Gareth Knapman
@garethknapman.bsky.social
Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker.
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman
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https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman
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Check out the recent article 'Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums' by Gareth Knapman, Paul Turnbull, Cressida Fforde & Jocelyn S. Bardot: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums
This article examines the history, legality and modern implications of police collecting of Indigenous Ancestral Remains and cultural property, and the role of museums and governments in encouragin...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Check out the recent article 'Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums' by Gareth Knapman, Paul Turnbull, Cressida Fforde & Jocelyn S. Bardot: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Speaking at Hiroshima University tonight NYC time via zoom at about history about the present. Thanks to @dahlia-cs.bsky.social for the invitation. nerps.org/2025/10/14/n...
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Speaking at Hiroshima University tonight NYC time via zoom at about history about the present. Thanks to @dahlia-cs.bsky.social for the invitation. nerps.org/2025/10/14/n...
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🚨New online: Adam Vai Delaney discusses Papua New Guinea's multilateral diplomacy. Part of an upcoming special section commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 🇵🇬 Independence. 👀
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ⬇️
#AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
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#AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨New online: Adam Vai Delaney discusses Papua New Guinea's multilateral diplomacy. Part of an upcoming special section commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 🇵🇬 Independence. 👀
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ⬇️
#AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ⬇️
#AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
If universities want to use AI, one good task would be to automatically populate a university ethics application form from the original grant application. That would save a lot of time. Also considering that the forms are not written for historians. #AI #academichistory #universities
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If universities want to use AI, one good task would be to automatically populate a university ethics application form from the original grant application. That would save a lot of time. Also considering that the forms are not written for historians. #AI #academichistory #universities
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While so-called “patriots” are arguing for the BBC to pay billions to Trump, I think that if any such sums are to flow overseas for reparation, they should help the Caribbean build resilience in the face of climate change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
While so-called “patriots” are arguing for the BBC to pay billions to Trump, I think that if any such sums are to flow overseas for reparation, they should help the Caribbean build resilience in the face of climate change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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What role did Australian police forces play in generating Aboriginal cultural artefacts for museums?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums
This article examines the history, legality and modern implications of police collecting of Indigenous Ancestral Remains and cultural property, and the role of museums and governments in encouragin...
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What role did Australian police forces play in generating Aboriginal cultural artefacts for museums?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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'[T]here is evidence that items may have been acquired in the aftermath of ‘dispersals’ – the common euphemism used to downplay punitive actions often resulting in the indiscriminate killing of Indigenous Australians.'
#history #academic #research
#history #academic #research
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The climate crisis is expensive: net zero is cheaper for Australia than not doing more
The Coalition claims net zero by 2050 will cost too much – but unchecked warming or even a delayed transition would be worse for the economy
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?
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Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
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Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.
2 new books to digest.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
2 new books to digest.
A very good question.
“Barnaby Joyce’s distaste for renewable energy and his silence towards coal seam gas highlights his real agenda, driven by Gina Rinehart and others. It puts the farming community in a very difficult position,” writes Tony Windsor. satpa.pe/K0Uxut6
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
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November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A very good question.
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
The thing that always amazes me is that conservative rural electorates in Australia, are all against doing anything on climate change. Their livelihoods will suffer most.
"Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day. The climate crisis is a “risk multiplier” that compounded existing inequalities & injustices." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The thing that always amazes me is that conservative rural electorates in Australia, are all against doing anything on climate change. Their livelihoods will suffer most.
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Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
So 2 thirds of voters - the overwhelming majority- want a net zero future. That should be the focus.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So 2 thirds of voters - the overwhelming majority- want a net zero future. That should be the focus.
We have entered a twilight zone that would have been hard to believe in 2015, despite the warning signed being there.
Israel’s Knesset has approved the execution for Palestinian detainees bill in its first reading, it needs two more to become law.
After the vote, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir handed out baklava to celebrate.
After the vote, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir handed out baklava to celebrate.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
We have entered a twilight zone that would have been hard to believe in 2015, despite the warning signed being there.
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Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
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Australia’s retirement system assumes seniors are homeowners. Suggesting forever renters need to suck it up and accept their fate is heartbreaking. Political elite have given up on a big chunk of Aussies.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Forever renters want solutions. Experts say look at Vienna
Australia has a growing cohort of forever renters and experts say the government should be looking to examples in other countries where more social and affordable housing options are being developed.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Australia’s retirement system assumes seniors are homeowners. Suggesting forever renters need to suck it up and accept their fate is heartbreaking. Political elite have given up on a big chunk of Aussies.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When are people gonna stop using the term “ late stage capitalism”? I’m 45 years old and I can remember it being used for all of my adult life. And arguably Lenin’s “highest stage of capitalism” phrase articulated the same sentiment. Maybe latest stage of capitalism would be more appropriate.
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
When are people gonna stop using the term “ late stage capitalism”? I’m 45 years old and I can remember it being used for all of my adult life. And arguably Lenin’s “highest stage of capitalism” phrase articulated the same sentiment. Maybe latest stage of capitalism would be more appropriate.
ChatGPT appears to love the “ ;” .
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
ChatGPT appears to love the “ ;” .
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
Why is every time I start writing an article I suddenly end up with a 20,000 word manuscript!
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Why is every time I start writing an article I suddenly end up with a 20,000 word manuscript!