"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/

Migration reshapes daily life, but memory sustains identity.

“Memory and Selfhood Across Borders” examines diaspora identity, narrative continuity, and cultural belonging across migration.

https://www.mayabutalid.com/memory-selfhood-across-borders

#Migration
#Diaspora
#IdentityStudies
#CulturalMemory
#Exile

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

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/

International Conference

THE ARCHIVAL TURN IN MUSIC SOCIOLOGY
🎉 60 Years of Music Sociology @ mdw 🎉

🗓️ 5–7 February 2026
📍mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
& online (Zoom)

Conference Programme & Info:
👉 https://www.mdw.ac.at/ims/events/the-archival-turn-in-music-sociology

This conference explores archives and historiographies in music sociology through feminist, queer, grassroots, and decolonial perspectives and draws attention to ethics and care, lived experiences, cultural labour, methodological questions, and the challenges of digitalisation and platforms.

Keynote Speakers:
› Kate Eichhorn (The New School, USA)
› Uchenna Ngwe (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Royal Academy of Music, UK)
› Nick Prior (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Organisers:
Tianyu Jiang, Rainer Prokop, Rosa Reitsamer
Department of Music Sociology
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

#mdw #musicsociology #archives #archivalturn #musicsociology #culturalsociology #sociology #popularmusicstudies #culturalstudies #genderstudies #socialsciences #humanities #music #socialinequalities #inequality #class #race #ethnicity #gender #feminist #queer #culturalmemory #culturalheritage #culturalidentity #identity #Vienna

Nnung Ekoong:
The Crow in My Name

A quiet reflection on ancestry, village memory, symbols, and what it means to carry a family name tied to the crow.

Sometimes identity isn’t inherited loudly — it reveals itself slowly.

Article link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/nnung-ekoong-f88fa8c3ef97?sk=97203ae3d3d8e3591edaeacf85d018ab

#AfricanStories #CulturalMemory #Identity #AncestralRoots #Ibibio #Symbolism #PersonalEssay