Today's blog post: Pandemic music was not always about remembrance. Sometimes it was about distraction: parody songs, TikTok dances, sea shanties, Boccaccio, and the long, liminal hours in the shade of crisis. Plus a Kermit the Frog reference.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#PandemicMusic #Musicology #CulturalMemory #SoundStudies #blog #research #distraction #CulturalAmnesia #Boccaccio #TikTok #parody

"A culture that forgets its dead also forgets its future." L. Nault

#RememberingHistory #CulturalMemory #Legacy #Continuity #Wisdom

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years

"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ExtinctionCrisis #birds #ornithology #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalMemory #Ecology #Environment #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/26/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years/

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years

"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ExtinctionCrisis #birds #ornithology #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalMemory #Ecology #Environment #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/26/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years/

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years

"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#ExtinctionCrisis #birds #ornithology #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalMemory #Ecology #Environment #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/26/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years/

Naming the lineage doesn’t invent the work — it reveals what was always there.
#RelationalAnthropology #LineageWork #CulturalMemory #SurvivorLiteracy

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/02/12/glass-ceiling-records-bts-relational-anthropology-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Stuckey’s Skeleton: Monuments to Velocity and Obsolescence

https://gregurbano.com/2026/01/29/stuckeys-skeleton-monuments-to-velocity-and-obsolescence/

Europe and China: How olive oil and Jinhua ham embody centuries of food heritage

From Andalusia in southern Spain to Zhejiang Province in east China, two traditional foodstuffs reveal how culinary heritage is shaped by land, time and regulation. Olive oil and Jinhua ham reveal that local knowledge is continuing to engage with modern production and global markets. #FoodHeritage #ChinaEurope #CulinaryTradition #LocalKnowledge #CulturalMemory #CrossingCultures…

https://fllics.com/en/video/europe-and-china-how-olive-oil-and-jinhua-ham-embody-centuries-of-food-heritage/

Miao embroidery: Memory and blessing in every stitch

In China's Hunan Province, Miao embroidery carries generations of cultural memory. Wedding garments are not merely decorative, but stitched with blessings passed down within families. In its color, design and technique, each piece preserves stories of identity, migration and belonging. #MiaoEmbroidery #IntangibleHeritage #TextileArt #CulturalMemory #LivingTradition #CrossingCultures #CGTNInheritors Subscribe to us on…

https://fllics.com/en/video/miao-embroidery-memory-and-blessing-in-every-stitch/