Posting this in case anyone I know is interested! (link here: herogder.org?fbclid=IwY2x...#artist#residency#Norway

There are two fully-funded four-year PhD positions available in the project "Contested Frontiers of Settler States.” Deadline for applications Aug 5, 2024 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Two PhD positions in the project "Contested frontiers of settler states" (261443) | University of Bergen

Job title: Two PhD positions in the project "Contested frontiers of settler states" (261443), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2024

CfP - “Affect and Material Cultures of Weathering: Histories, Temporalities, and Spaces”. 10-11 December 2024 at Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities (UiS), Stavanger, Norway. Please circulate and/or get in touch if this is of interest! @greenhouseuis.bsky.social@unistavanger.bsky.social

For all interested in Disaster Risk Response, this looks like it will be a great conference! #disasterrisk#DRR#response#SAR#prepardness#Arcticarctic-council.org/about/norway...

Arctic Emergency Management Conference

One of the first international conferences dedicated to a holistic view of Arctic emergency management.

an interesting post about the plastic bag orionmagazine.org/article/plas...#plasticbag#waste#bags#plastic#culturalstudies#things#matter#materiality#random

Orion Magazine - From War Machine to Supermarket Staple: A History of the Plastic Bag

The history of the plastic carrier bag—the kind so often found caught on a tree branch and flagging in the wind—is a story of persuasion.  For over a

Cardboard boxes make possible a global apparatus of commerce, consumption and reuse, displaying (& delivering) the fruits of capitalism while embodying its waste, inequity & exploitation. From @shannonmattern.bsky.socialplacesjournal.org/article/soci...

World in a Box: Cardboard Media and the Geographic Imagination

Cardboard’s ubiquity rests on simple claims: I can hold that, and I can go there. But cardboard boxes hold a world of meaning — a global anatomy of commerce, consumption, disposal, and reuse.

Sun dogs and sun halos #Arctic#Svalbard#culturalstudies#embodiedunderstanding#visualmethods#phone#photography

I found this absolutely fascinating. What is included, what isn't, how is it treated? such a brilliant portrayal of how our own perspective shapes what we see and show #culturalstudies#perspectives#art

JOartinsociety.bsky.socialFeb 26, 2024 6:54am

Here’s what Renoir & Monet saw one day in 1869 when they sat side-by-side to paint the scene at La Grenouillère, a popular meeting, eating & boating spot on the Seine ~ Renoir's emphasis on pleasantness contrasts with Monet's bold treatment of the water www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...

Two photo essays, free-to-download, recently published:   1. "Land body ecologies: The London hub" doi.org/10.47818/DRA...doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF file).

Iceland xkcd.com/2874