Hype for the Future 73D: L’Anse aux Meadows

Introduction The Vikings and the associated settlements, though largely identified as having originated within the region now known as Northern Europe and Scandinavia, have since expanded from the modern nations of Norway and Sweden east into Finland and Russia, though only barely so, but more importantly, south and west into Denmark, Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and, finally, Newfoundland. Old World or New World? Prior to 1492, the regions that the Vikings had settled […]

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Hype for the Future 73D: L’Anse aux Meadows

Introduction The Vikings and the associated settlements, though largely identified as having originated within the region now known as Northern Europe and Scandinavia, have since expanded from the …

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Tha mi uabhasach toilichte a' teannadh a-nall air Uibhist a Deas airson tachartas bàrdachd is bùth-obrach cruthachail a dhèanamh airson Às an Tobar

Bidh mi an uairsin ann am Barraigh còmhla ri Gòrdan agus fiughair againn ri cainnt na màthar a chluinntinn

I'm really pleased to be heading over to South Uist for this poetry event and creative workshop for Às an Tobar

I'll then be in Barra with Gordon and it will be lovely to be where Gaelic is at the heart of communities

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Uist

Tha mi air mo dhòigh teachdaireachd nan Teisteanasan a sgaoileadh an an Uibhist a Deas is Barraigh aig deireadh na mìosa, an cuideachd eadar-theangair na Beurla Ghallta Gòrdan Cearrach.

I'm excited to be bringing the message of Depositions to South Uist and Barra before the end of the month, joining our Scots translator Gordon Kerr.

#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Poetry #Translation #Scots #ScotLit #ScottishPoetry #IrishPoetry #Uist #SouthUist #Barra #Ceolas #Ceòlas

@UndisScot Isles of #Harris and #Lewis #Uist THE COLORS. As if someone had turned up the saturation knob too high, but it really looks like this at Mangersta Stacks (Lewis), #StandingStones (Callanish), The Golden Road (Harris) and some Caribic-looking beach at Uist.... 💓 #scotland
For #CHI we can submit a revised version after initial reviews. In contrast, it now feels bad to write a #UIST rebuttal without being able to directly show changes. I wonder if reviewers will feel the same way and if that reduces the chances of seriously engaging with rebuttals. 🤔
Back in the highlands. At Tyndrum for a coffee break. Strong number plate game here.
#downpourgin #uist #highlands

We went each Sunday for the mass
recited in my parent’s language
that wasn’t mine…

—Niall Campbell, “Tongues of Water”
from The Island in the Sound (Bloodaxe Books 2024)

https://cumbriatimes.co.uk/article/Poem-Of-The-Week-Tongues-Of-Water-By-Niall-Campbell

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Hebrides #Uist #Gaelic #language

Poem Of The Week: <i>Tongues Of Water</i> By Niall Campbell

Tongues of Water We went each Sunday for the mass recited in my parent’s language that wasn’t mine.

Light and shade on the Outer Hebrides #uist

Single author paper in #HCI: Would you write/expect "We" or "I" or sth. else? 🤔

#CHI #IUI #UIST #CSCW #DIS

We
45.5%
I
54.5%
"This paper" (or similar)
0%
Sth else (comment)
0%
Poll ended at .

A visit to Uist with audio for a couple of my tunes... https://substack.com/home/post/p-142532279

#scotland #hebrides #music #uist

Trees, peat, and Barpa Langais

A bit of Neolithic Scotland

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