Beautiful square for #StitchAssemblyRGS25 featuring detail of key moments across the #RGS-IBG conference. 'The back with dangling “spiralling” threads signifies the invisible interconnections and on-going (future) weaving of seen and unseen'. @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social
Laura Pottinger
@laurajpottinger.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Geography @ University of Manchester Currently researching #MakingSlowColour (slowness, activism, growing, crafting, seeds, textiles & creative methods). She/her.
A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
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How might stitching help us get to know mosses on more intimate terms? New coauthored paper from the MossWorlds project on stitching sphagnum moss and doing creative, interdisciplinary work in geography labs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social (1/3)
More stitched squares shared by remote participants in our #StitchAssemblyRGS25 session at #RGS-IBG conference last month. Big thank you to all who took part & shared their reflections! @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social
Excited to see our new M4C paper out in a brand new journal #JCRM 'Creative reflections on research practice: insights from the Methods Zoo' Exploring methods-as-animals with @amycbarron.bsky.social @msrodekirchen.bsky.social @drallyb.bsky.social @smhall.bsky.social @profalibrowne.bsky.social
We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal! The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... #ResearchMethods #Creativity
"The destruction of Palestine’s seed banks reveals ecocide as a weapon of temporal control — a strategy for extending genocide beyond the present moment into an undeterminable future."
This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank. What happened in Hebron fits the legal definition of ecocide — the deliberate destruction of ecosystems to undermine human survival.
My RGS highlight was the Stich Assembly workshop. This was my attempt to kick off the Watershed Moments project with @riverdonproject.bsky.social. Can you tell what it is? #StitchAssemblyRGS25
Huge thanks to the #StitchAssemblyRGS25, this was so inspiring! Some short keywords this piece embodies: #unfinished #together #outofthebox #(un)directionality #heartening #multiplepaths I look forward to seeing the joined quilt!❤️Hoping to reflect a bit of this spirit in the MobileWorlds Festival
This was so much fun! Making was a creative act of selfcare today and here is my square/map. Thank you Laura and co.
My output inspired by what I believe the vision & values of my work in creating a #GoodFoodNation to 'build a long table not a higher wall' A table with people connecting and eating around it together. A space of equity.
@rgsibg.bsky.social #RGSStitchAssembly Loving the creativity theme of this years conference. Encouraging us all to pause, reflect & challenge ourselves.
✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at #RGSIBG2025 in Birmingham! Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community. Find your moment to stitch & share! #StitchAssemblyRGS25 💫 🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇
Just getting started on my stitched contribution to RGS 2025. Is this another way of connecting #arts and #research, #PhysicalMobility and #DigitalMibility? Thank you for this beautiful initiative! #RGSIBG2025 #StitchAssemblyRGS25 🧵🪡 #mobileworlds #thirdcultures
Creative stitching workshop at the RGS. Geography meets craft in a fabulous moment of sharing time & space. #StitchAssemblyRGS25
✨ Looking forward to the #RGSIBG2025! Join us for the Stitch Assembly 🧵 ⏰ Thursday, 11:10 - 12:50 (BST) 📍 Muirhead Building, Room 109 A creative space to stitch, reflect & connect - in Birmingham and beyond! 💫 #Creativity #StitchAssemblyRGS25
Prepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at #RGS-IBG Follow #StitchAssemblyRGS25 for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session. If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there! @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social
🌍Are you attending the RGS-IBG Annual Conference in Birmingham later this month?🌏 🚌You can request free bus travel around Birmingham during the week of the conference - just complete the form below by Sunday 17th August. Geographers please share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
More. Of. This. Solidarity with Greek dock workers. This is EXACTLY what we need more of. It's us, the working class of the world, that will stop this genocide. No one else. Keep going! ✊🏽🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 #FreePalestine🇵🇸
Are you heading to #RGS-IBG AC2025 as an online-only delegate? We’re organising a hands-on creative workshop for you! Sign up to Stitch Assembly & we’ll post you a pack 👇😊🧵 docs.google.com/forms/d/1ytd... @poppybudworth.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social