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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 2d

2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 2d

1/ All of the papers in the special section of #Area I have co-edited with @ed-brookes.bsky.social are now available online. All focused on #participatory #historicalgeography they are full of practical reflections on innovative pieces of historical research. Follow this thread to find out more!

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to share our AREA special issue on Participatory Historical Geographies 🎉 Co-edited with the brilliant @ruthslatter.bsky.social - exploring the rewards & challenges of collaborative historical research.

Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#Geography #AREAjournal

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · 13d

RHG’s demolition is a classic example of how the appearance of urban space is used to stigmatise communities and justify political decisions at the expense of residents. A worrying precedent when we see extreme forms of the same process in the US with Trump’s architecture bill tinyurl.com/5yeznewy

Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

tinyurl.com

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · 13d

To add to this—reading the full listing report, he quickly dismisses the estate as “not a good place to live” and lacking community. This ignores the brilliant work of Jessie Brennan tinyurl.com/msezae5h
and Kois Miah tinyurl.com/43zfraap
which shows the opposite.

‘Regeneration!’, Jessie Brennan | HS | Projects

An HS Projects community engagement project - Jessie Brennan examined the causes and implications of the regeneration of Robbin Hood Estate

hsprojects.com

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 13d

Yes it was 16-odd years ago, and he's grown politically since then, but it exposes his Blairite roots. RHG was an icon; a brutalist manifesto that deserved to be preserved and cherished, not fed to the gentrifying wolves (I wrote about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) /3

Brutalism Redux: Relational Monumentality and the Urban Politics of Brutalist Architecture

Brutalism is an architectural form that is experiencing somewhat of a revival of late. This revival focuses almost purely on its aesthetics, but there is an ethical dimension to Brutalism that often ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 13d

He ignored appeals and listening only to the private real estate developers instead of the community groups. There were plenty of options available and he chose the most Thatcherite one possible, you can read work by @ed-brookes.bsky.social on the process here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... /2

Planning, Art, and Aesthetics

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www.tandfonline.com

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 13d

Andy Burnham, when he was culture secretary back in 2009, refused listing for Robin Hood Gardens in London, affectively demolishing it. RHG was one the finest example of brutalist architecture and a really important social housing block, and he went all Alice Coleman on it. /1

Secretary of State rejects Robin Hood Gardens appeal

The culture secretary Andy Burnham has sealed the fate of Robin Hood Gardens after rejecting an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society against the government’s decision not to list the ‘Brutalist’ ...

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · Sep 3

Transphobe arrested: "we need to look at the laws, clearly something's not right"

80 year old vicars and disabled people carried off parliament square because they said genocide is bad: "these laws need to be tightened if anything"

Free speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting

The health secretary says ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Jun 19

100% I love both for very different reasons, and if anything expand my opportunities to read/listen to books!
Thought your responses were great btw ☺️

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Jun 19

I don't really understand the weird binary that the BBC #r4today and other media seem to be trying to create between books and audio books. Can't we just enjoy both without pitting one against the other?

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Stewart Mottram @stewartjmottram.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join us for a unique opera experience! Funded by the AHRC for the #FromNoahToNow project @uniofhull.bsky.social, this *free* event aims to raise awareness about flooding.

Book for:
Grimsby Minster 24.03.2025 lnkd.in/dwPpGfyz
Hull Minster 26.03.2025 lnkd.in/dJaWTV36
#ArtsEducation #OperaInSchools

Artwork of a rainbow in a puddle of rain advertising two performances of Britten’s ‘Noye’s Fludde’ at Grimsby Minster on 24 March 2025 and at Hull Minster on 26 March 2025.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · Mar 6

In Gaza we witnessed material scholasticide with the physical destruction of universities and people.

In the US, we're seeing ideological scholasticide via pulling any critical funding, censoring keywords.

In the UK, it's economical scholasticide via total starvation of funds and gov't inaction.

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Feb 10

Longshot as I've been reading about cybernetic ecologies and this morning 😅 but I wondered if it could be linked to the emergence of cybernetics within ecology and design... Something there about technocrats, neoliberlism and systems thinking? 🤔 - although this may be a rabbit hole 😅

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Jan 31

Check out this short piece by Stewart Mottram, Lisa Coates and I which talks about our work on the Noah to Now project at the University of Hull and using Opera to explore flooding with young people 🎭
tinyurl.com/7u3b2485
#arts #opera #flooding #climatechange #noahtonow

Singing in the rain foxes, ferrets and a flood opera

Young voices set to join performances of Britten

tinyurl.com

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Jan 21

Luckily for those who aren't sure there is a handy guide

Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Jan 16

Biden:

a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas

ALT: a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas

media.tenor.com

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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · Jan 8

New paper in Area:

'Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement' by @hannahworthen.bsky.social & Claire Weatherall

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.

doi.org/10.1111/area...

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ...

doi.org

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Dec 2

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Nov 30

Car park operators can get in the bin
Rentier capital at its absolute worst

BBC News - Parking fines: Woman faces £1,906 bill over five-minute payment rule - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Parking fines: Woman faces £1,906 bill over five-minute payment rule

Rosey Hudson paid for parking each time, but is being taken to court for £1,906 by Excel Parking.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thrilled to see 2 more articles online from the Area special section on participatory historical geography I am editing with @edbrooks.bsky.social Congrats @hannahworthen.bsky.social (rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) & Lucy Thompson (rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Nov 25

SUDSLab & Water Data for People

Which explore how we can use sustainable drainage schemes in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham and how we can engage people with water data in ways that can address water challenges.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc6hnk7x

SuDS Research: Making a Splash in Sustainable Drainage!

Blog from Dr Alexander Osborne of the University of Hull

tinyurl.com

Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Nov 25

Community Waterscapes

A project which is working with residents in Hull to create a digital, heritage record of people’s connection to water in the city.

You can find out more here tinyurl.com/252jt74p
Or check out the StoryMap to read peoples watery stories and histories tinyurl.com/3zv9se8m

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Nov 25

A closer look at a couple of the Watery projects on display at the Centre:

From Noah to Now

This project is working with primary schools in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham to explore how we can teach flooding through opera and flood myths.
tinyurl.com/b35ctasr

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · Nov 25

I'm excited to be involved with this year's Flood Awareness Centre in Hull, in partnership with Living with Water 🌊 Come visit for:

Free exhibition on Hull's Watery Histories
Free postcards & info on our projects
Free events & workshops all week

More info: tinyurl.com/y8k2x9s2 tinyurl.com/y8k2x9s2

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