NEW ESSAY from iTEXTILIS | Linnaeus’ apostles relied on ambassadors for survival, gifts, and science. Silk gowns in Japan, safety in Libya — explore the 18th-century network of textiles and diplomacy. > www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th... #NaturalHistory @utrikesdep.bsky.social #travel #science
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NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 13 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Ambassadors and Consuls assisting the Linnaeus Apostles. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Klas Modin wants to use mathematics to understand nature’s chaotic structures. To succeed, he is combining quantum theory with equations dating back almost 300 years. #research #science #mathematics tinyurl.com/2u8pbw6k
Searching for patterns in nature’s chaos | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Klas Modin wants to use mathematics to understand nature’s chaotic structures. To succeed, he is combining quantum theory with equations dating back almost 300 years. In this...
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NEW ESSAY: Wedding Traditions – Historical Traces from Whitby and the surrounding Moorland Area: 1700 to 1914. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/we...
As our Routes, Ruins and Reconnaissance exhibition draws to a close, we’re sharing a timeline of Gertrude Bell’s life and work, as well as some newly digitised images. Find out more 👉 https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/last-chance-to-see-gertrude-bell-exhibition-at-the-society
From the Archive – Essay: Textile Observations – from an 1841 Plan of Whitby. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/te...
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~ Lao Tzu IG: @matt_swack
At skaffe nok mineraler til brug i f.eks. bilbatterier og vindmøller er en stor udfordring. Så hvordan kan grøn energiomstilling blive bæredygtig og retfærdig for alle aktører i forsyningskæden? Tværfagligt #dkforsk projekt skal indsamle ny viden om god praksis👉 bit.ly/4hsfnQa
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The IK Workshop Soc. has now been updated to version 4, offering an excellent digital resource in Natural & Cultural History. Read more in our latest iMessenger >>> https://www.ikfoundation.org/news/imessenger-archive-m8y2026.html
NEW ESSAY: Textile Substitutes and Additions – Useful Plant Fibres observed by Carl Linnaeus and other 18th-century Swedish Naturalists. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/te...
Long-term research and science compiled in a unique monograph: SPITSBERGEN SCIENCE EXPEDITIONS. Limited, numbered edition. Read more > www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar... #arctic #spitsbergen #svalbard #greenland #europe
NEW ESSAY: Tapestries & Artworks – A Symbiosis between Collecting, Depicting and Natural History. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ta...
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NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 12 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way: Paper Books, Boxes, Pins, etc., for keeping Collections Safe. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
Open-access iBook SPITSBERGEN SCIENCE EXPEDITIONS crowdfunding is now over 80% funded, thanks to a major donation from explorer Frederik Paulsen! Just €4,840 left to create a free digital resource on Arctic history. Share #Arctic knowledge... Support now donate-to.ikfoundation.org/fundraising/...
A film from 1930's on the ropewalk in Hagalund in Stockholm stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/34759
Bland hantverkare i Stockholm: Repslageri (1934)
Under 1930-talet gjorde Stockholms stadsmuseum en serie filmer med titeln Bland hantverkare i Stockholm . Syftet med filmerna var att skildra traditionella
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From the Archive – Essay | Woollen Stockings – Traditions and Trade in Whitby: 1670s-1910s. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/wo...
From the Archive – Essay: Sericulture and Citrus Fruits – 18th Century Naturalists in the Mediterranean Region and Swedish Gardens. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/se...
NEW ESSAY: 18th & 19th Century Yarn Winders – Textile Tools in Swedish Households. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/18...
From the Archive – Essay: Japanese Gardens, Dyes and Silk – The Naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg’s Observations in the 1770s. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ja...
NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 11 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Knowledge Exchange of Natural History Specimens and Letters. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 10 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Plant, Seed, Insect and Bird Collections. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
Upcoming in the iTEXTILIS essay collection – several textile history topics will be published over the next two months. Read more under ‘Small Big News’ in the latest iMESSENGER from The IK Foundation: www.ikfoundation.org/news/imessen...
“Collecting knowledge and collecting thoughts are the basis of understanding!” That’s the theme of the latest iMESSENGER from The IK Foundation. Welcome to read it here > www.ikfoundation.org/news/imessen...
This project – a free digital resource – is based on the most up-to-date scientific research in the subjects, with a vast image bank as well as field station data. iBOOK also looks down at the Arctic and Spitsbergen from space. “Dynamics of the sky” is.. donate-to.ikfoundation.org/fundraising/...