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Johanna Romberg @johromberg.bsky.social · 54m

Wie hat sich die Industrialisierung der #Landwirtschaft auf die heimische Pflanzenvielfalt ausgewirkt? Eine Schweizer Studie vergleicht aktuelle Daten mit historischen Kartierungen. Die Ergebnisse sind erschreckend - und zeigen zugleich, dass #Biodiversität durch #Naturschutz wieder aufleben kann.

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

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Joël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · Mar 7

Check out this very cool new book by Patrick Hege : "Dividing Dar. Race, Space, and Colonial Construction in German Occupied Daressalam, 1850–1920" , this is volume 10 of our 'Africa in Global History' series with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for which @rabeari.bsky.social is doing an amazing work

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Jochen Lingelbach @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

So this is out now:

"Intro: Camp Memories in Africa and beyond"

my intro to a special issue on #memorystudies and the contested memorialization of #camps in #africa and beyond

@histodons
#histodons […]

[Original post on h-net.social]

screenshot of the beginning of the mentioned article. Text: Introduction: Camp memories
in Africa and beyond
Jochen Lingelbach
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Abstract
Introducing the special issue on the memorialization of camps in Africa and beyond, this text discusses key
questions of memory studies and the global history of encampment. Whatever their purpose, all camps
are meant to be exceptional, transitory and temporary. Camps are often connected to contested histories
and memorialization efforts by former inmates or others can lead to controversies and struggles over its
interpretation. Building on a range of empirical examples from Africa and beyond, dealing with camps ranging
from the most coercive to the benevolent and from the beginning of the twentieth century until today, this
special issue invites a comparative, globally entangled and actor-centred view on camp memorialization.

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 8d

Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania: Gratulation an Tanzania Network für tollen „Decolonial Travel Guide“ mit vielen Autor*innen aus TZ, zB @mariamgichan.bsky.social

Auf Deutsch, Kisuaheli, English

cc: @diplo.de @geronafrica.bsky.social

Free access: decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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Mariam Gichan @mariamgichan.bsky.social · 3d

I was delighted to co-host the workshop “What do we (not) know about
German colonialism in Tanzania?” together with @seitzramona.bsky.social at the #bfuturefestival

The discussions reflected how important it is to continue uncovering & rethinking shared colonial histories.

#pamojart

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Franziska Fay @franzifa.bsky.social · 1d

1 Postdoc position OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely*

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726

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Franziska Fay @franzifa.bsky.social · 1d

10 PhD positions OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely*

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50416

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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 23h

Love following @bionomia.net & today is my lucky day! I've been working on Drège for several years now - he's a super interesting commercial collector who only left scant archival traces that I've been slowly piecing together 🌿 #nathist #envhist #envhum

Bionomia @bionomia.net · 23h

Johann Franz Drège https://bionomia.net/Q6215799 collected the holotype PLANTAGINACEAE: Plantago cafra Decne. in South Africa https://gbif.org/occurrence/439202719 #TypeSpecimenToday

Image of the holotype PLANTAGINACEAE: Plantago cafra Decne.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Rabea Rittgerodt-Burke @rabeari.bsky.social · 1d

Super excited and proud to announce the start of the De Gruyter Brill/GSA Dissertation Prize!!

thegsa.org/prizes/de-gr...

Cannot WAIT to check out everything people have worked on - please spread the word and/or submit, prize is a 1000EUR and a free OA publication :)

@thegsa.bsky.social

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Double page spread with a photo of diorama

Chapter 3 Cursed treasures on left, lion on right

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 5d

PULITZER CENTER: Tanzania’s Maasai People Facing Government Pressure To Leave pulitzercenter.org/stories/tanz...? @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @news.dw.com‬ #photojournalism #journalism #documentary

Tanzania’s Maasai People Facing Government Pressure To Leave

Tanzanian authorities have pushed Maasai relocations since 2022, sparking condemnation from rights groups. With elections nearing, will pressure shift or deepen? The Maasai, an ethnic group indigenous...

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 6d

Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania: Dr Valence Silayo talks about entangled history & collaborative steps to address colonial legacies.

@lindenmuseum.bsky.social @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de @mehler.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @mariamgichan.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/6qNU...

Episode 11 (English) with Dr Valence Silayo

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mappingmuc.bsky.social @mappingmuc.bsky.social · 6d

Out now: Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

"Ni safari ya kusikiliza, kujifunza, kuelewa upya. Mwongozo huu wa kusafiri ni mwaliko: kwa utalii unaodumu, unaoshirikiana, unaojumuisha na unaopinga ukoloni."

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Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial

decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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mappingmuc.bsky.social @mappingmuc.bsky.social · 6d

"This workbook and reader aims to accompany you on a journey of learning, a journey of listening, unlearning, and understanding. This travel guide aims to be an invitation to sustainable, solidarity-based, future-proof, decolonial tourism."
decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial

decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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mappingmuc.bsky.social @mappingmuc.bsky.social · 6d

Der Decolonial Travel Guide vom Tanzania Network
"Dieser Reiseführer möchte dich auf einer Reise des Zuhörens, des Verlernens und des Verstehens begleiten. Er will eine Einladung sein zu einem nachhaltigen, solidarischen, zukunftsfähigen, dekolonialen Tourismus."
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Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial

decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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Journalistisches Seminar Mainz @jsmainz.bsky.social · 6d

Unsere Domus Universitatis erstrahlt im Herbstlicht (Foto: Philipp Neuweiler)

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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumblanc.bsky.social · 6d

Empires. Une histoire sociale de l'environnement. Sortie du livre aujourd'hui, après deux ans de travail avec le camarade Antonin Plarier !
Inde, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Zambie... des textes pionniers traduits et commentés en français.
www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/hi...

Empires - Une histoire sociale de l'environnement - CNRS Editions

Empires - Une histoire sociale de l'environnement (EAN13 : 9782271151889) édité par CNRS Editions - Qu’est-ce que les empires et le colonial font aux environnements qu’ils rencontrent, conquièrent pui...

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall — she forever transformed what it means to do fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Bernhard Gissibl @bgissibl.bsky.social · 8d

Gunzert House, Bismarck Rock, Old Boma, Lugalo, Serengeti & Co.: Ein dekolonialer Reiseführer für Tanzania - dreisprachig, fundiert recherchiert und von Amani Abeid großartig illustriert! Als kostenfreier pdf-Download hier: decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial

decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 7d

Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

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De Gruyter Brill History @dgb-history.bsky.social · 7d

Was für ein würdiger "Stabwechsel" gestern Abend im @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social in #München:
Alles Gute und herzlichen Dank an Andreas Wirsching und auf gute Zusammenarbeit, liebe Frau Heinemann!

Andreas Wirsching bei seiner Abschiedsrede im IfZ in München am 30.9.2025

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Kim Todzi @kim-todzi.de · 7d

Sehr erfreut, dass unsere Forschung zu den kolonialen Verflechtungen Boehringer Mannheims nun von der Historischen Zeitschrift publiziert wurde. Schönerweise auch gleich open access: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Pharmazeutische Industrie und Kolonialismus. Globale Verflechtungen einer deutschen Leitindustrie am Beispiel von Boehringer Mannheim, 1859–1997
Von: Tristan Oestermann und Kim Sebastian Todzi

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Bernhard Gissibl @bgissibl.bsky.social · 7d

À paraître demain! www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/hi...

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Bernhard Gissibl @bgissibl.bsky.social · 8d

Gunzert House, Bismarck Rock, Old Boma, Lugalo, Serengeti & Co.: Ein dekolonialer Reiseführer für Tanzania - dreisprachig, fundiert recherchiert und von Amani Abeid großartig illustriert! Als kostenfreier pdf-Download hier: decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania

Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial

decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com

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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 9d

We have a new blog post. Rithma Kreie Engelbreth Larsen interrogates the history of the ‘Ecological Indian’ trope and the surrounding debate – a discussion complementing her just-published article in 'Environment and History': whitehorsepress.blog/2025/09/25/e... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhum

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