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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 7m

All roads lead to maps and mapping for me just now - which makes me very happy! - and this latest issue of Imago Mundi looks excellent. It focuses on Indigenous maps and mapping, with many/most articles open access.

TOC: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/c...

Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 17m

Issue 77.1 of @imagomundi.bsky.social is out!

I co-edited this issue on Indigenous maps and mapping with Natchee Blu Barnd. Articles cover topics in North America, Africa, and Hawai’i.

#newissue #histcart #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Imago Mundi

Volume 77, Issue 1 of Imago Mundi

www.tandfonline.com

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 20m

Rights of Nature laws shift Nature from object to subject-but turning ideals into impact depends on legal detail. Ecuador’s bold vision, NZ’s guardianship model: both inspire, but face challenges. Curious how principle meets practice? Read our intern's blog on RoN in action 🌿
@ecioxford.bsky.social

Rights of Nature: Different Legal Frameworks and implications

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2h

Welcome! It caught my eye as relevant to some current work and although I've read through once but it deserves, and will get, re-reading. The Places Journal is a favourite, always excellent and open access. 🙏

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 9h

"Rebuilding in a way that is just & inclusive will be a slow process that starts with sharing our memories & perceptions of the city & the way we lived within it ... We have to learn to see the city in the ways that others see it, drawing maps and inviting others to draw with us ..." #deepmapping

Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 14h

"The City and the City and the City"
by Ayham Dalal

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, illuminates the complexity of rebuilding after war.

Read more: placesjournal.org/article/mapping-homs-syria-rebuilding-after-war/

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 15h

If you are still awake, take a moment you look up at the moon. Currently untroubled by living humans. Still a place of ghosts, gods and 20th century wreckage.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 16h

"The policy, developed over two years through one of the Party’s most inclusive consultations to date, establishes a clear Green approach: one that treats heritage & nature as interconnected, ensures tourism benefits local people & the planet, & celebrates the diversity of Britain’s shared story."

Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 16h

Philip Nelson from the UK’s @greenparty.org.uk outlining very welcome understandings of #heritage. Also positive for #climateheritage contributions to sustainability as well.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/greene...

A Greener Future for Heritage and Tourism

Putting People, Nature and Place at the Heart of the Conversation The Green Party this weekend adopted a comprehensive new Heritage and Tourism Policy at its Autumn Conference — setting out a bold vis...

www.linkedin.com

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Ecological Design Collective @ecodesigncollectiv.bsky.social · 19h

Call for Submissions: Antidotes to Toxicity 🖊️
The Ecological Design Collective invites contributions for the Fall/Winter 2025–2026 digital magazine Litter, centered on the theme “Antidotes to Toxicity.” Submit here: community.ecodesigncollective.org/call-for-sub...

Call for Submissions: Antidotes to Toxicity | Litter Fall/Winter Issue - Ecological Design Collective

The Ecological Design Collective invites contributions for the Fall/Winter 2025–2026 digital magazine Litter, centered on the theme “Antidotes to Toxicity.” This edition explores how we…

community.ecodesigncollective.org

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 2d

Designer Christopher Dresser, dreamed of creating an art colony in Middlesbrough. Though overshadowed by William Morris, he was a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement. Dresser pioneered some of the first designer labels in ceramics, wallpaper, glass and textiles. In 1879 he 1/3

Earthenware Pitchers, Linthorpe Art Pottery, Christopher Dresser, 1879-1882, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 18h

On ocean exploration, Black excellence, and the power of nerdiness ...

New "Black Nerds Matter" podcast

#Blacksky 🌊 🦑 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏 #geosky #GISchat #geogchat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-6... or

open.spotify.com/episode/1Pwg...

Banner for this episode of Black Nerds Matter showing picture of Dawn Wright with her new Black Nerds Matter coffee cup and t-shirt (both sporting a graphic of a young Black man SCUBA diving through a beautiful coral reef).

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 18h

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 1d

Redefine how the world measures progress!
🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍

Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI)
@undp.org

* 15 mins to make a difference
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
* Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
* Background: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

anu.au1.qualtrics.com

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 19h

I've had a similar experience - needing to spend quite a lot of time on PC document management: organising, version control, navigating to saved documents. I was really behind the times as I didn't realise that basic computing was no longer taught as standard in senior schools.

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 20h

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

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Rune @runefar.bsky.social · 20h

As much as people worry about a rise in ai misinformation which people should, I actually wouldn't be surprised if also we see a rise in misinformation based specifically on trust of non-ai sources. Scammers often use tools not for efficiency, but for their psychological filtering effect

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 20h

Welcome!

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 20h

Oh yes, more maps, another public talk this time with Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Wednesday evening all welcome 👍
www.belfastsociety.org/page-2/

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 20h

Sending lots of love. Will be thinking of you xx

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · 22h

In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR

blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs

Search for, view and download 300 years of theatre posters from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1902.

www.bl.uk

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Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D @archasa.bsky.social · 22h

A good piece of advice. Learning how to be a good mentor requires work, reflection and advice.

Science Magazine @science.org · 22h

"… I carry the lesson with me that good mentors are not born—they are built through reflection, training, and community." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4q6ea31

An iIllustration of man looking in mirror with his reflection and students' reflections looking back, with text: I didn't think I needed mentorship training—but it reshaped my approach.

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 22h

With yet another university hosted event closed to 'non academics' (aka those not employed by a university)* I'm just going to leave this piece by @drhelenkara.bsky.social and myself here blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

* yes I know it's utter nonsense and academics/researchers exist outside unis

Institutional affiliation should not be a requirement for doing research - Impact of Social Sciences

Universities espouse a universalist approach to creating research-based knowledge. Helen Kara & Petra Boynton argue, from the outside these claims are hollow.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 22h

What? This is unacceptable. I am so sorry you have had to experience this and very disappointed in our colleagues.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 22h

As always, so inspired after @goodorgcic.bsky.social Advisory Board meetings & in awe at the quantity, quality & originality of work this small team delivers. 🙌

Check out their justice-led visitor economy transformation in the heritage city of York and beyond:
www.goodorganisation.co.uk/index.html

Good Organisation (Social Ventures) CIC

www.goodorganisation.co.uk

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Important new open access publication ...

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
tinyurl.com/2s3wsym6

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

tinyurl.com

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 1d

I’m no Tudor nerd but this is a biggie. Of course note the ‘public’ - scholars have undoubtedly engaged with it for a long time. But this is the sort of stuff that really should be easily accessible, so it’s good news.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 1d

A remarkable transformation in @rsc.org prizes.
30% of prizes recognise teams rather than individuals (up from 5%).
36% of prize-winners are early-career (up from 4%)
38% of prize winners are women (up from 25%)
Twice as many prizes for work outside universities.
www.rsc.org/policy-and-c...

Reshaping recognition: evolving how we celebrate excellence

A multi-year journey to transform our prizes

www.rsc.org

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