Just saw this banging preprint by a cool posse headed by @aidanhorner.bsky.social (I saw it because I follow @suttonprofessor.bsky.social who is right in there): "Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations" osf.io/preprints/ps...

How do we remember places of mental health care? Join us for a thought-provoking event exploring the histories, memories and legacies of St. Clement’s Hospital. 📅 Saturday 5 September Book your free place via the Whitechapel Gallery: www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/remem...

Remembering St. Clement's Hospital - Whitechapel Gallery

A walk celebrating, commiserating and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the closure of St. Clement's psychiatric hospital.

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KEYNOTES 2026 CONFERENCE Michael Lynch • Nathan Rew • Stephanie Collins John Sutton • Inês Hipólito aap.org.au/Keynotes-2026 ineshipolito.com profiles.waikato.ac.nz/nathan.rew www.stephaniecollins.xyz johnsutton.net michael-lynch.philosophy.uconn.edu #PhilSky #AAPNZ26 @suttonprofessor.bsky.social

We're a few hours in to the first, 30-hour leg of the long trip to Aotearoa NZ for my Prez's address to open this year's AAP conference where I'll see many old and new friends, catch y'all on the other side! aap.org.au/page-1859854...

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Academics in the wild. Our first Centre retreat took us to Glencoe and beyond: a chance to spend time together, reflect on the Centre’s research, and think about the work ahead. Next stop: Cove Park in 2027.

Our team is at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, exploring historical landscapes and having fun as only such a diverse group could.

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

We've now highlighted all our amazing confirmed keynote speakers! Please sign up to our email list as this will be the main way we will communicate. Stay tuned for news about submissions, registration, and lots more! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

ICOM - International Conference on Memory 2027

The International Conference on Memory 2027, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland between 26 - 30 July 2027.

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Great first session at today's workshop on statues, politics, planning, memory.

How do we carry loss — and can art help us find our way back? Join us for Art in Grief, a 30-minute film by Geerteke van Lierop on bereavement, tsunami survivors in Japan, and giving grief form. 📅 Thu 21 May, 14:00–15:30 📍 Pathfoot, Stirling In person Free — register: forms.gle/jtMBF7znnt3E...

What if preserving heritage means cutting it open? Philosopher Erik Rietveld presents RAAAF’s "hardcore heritage” approach — physically slicing through monuments to expose hidden layers of history Wed 20 May 2026 14:00–15:30 University of Stirling In person Register forms.gle/KUC3tkztMbcp...

@felipedebrigard.bsky.social is both philosopher and neuroscientist, and AFAIK the 1st philosopher keynote at ICOM. As well as his work on memory traces, episodic counterfactuals, cognitive ontology, I'm hoping we'll get great new studies on memory and forgiveness for past wrongdoings in eg Colombia

International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow@icom-memory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today's keynote speaker to higlight is Prof Felipe De Brigard! icom-memory.org @felipedebrigard.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

For the next few days we'll be focussing on our amazing keynote speakers! First up, we have Prof Sue Gathercole. This is particularly fitting as Sue was one of the co-founders of ICOM. icom-memory.org

Come to Glasgow for ICOM-7, the 7th International Conference on Memory, July 2027! Details below. It'll be my 5th ICOM and my 2nd on organizing committee, and we're fixing a brilliant event, keen to expand the range beyond our core psych/ neuro/ cognitive topics so do sign up and please circulate!

International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow@icom-memory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

A column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social is sceptical of Pablo Fernandez Velasco’s work on ecological grief. It is not about over-dramatising climate change. It is taking seriously what people lose when places sustaining lives and memories are damaged. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2607...

Eco-grief is something that matters to victims, but...

Eco-grief is something that matters to victims but it could offer an excuse for the permanently angry to annoy themselves with, argues herald…

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What do we lose when climate change transforms the places that make life meaningful? New research from Centre researcher Pablo Fernández Velasco and Virginia De Biasio links ecological grief to climate justice. Read more in The Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2606447...

Scottish study shows link between ecological grief and climate justice

The grief experienced in response to environmental destruction is closely tied to questions of justice, rights, and what it means to lose a place…

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Our fieldwork takes us to remarkable places. Centre researchers visited Loch Tay today, exploring how heritage, landscape and conservation meet. How do places hold, protect and pass on their histories? youtu.be/z0paC7rtCQQ

Loch Tay

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What is the relationship between memory and place? Centre Director @suttonprofessor.bsky.social reflects on our work: how memory is shaped by place, why interdisciplinary collaboration matters, and how research grounded in local environments can speak to wider global questions. youtu.be/N3ce_7IP-aI

John Sutton — Principal Investigator and Director | CSPM

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In two days: Distemporalities. A one-day interdisciplinary symposium on disrupted temporal lifeworlds, from colonialism & displacement to environmental destruction & fractured relations to past & future. Fri 24 Apr 2026 Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, Stirling In person placememory.net/distemporalities

Distemporalities

Symposium 24 April 2026Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, Pathfoot BuildingUniversity of Stirling REGISTER TO ATTEND Download full programme including abstracts (PDF) Overview Distemporalities is a one-day …

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What can art reveal about place, memory and contested history? Centre PhD researcher Kialy Tihngang is featured on Fane’, discussing work across film, sculpture, textiles & performance, and exploring Blackness, queerness, Britishness, & Cameroonian culture & politics. www.fane.co.uk/kialy-tihngang

Centre guest speaker Dr Aramiha Harwood reflects on growing up Māori in Australia alongside a world of tabletop gaming. He explores the intersections of gaming, identity, and cultural inheritance, and considers how Indigenous game design can open space for Māori knowledge and connection.

Paper alert: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Our researcher, Pablo Fernandez Velasco, together with Virginia De Biasio, connects the experience of ecological grief to place attachment and incommensurable losses.

Place, Climate Change and the Experience of Loss

When places deteriorate due to climate change, people's connections to them (attachment) are also affected. The loss of the life possibilities sustained by places as a result of climate change is at ....

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Sometimes we need some fresh air to get writing done. PMM on a writing Residency in Chazelet (French Alps) for Son of a Punk.

research at its best yesterday: XScape @xscape-project.bsky.social Material Minds workshop Varieties of Externalism, showcasing fab new work from Andy Clark & team across philosophy, archaeology, & computational cognitive science, + visitors Lucy Osler & Rob Clowes on AI, me wrapping up intense day

Registration is now open for Trans Cosmologies 2. 30 April–1 May 2026 University of Stirling A two-day in-person multimedia event exploring trans cosmologies, memory, ethics and artistic practice. Register forms.gle/tQHj6QNuzFYP...

Games do not only model conflict. They can also carry stories, identity, and cultural knowledge. Thinking with Play is an in-person workshop with Dr Aramiha Harwood at Creative Stirling, featuring live play and kōrero around TRIBAL. Thu 23 Apr, 11:00–12:30 Register: bit.ly/4tzwUJ3

Thinking with Play: A Tabletop Kōrero — conversation

What can games teach us about relationships, conflict, and cultural knowledge? This in-person workshop invites participants to experience TRIBAL, a one-on-one tabletop game shaped by Māori ideas of p...

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‘Being Where? Putting memory, technology, and wayfinding together again’: new open-access paper, led by Mac Mingon with @ajgillett.bsky.social We set ‘techno-gloom’ about GPS degrading basic human navigation skills against historical shifts in ‘wayfinding ecologies’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Being Where? Putting Memory, Technology, and Wayfinding Together Again - Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Review of Philosophy and Psychology - Although wayfinding is a central domain for 4E research, much work on spatial cognition and navigation still operates within an internalist framework. This is...

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Can games become a way of remembering? Dr Aramiha Harwood (Ngāpuhi) explores how tabletop game design grounded in Māori values can transmit knowledge, identity and storytelling. 📅 Wed 22 Apr · 16:00–17:30 📍 University of Stirling + online Register here forms.gle/vKYdq9kGEmLJ...

Have you ever listened to a river? Centre associate Lizzie Robertson is the subject of a short film by Chris Leslie. Using a hydrophone, she explores sound, memory and urban ecology in a landscape shaped by industrial pasts and environmental change. www.chrisleslie.com/portfoli.../...