suse anderson
@shineslike.bsky.social
An Australian-American museum geek in Baltimore. Program Head, Museum Studies @ GWU. Sincereposting about museums, ethics, tech and culture. She/her.
Can recommend. John a great talk at GW last year.
John Garrison Marks@johngmarks.com · 4h agoOn the subject of historical figures whose legacies have been wildly distorted, a reminder: 1) My book shares Americans' centuries-long effort to manipulate George Washington's history with slavery and 2) I'm filling out my Spring 2027 schedule, so get in touch if you want me to come talk about it!
Right. How do you pick up and help a student pull at a useful thread in their work if you don’t engage with it? How do you develop deep mentoring relationships without building knowledge and trust through engagement?!
Jeremy Littau@jeremylittau.com · 2w agoA bit of inefficiency is arguably better for the student experience because learning is messy and non-linear. We should see inefficiency as an investment in their growth and human potential Related: I will never be a dean. 😂
A surprise benefit about teaching Museum Ethics in a building next to the White House right now is that the major paper proposals from my students are 🔥🔥🔥. A whole generation of fired up museum practitioners are going to be made from this moment—and I cannot wait to see what comes out of that.
Philadelphia city council meeting this Thursday to fight for the Academy of Natural Sciences. Local folks should be there at 8:45am, press conference at 9, meeting starts at 10. More to come save-the-academy.org
“What it signals is that the law has told a majority Black capital city that its suffering is real but its remedy does not exist,” Holmes added. This is deeply disturbing.
Luke BOO 👻 ber@coolhand.bsky.social · 4w agoThen what’s the point of a government?
“My greatest concern is over keeping the collection together,” says Peck. “It needs to be cared for, for reasons that extend well beyond Philadelphia and the academy. These are collections we hold in trust for the world.” Excellent piece on the complexity and implications of moving the collection.
Kevin Sievers@diplotomodon.bsky.social · last mo.Here's the big one: what's going to happen to the Academy's collections? Excellent and thorough reporting from the Inquirer (gift link) www.inquirer.com/arts/academy...
Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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Smithsonian Regents approve plan to locate National Museum of the American Latino in the Arts and Industries Building. "Because the Smithsonian owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can decide how to use it without additional legislation."
Smithsonian changes course, will put Latino museum in existing building
Regents voted to put the museum in a 145-year-old building instead of constructing a new one, which would require congressional approval.
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On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...
America's Museums are Falling Apart
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By popular demand, I have turned my 'if i am dead, look here' list into a fillable template: (Almost) everything someone wrapping up your estate needs to know about finances, how to access your accounts, and other fun things. www.realsesmith.com/the-list
🧵It's been a tough few days for #Archaeology and #HistoricPreservation in the US. ACHP released proposed regs changes to S106 on FRIDAY EVENING. They have betrayed all committments to an established timeline or collaboration with preservation partners. The proposed changes subordinate NHPA to NEPA;
“Writing isn’t just the production of sentences – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention. It’s a way of learning what one thinks by attempting to say it.“
Evan May@gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is an interesting piece and connects to a convo i was having with friends yesterday, about how one of my challenges recently is persuading students that I want *their* thoughts and analysis about things, and that it coming *from them* is the entire point. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
NYT story 🎁 Proud & grateful for @historians.org and the collective. @acls1919.bsky.social's Joy Connolly: "Today’s decision is a step toward honoring the will of Congress and our mission as a nation—to... know ourselves and build a better future on that knowledge.." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...
DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
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This is happening! Debuts Melbourne mid 2027 then global!
Australian Arts Review@artsreviewau.bsky.social · 6mo agoACMI, together with BBC Studios and the multi award-winning producers of Bluey, Ludo Studio, have announced an exclusive world premiere exhibition about the making of the much-loved animated TV series Bluey. artsreview.com.au/bluey-exhibi...
This is very exciting and I am excited to read each of the first three confirmed books.
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 7mo agoBig personal news: I will be editing a new book series for Bloomsbury called Intelligence - AI and Humanity, providing writes from many disciplines the opportunity to reflect on AI and how it reflects on society. More here: medium.com/p/d8c5d6cda6...
A nice surprise to see @drkyliesmith.bsky.social quoted here.
Evelyn Douek@evelyndouek.bsky.social · 7mo agoChilling effects are hard to measure or document. They are what doesn't get said over here, because of some gvt action over there. But pieces like this are a small part of making visible what is obvious: right now, chilling effects are everywhere www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...
You may have seen that a major update in our lawsuit challenging the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities went a bit viral this week. Why? Because the outcome of this case affects a lot of people—not just historians. Here’s what’s going on. 🧵 (1/5)
!! @shannonmattern.bsky.social I see your name called in vain.
Johannes Klingebiel@klingebeil.bsky.social · 7mo agowild stuff…
As the author of a forthcoming book on how Americans remember (and forget) George Washington's legacy, and a public historian who's worked on the 250th anniversary for almost a decade now, I have lots of thoughts about this. For now I'll just say to media friends interested in this story: hit me up.
404 Media@404media.co · 7mo agoThanks to PragerU and the White House, we have the Freedom Truck which hopes to educate kids via AI slop George Washington (and others) of their America can do no wrong version of US history. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Full story: www.404media.co/i-visited-th...
Oh boy. A real doozy. If you haven't been following the @nehgov.bsky.social fiasco, this gift article will catch up up. If you have been following, prepare to have your rage stoked all over again. As one of the recipients of a cancelled grant, I have some thoughts /1 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
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Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
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These cancellations were so much more horrible for other people than for me personally, as my fellowship was coming to an end. Huge losses to hundreds of people and dozens of long term projects and ongoing relationships. The loss to humanities has been incalculable
This and a ton of additional material from our NEH case is available on our website historians.org/lawsuit-to-restore-the-neh
Lawsuit to Restore the NEH - AHA
Major Update in our NEH Lawsuit Discovery in NEH Lawsuit Reveals How Humanities Grants Were Cancelled On March 6, 2026, the American Historical Association and our co-plaintiffs filed a motion for sum...
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Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 7mo agoHere is the spreadsheet DOGE had ChatGPT produce, to determine which grants were too DEI www.historians.org/wp-content/u...
So wonderful to see my home museum (and the first museum I worked at) in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social. The team there has done an amazing job. ❤️
The Art Newspaper@theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 8mo agoNewcastle Art Gallery enjoyed a grand reopening in the coal city two hours’ drive north of Sydney at the end of February, following an expansion project costing A$47m ($33m) that has more than doubled its exhibition space and attracted a major gift of art. buff.ly/wgKCkjD
What I’d like to understand is how much damage from this term could be undone somewhat quickly and easily? Obv. there are long-term effects like broken international relations that will take time to repair, but could the Dems easily stop the camps, bring health and EPA regulations back, etc?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo agoMike Johnson: "If we lost the midterms -- heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House -- it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect."
