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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 13h

I *need* to know how you resolve researcher and himbo.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 4d

I think I binged it when it first came out so my memory of it is shot. I don't recall the store.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no, I have to rewatch season 1 now.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 6d

'Born in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region in 1873, Papakura grew up during a time of significant change for Māori, including the rapid loss of land, language and Indigenous knowledge as the grip of colonisation tightened.'

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured

Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

www.theguardian.com

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 5d

How I see Elaine in my head RN

a girl in a school uniform is sitting at a table with a notebook .

ALT: a girl in a school uniform is sitting at a table with a notebook .

media.tenor.com

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed. Consultancy matters. It's good to see the attempt made, but like you mention, there are still gaps. Given the series's previous criticism, I'm not surprised. The erasure of the Ainu presence is a glaring issue for me atm. It could've been set elsewhere if the "side quests" were removed.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

The treatment of the Jomon as the true Indigenous people of Japan is a deep rabbit hole. Jomon is and has always been a highly politicized term. Currently, the Jomon are framed as the ancestors of the nation in support of coexistence. Whereas the Ainu people are confined to a historical period.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

What’s left out is just as important. For example: forced labor dating back to the game's time period, assimilation policies from the Meiji period onwards (e.g., the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act), the impact of epidemics, racial “science,” and the looting of Ainu ancestral remains.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

Hunting for Ainu in Ghost of Yotei led me to a video that shows how educational resources in Japan can reproduce harmful perspectives on the Ainu people’s claim to sovereignty/denialist discourse. It also highlights why truth-telling is more impactful for Ainu than “coexistence” narratives.

Ghost of Yotei History DEEP DIVE: Ainu

YouTube video by DashBlue

www.youtube.com

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

I hope you enjoy the game when you get around to it, but from what I saw it felt very much like the region was just a backdrop for the story. Visually it feels nothing like Hokkaido, and the prevalence of Japanese that far into the island without the Ainu feeds into denialist discourse.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

I was already worried after speaking to a source who assisted with the exchange, so this isn’t surprising… just disappointing. But I’m always glad to encounter more of Oki’s Sekine-san’s work

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

The game or lack of representation?

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

Also, spider lilies and tall bamboo are not commonly associated with Hokkaido. I miss the purples, yellows, and oranges...the tuberlilies and sasa. It doesn't feel deciduous. I'd be interested if anyone else living here shares the same sentiment.

I'm trying to remain optimistic and keep watching.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

I'm two hours into a playthrough of Ghosts of Yotei and I'm worried about the lack of 1)Ainu presence in the landscape and 2)Ainu place names. They are a significant part of maintaining Indigenous claims to the land and challenging wilderness narratives. I worry they will appear as a side quest.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

If anyone has accessible sources for more information on oracle bones, please share them below. For more intersections of TTRPG and Chinese culture/history, I recommend The Asians Represent Podcast on YouTube.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

#archInk2025 Day 2: Shell
During prep, the Conch of Teleportation reminded me of oracle bones, divinatory records from the Shang. They feature some of the earliest writing in China. I thought dragon turtles, taken from Chinese mythological creatures, would help expand a focus on Chinese archaeology.

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Super cool to learn that I was huffing cinnabar while laboriously excavating paintings at Çatalhöyük. #archink #pigment #inktober

A drawing with a finger held up and red pigment on the fingertip. Next to it is written “cinnabar, treasured world-wide for its fiery red hue, is toxic and poisoned those who sought its beauty.” Hashtags are in the tweet.

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archaeoINK - Jona Schlegel @jonaschlegel.com · 7d

starting archInk 2025 with pigment. i kept it digital today, a bit like field journal notes, an archaeology journal. pigment feels small, but it made the first colours on stone.
minerals: grounded, mixed with a binder, painted on a surface and suddenly there’s an image.
#archInk #inktober

A hand-drawn illustration showing the archaeological Inktober prompt "Pigment". In the centre is a large stone with a prehistoric bull painting in brown and black. On the left, a flat stone holds red, yellow, and black mineral pieces. On the right, another flat stone shows brown mineral lumps ready for grinding. Labels identify bright red, golden yellow, black (charcoal), and rich brown pigments. Text explains that pigments are minerals ground on flat stones and mixed with water to paint.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 6d

I’m fighting the stormy seas of post graduate limbo and I’m being battered by subsequent waves telling me I’m not good enough. Rejection is one thing, but the direct statements sting. My brain is already stalled by burnout, and the fear of capsizing makes me question if I should go back to dry land.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 7d

#archInk2025 Day 1: Pigment
Back at it with a D&D bend. Today’s piece is Nolzur’s Marvelous Pigments. The item text says you can dip a brush right in, but pigments are technically the colorant. You can use them dry, but painting needs a binder. So I imagined some natural sources and the medium.

An illustration of a box of pigments and a bottle of binder. It reads from top to bottom: ArchInk Day 1. Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments. Includes: Fire beetle, Sussur Bark, Merrow Coral, Residuum, Glowcap Phospher, Infernal Iron Soot.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 8d

I’m going to start arting again and never stop. That’s my birthday gift to me.

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archaeoINK - Jona Schlegel @jonaschlegel.com · 29d

Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.

From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.

Ready to join in?
#archInk

Hand-drawn archInk 2025 prompt list on lined paper with archaeological tools scattered around the margins including pottery sherds, flint tools, brushes, and an ink bottle. The title 'archInk 2025' is written in orange and green lettering. Below are 31 numbered prompts organized in three columns:
1 Pigment, 2 Shell, 3 Residue, 4 Bronze, 5 Flint, 6 Horn, 7 Textile, 8 Stratigraphy, 9 Ivory, 10 Palimpsest; 11 Transformation, 12 Echo, 13 Pseudoscience, 14 Network, 15 Bioarchaeology, 16 Gatekeeping, 17 Ownership, 18 Exclusion, 19 Preservation, 20 Visibility; 21 Embodiment, 22 Provenance, 23 Absence, 24 Toolmark, 25 Reclamation, 26 Ephemeral, 27 Justice, 28 Looted, 29 Temporality, 30 Becoming, 31 Afterlife

signed by @archaeoInk

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 14d

Good luck!!!!!

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 20d

By ~30,000 years ago people had fully colonised Japan's Ryukyu islands, but how did they get there?
Archaeologists tried to recreate the trip with a bamboo raft but failed, indicating Palaeolithic boats were more advanced than expected #WorldBambooDay

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

A raft made from several bamboo stalks lashed together, with five rowers, navigates the open ocean.

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ama @amasugiru.bsky.social · 22d

Very much looking forward to your art of them~

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