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Decolonial Memories@colonial-memories.bsky.social · 3d ago

Memories of colonialism in Cameroon: Good to know German Ambassador will join ceremony on 8 August to commemorate Germany’s judicial murder of Rudolf Duala Manga Bell & Ngoso Din 1914. Amb. Christian Sedat @diplo.de: „A new chapter is opening in the relationship between Germany and the Bell Canton.“

I don't know if anyone is watching Race Around the World, but Mikaela is getting robbed week after week. For me it's all about her and Jayden.

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Decolonial memories of Germany: Excellent new publication by @dependencybonn.de on transnational perspectives of German colonialism from 16th to 21st centuries. Including text by Daniel Bendix @dajoben.bsky.social Open access at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.

The ARC has released their new set of grant schemes ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub... Before implementing them, they’re now going to “consult with the sector”. Hopefully genuinely, not just with a few disengaged DVCRs. In the meantime, there’ll be another round of Discovery Projects (DP28).

'the Humanities and Social Sciences....disciplines ask not just “what works?” but “for whom?”, “at what cost?”, “under what assumptions?” and “towards what kind of society?” They are central to good policy, democratic accountability and social mobility.' Essential reading. Read it. 3/3

This is a fascinating case, but apparently no AI #histoslop. According to «Interfoto,» the image comes from a Munich auction house — which, along with Alamy’s statement that it was uploaded 20 years ago, suggests that it is a «real,» physical forgery created without AI (but maybe some Photoshop)

Dr Matt Lodder@mattlodder.com · 2w ago

Interesting discussion unfolding on Reddit, as a poster asks for help identifying the group identified on this plaque, uploaded to Alamy. It's... odd... and seems perhaps to be an AI hallucination. Worrying to have this polluting historical image databases! www.reddit.com/r/Symbology/...

Barnaby Joyce scooping up the barely suppressed male rage vote.

"[N]early 4,000 academic posts in social sciences, humanities and the arts have been axed in one year alone. In the 12 months to December 2024, just under 3,000 social sciences, 820 humanities and 240 arts jobs went. All but 110 were in non-Russell Group universities, reducing student choice..."

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Benedikt Gambé wurde nach dem 1.WK durch einen Kolonialoffizier von Kamerun nach Deutschland gebracht. In der Weimarer Republik spielte er Schlagzeug in einer Band. Nachdem er Berufsverbot erhielt, war er gezwungen auf der sog. "Afrika Schau" zu arbeiten. 1940 wurde er zwangseingeliefert & ermordet.

Reviewing a lot of articles on German colonialism lately, and a stock view that seems to have crept in is that Kaiser Wilhelm II sparked Weltpolitik in the 1890s. This is despite the wholesale creation of colonies in the 1880s and the fact that the emperor was rarely involved in the process.

If you don’t let us steal everything we’re not going to build our massive theft-recycling machines in your backyard

Anthropic tells Chalmers: $21b investment hinges on copyright

Chief executive Dario Amodei met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when AI giant Anthropic launched in Australia in April.

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The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant of up to $20,000 available to scholars whose research involves use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Closing date for 2027 applications is Friday 2 October 2026. turnbullfriends.org.nz/research-gra...

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

VAR desperate to get Argentina into the final

That is not simulation. Argentina get another controversial call go their way.

Big coup for German submarine maker TKMS: Canada has decided to buy 12 submarines - “the largest defence procurement in Canada’s history”.

Thank you, Belgium.

Hard to believe that 'A Pacific Power' is more than a year old now. Thanks to everyone for the way it has been received!

Matt Fitzpatrick@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · last yr.

Official release day for my newie 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa'. And I have copies!! Would love to see this in a few libraries. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime

New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.

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Just remember the purpose of houses is as residences not commodities. So houses not looking like great investments is good news for home buyers who want to live in them. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

House price fall could slice $100,000 from your home’s value

Economists believed house prices were going to fall even before the budget’s tax changes. Now there’s a price tag on those falls – up to $100,000.

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"Jenny Maxwell, head of education for Grammarly ... urged educators to accept that most future writing would be produced in a partnership between artificial intelligence & human discernment." Powdered rhino horn seller urges doctors to accept that future medicine will contain powdered rhino horn.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last mo.

They're saying the quiet part out loud now. Jenny Maxwell, head of education for Grammarly/Superhuman: “We’re doing a huge pedagogical upheaval in education,” she said, calling it a “burn it down moment. We’re just in the early stages.” Burn down higher ed without any plan to rebuilt. Gift link.

Time to grab your favourite reading chair, or boot up your chosen reading program! It's time to read issue two of the Journal of Pacific History! Volume 61, Issue 2 has a great array of articles, books, and exhibition reviews to share with you over the coming weeks.

I cannot emphasize enough how this runs completely counter to the core principles of the historical profession

Peter Whitewood@pwhitewood.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rebranding a hallucination as a ‘critical confabulation’ that can fill archival gaps is a big no from me.

Will the restitution to Cameroon begin soon? Return of ancestral remains to Maca community from Germany could signal breakthrough for all Cameroonian communities. @historianmemory.bsky.social @akpf.bsky.social @hist4dem.bsky.social @regartless.bsky.social 👉 dekolonial-erinnern.de/will-the-res...

Decolonial Memories@colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Leitet Rückführung der Maka-Ahnen aus Freiburg umfassende Restitutionen ein? @diplo.de @mehler.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @regartless.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social dekolonial-erinnern.de/beginnt-jetz...

Thank goodness Haiti’s shirt has been banned by FIFA and so 18th century French slaveowners in the nosebleed section won’t be offended

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Porträt eines weiten Landes

Henning Melber hat eine neue Geschichte Namibias von der Kolonisierung durch Deutschland bis heute geschrieben.

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