ElginismThe return of the human remains of countless colonial war victims to Tanzania is on the cards. These are still stored in German museums, along with cultural objects — so-called looted art.
https://trib.al/jX2CHnW
https://trib.al/jX2CHnW
Alexis.McBride
- 88 Followers
- 64 Following
- 34 Posts
Archaeologist. Museum educator Royal Ontario Museum. Public space aficionado. Fantasy lover. Tea drinker. She/her.
Martin RundkvistDear journalists: did you know that if you call anything archaeological "mysterious", you immediately lose your job?
Got setup for a new #museumed lesson @ROMtoronto today! Students will be exploring pairs are species to see if they can figure out what ties them together!
Check out the hawk moth with the super long proboscis!
#museumeducation #museum #museums #objectbasedlearning #handsonlearning
Jens NotroffThere are many examples of #fungi inspiring #mythology and #folklore.
Discover how fungi inspired folklore (and entered many art forms) in this Wikipedia page on fungi in art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi_in_art (and reach out to help improve the page if you can).
We are Corrado Nai and Jens Notroff, two science and communication enthusiasts, aiming to bring more of such less-known stories about fungi through social media.
Really interesting article about a researcher developing really profound and important relationships with Indigenous communities and truly incorporating TEK into the research.
https://thefern.org/2023/02/the-future-of-wild-rice-may-depend-on-an-unlikely-alliance/
The future of wild rice may depend on an unlikely alliance | Food and Environment Reporting Network
On a warm August afternoon in 2019, University of Minnesota professor Crystal Ng, along with a handful of environmental science colleagues and students, launched a flotilla of kayaks and canoes down a…
Did something new with my @romtoronto #museumed students today. I put a piece of paper in the middle of the table, between the #objectbasedlearning objects to encourage all students to contribute rather than one controlling the writing - it worked so well! Students contributed really great observations and were able to construct their knowledge together. Amazing how a simple change of where the paper is placed changes the dynamic! Will definitely do it again! #museums #museumeducation
But - what did the past #smell like? 👃🤔
Great #CNN feature by Katie Hunt on the fascinating #ArchaeologyOfScent - including the works of @bara_huber, Sean Coughlin, and Cecilia Bembibre:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/27/world/decoding-how-the-past-smells-scn/index.html
New AmautaDid you know that the director of the WWII Japanese iпterпment саmрs, Dillon S. Myer, also directed the policy of terminating #indigenous sovereignty?
Myer used his experience of running the Japanese prisons to force Natives to assimilate while he was head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He outlined how to remove federal health, education, and agricultural services off reservations
He even supported the Indian Relocation Act (1956) to incentivize Natives to leave reservations for the cities
Interesting article about "domestication syndrome" and how some species might have self-domesticated, developing similar features to other domesticated species https://phys.org/news/2023-03-animals-humans-evolve-similar-features.html?fbclid=IwAR3JMCDzw6AcH2VO2EFgBbTPSM6oHLX0CHSR--yYQgaAADL05swUaBzGJPE
Why do animals living with humans evolve such similar features? A new theory could explain 'domestication syndrome'
In the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one of the first to notice something interesting about domesticated animals: different species often developed similar changes when compared to their ancient wild ancestors.
A really interesting article about the “American Smile’” and cultural diversity https://medium.com/@socialcreature/ai-and-the-american-smile-76d23a0fbfaf
