
Deadline June 30th glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · May 22
And two Research Fellow posts at the University of Leeds on the 4-year project ‘The Soviet Union, the WHO and Global Health, 1957-91’, which looks superb.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 at University of Leeds
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 on jobs.ac.uk!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · May 15
CFP reminder: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production,Athens, Greece, 4-5 September 2025
Deadline June 30th glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · Apr 30
STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · Mar 31
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Mar 31
Is culture still bad for you?

In 2020, ‘Culture is bad for you’ was published. To mark the updated second edition, co-author @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, reflects on what’s happened to the cultural sector since then for @artsprofessional.co.uk: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/feature/is-c... #booksky
Is culture still bad for you? - Arts Professional
In 2020, ‘Culture is bad for you’ was published. As its second edition is about to be released, one of its authors, Dave O’Brien, thinks now is a good moment to reflect on what’s happened to the cultu...
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Leila Jancovich @leilajancovich.bsky.social · Jan 28
Sharing new(ish) article by Dr Victoria Durrer UCD and me www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Negotiating between national and local policy on participation: local authority arts offices in Ireland
Focusing on the participation agenda, this paper explores the definitions, negotiations and implementation of cultural policy at the intersection of national policy aims and local level strategy. R...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Mar 7
I forgot to add - the deadline is June 30th!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Mar 6
CFP! GLAMMONS Conference: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production, 4-5 September 2025, Romantso, Athens, Greece. See you there?

glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Mar 6
CFP! GLAMMONS Conference: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production, 4-5 September 2025, Romantso, Athens, Greece. See you there?

glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Mar 6
Abstract vs actual paper
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 4
Life is a series of disappointments.
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
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Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social · Mar 4
Thanks for a great lecture this morning @dotfinan.bsky.social in @aliceborchi.bsky.social module on researching the global cultural industries. We had a very interesting conversation in seminar about the different domains of research ethics and where researcher integrity fits in.
a man and a woman are dancing in an office and the man says let 's get ethical ! ethical !
Alt: a man and a woman are dancing in an office and the man says let 's get ethical ! ethical !
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Feb 18
@1000plateaus.bsky.social 's lecture on repatriation was such a high point in the module - it was great to have someone who has first-hand experience of these processes and a nuanced understanding of the power relations that shape them!
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Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social · Feb 18
Thanks @aliceborchi.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about repatriation to your Art and Activism class. Ended with a quote from this inspiring human that I had the great fortune to work with alongside @cbwolff.bsky.social Good to remember there is hope left www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...
Meet the Archaeologist Leading the Museum’s Repatriation Efforts
With more than 20 years of experience at the Smithsonian, Dorothy Lippert is championing a collaborative approach to repatriation
www.smithsonianmag.com
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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · Feb 12
AND new @creativepec.bsky.social report dropped today too, with ind with analysis of the employer skills survey and detailed policy recommendations too pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Feb 5
A short think piece co-authored by Carlo Alberto Petruzzi and me for @valuingculture.bsky.social 's blog: "The curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence"
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Feb 7
In this think piece, researchers @aliceborchi.bsky.social and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi shine the spotlight on recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.

www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Feb 5
A short think piece co-authored by Carlo Alberto Petruzzi and me for @valuingculture.bsky.social 's blog: "The curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence"
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · Jan 30
Two postdocs positions in cultural policy studies! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Two postdoctoral positions in cultural policy research at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
employment.ku.dk
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