Mark Rhodes
@cartomark.bsky.social
Geographer, Musician, Gardener. Associate Professor at Michigan Tech, IASH Fellow at University of Edinburgh, & Schuman Fulbright Scholar looking at heritage institutions, memory work, and cultural landscapes. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.🖖 views=mine
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History has many painful lessons.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
History has many painful lessons.
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#OpenAccess in Area:
'Confluences of art and research: Reflections on curating an art exhibition as interdisciplinary method' by Helen Underhill & Cat Button
This paper reflects on 'curation-as-method' in relation to the 2024 'Confluences: Water and People' exhibition.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'Confluences of art and research: Reflections on curating an art exhibition as interdisciplinary method' by Helen Underhill & Cat Button
This paper reflects on 'curation-as-method' in relation to the 2024 'Confluences: Water and People' exhibition.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#OpenAccess in Area:
'Confluences of art and research: Reflections on curating an art exhibition as interdisciplinary method' by Helen Underhill & Cat Button
This paper reflects on 'curation-as-method' in relation to the 2024 'Confluences: Water and People' exhibition.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'Confluences of art and research: Reflections on curating an art exhibition as interdisciplinary method' by Helen Underhill & Cat Button
This paper reflects on 'curation-as-method' in relation to the 2024 'Confluences: Water and People' exhibition.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
Just received my copy of the open access Promise of Cultural Geography edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Happy to have contributed!! Honestly, I'm surprised it survived the post, though: they saved me the trouble of opening anything 😄!
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Just received my copy of the open access Promise of Cultural Geography edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Happy to have contributed!! Honestly, I'm surprised it survived the post, though: they saved me the trouble of opening anything 😄!
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We're hiring!
Join us at Landscape Research Group as our new Director of Communications & Membership (3 days/week, remote). Lead strategy, comms, membership, events & much more. Apply by 22 Sept.
Learn more and download the full pack here: landscaperesearch.org/comms-vacanc...
Join us at Landscape Research Group as our new Director of Communications & Membership (3 days/week, remote). Lead strategy, comms, membership, events & much more. Apply by 22 Sept.
Learn more and download the full pack here: landscaperesearch.org/comms-vacanc...
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're hiring!
Join us at Landscape Research Group as our new Director of Communications & Membership (3 days/week, remote). Lead strategy, comms, membership, events & much more. Apply by 22 Sept.
Learn more and download the full pack here: landscaperesearch.org/comms-vacanc...
Join us at Landscape Research Group as our new Director of Communications & Membership (3 days/week, remote). Lead strategy, comms, membership, events & much more. Apply by 22 Sept.
Learn more and download the full pack here: landscaperesearch.org/comms-vacanc...
Mae'r gwaith yn iawn araf.
September 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Mae'r gwaith yn iawn araf.
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#OpenAccess in Area:
'Participatory collaborations between geographers and performance artists: Taking urban renewal histories to the street' by @aledsingleton.bsky.social et al.
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'Participatory collaborations between geographers and performance artists: Taking urban renewal histories to the street' by @aledsingleton.bsky.social et al.
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#OpenAccess in Area:
'Participatory collaborations between geographers and performance artists: Taking urban renewal histories to the street' by @aledsingleton.bsky.social et al.
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'Participatory collaborations between geographers and performance artists: Taking urban renewal histories to the street' by @aledsingleton.bsky.social et al.
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I've spent the past two days tracing the last remaining elements of Amgueddfa Cymru's presence in Caernarfon Harbour while they owned and contributed labor, material, and financial resources towards the operation of the Seiont II and Nantlys ships @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I've spent the past two days tracing the last remaining elements of Amgueddfa Cymru's presence in Caernarfon Harbour while they owned and contributed labor, material, and financial resources towards the operation of the Seiont II and Nantlys ships @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
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Come work with us! The University of Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability, and environmental justice. Details at this link nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
Assistant Professor, Human-Environment Geography
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Come work with us! The University of Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability, and environmental justice. Details at this link nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
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Hey @geographers.bsky.social and #geographers please pass this great opportunity on in your networks!
August 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey @geographers.bsky.social and #geographers please pass this great opportunity on in your networks!
Love to see the @michigantech.bsky.social shout out for our key role in this year's conference!
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh History and Culture offered a balm: Welsh and Welsh-descended voices converging in a quiet corner of Appalachian Ohio ✍️ Joel Romero-Meredith
Wales and the world: strengthening transatlantic ties
Joel Romero-Meredith For a scholar who often begins presentations by showing audience members where to find Wales on the map, NAASWCH is a welcome change of pace. Short for the North American Associat...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Love to see the @michigantech.bsky.social shout out for our key role in this year's conference!
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The line from people impersonating ICE [to kidnap immigrants] to impersonating a cop [to assassinate democratic officials] is a short one.
June 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The line from people impersonating ICE [to kidnap immigrants] to impersonating a cop [to assassinate democratic officials] is a short one.
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Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was killed Saturday in a politically motivated assassination along with her husband, Mark, in their home. Minnesota lawmaker Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and wounded at their home nearby.
June 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was killed Saturday in a politically motivated assassination along with her husband, Mark, in their home. Minnesota lawmaker Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and wounded at their home nearby.
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*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage draws upon an original, wide-ranging dataset to show that the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural he...
www.routledge.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
When you log in to CITI, not remembering if your training has expired and whether you need to spend 3 hours mashing buttons about how to most ethically extract bodily samples from people...
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Today was my lucky day...expiration 2027. IRB now in.
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Today was my lucky day...expiration 2027. IRB now in.
a man in a suit is eating popcorn from a pink box
ALT: a man in a suit is eating popcorn from a pink box
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June 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When you log in to CITI, not remembering if your training has expired and whether you need to spend 3 hours mashing buttons about how to most ethically extract bodily samples from people...
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Today was my lucky day...expiration 2027. IRB now in.
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Today was my lucky day...expiration 2027. IRB now in.
As I'm putting the finishing touches on my Wales program this year, I've turned to more Planet articles. Shorter, better written, and punchier, they make me hope for a return of the journal. #Wales #WelshStudies #Publishing
June 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As I'm putting the finishing touches on my Wales program this year, I've turned to more Planet articles. Shorter, better written, and punchier, they make me hope for a return of the journal. #Wales #WelshStudies #Publishing
The protests at #KentState started on May 1st against the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. By May 3rd, 1000 National Guard were on campus. On May 4th, 1970, during protests against the use of the #NationalGuard to supress the freedom of assembly, 4 students were murdered, 9 more shot.
June 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The protests at #KentState started on May 1st against the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. By May 3rd, 1000 National Guard were on campus. On May 4th, 1970, during protests against the use of the #NationalGuard to supress the freedom of assembly, 4 students were murdered, 9 more shot.
First Duolingo stopped servicing Welsh, now they're "AI-first". I've always loved DuoLingo Classroom for my regional and Study Abroad courses, but this is beyond the pale. I'd rather turn to a (Welsh) company like SaySomethingIn and just have students send in screenshots.
Language learning app Duolingo surprised its social media followers by removing all content across its TikTok and Instagram accounts over the weekend, before publishing a cryptic video about its shift to 'AI-first' on Tuesday
Duolingo wipes social media accounts and hints at AI backtrack
Stephen Price Language learning app Duolingo surprised its social media followers by removing all content across its TikTok and Instagram accounts over the weekend, before publishing a cryptic video a...
nation.cymru
May 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
First Duolingo stopped servicing Welsh, now they're "AI-first". I've always loved DuoLingo Classroom for my regional and Study Abroad courses, but this is beyond the pale. I'd rather turn to a (Welsh) company like SaySomethingIn and just have students send in screenshots.
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The closure of factories, steelworks and mines has pivotally shaped how we imagine national economies. I wrote on Deindustrialization and Nationhood for the new bumper Routledge International Handbook of Deindustrialization Studies. Get it for your library if you're interested!
May 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The closure of factories, steelworks and mines has pivotally shaped how we imagine national economies. I wrote on Deindustrialization and Nationhood for the new bumper Routledge International Handbook of Deindustrialization Studies. Get it for your library if you're interested!
My writing process in a gif
May 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My writing process in a gif
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Graves’ dedicated diligence as a researcher has led to an illuminating book about the shaping of Wales and how we can revive our landscapes ✍️ Jon Gower
Book Review: Tir – The Story of the Welsh Landscape by Carwyn Graves
Last week the shortlist was announced for the 2025 Wales Book of the Year. Over the coming weeks we will be reviewing the books on the shortlist, starting with Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape by...
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May 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Graves’ dedicated diligence as a researcher has led to an illuminating book about the shaping of Wales and how we can revive our landscapes ✍️ Jon Gower
An 85-year old protest of the privatization of public services. Sargent Johnson laid down his saw as soon as the Federal and San Francisco city governments sold out to turn the publically-funded Aquatic Park into a private casino. Glad to see it now in the care of the NPS.
May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
An 85-year old protest of the privatization of public services. Sargent Johnson laid down his saw as soon as the Federal and San Francisco city governments sold out to turn the publically-funded Aquatic Park into a private casino. Glad to see it now in the care of the NPS.
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I'm joining @drrossgarner.bsky.social and @direjackalope.bsky.social for an edited collection on the Pokémon franchise. We already have many great chapters but are seeking some more in specific areas. Check out the targeted CFP below & pls share widely!
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Targeted CFP: Pikachu’s Transmedia Adventures: The Continuing Adaptability of the Pokémon Franchise
Abstract deadline: June 10th 2025 In 2025 the Pokémon franchise will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its debut in Japan and the fifth anniversary of its popular worldwide AR cell phone game Pokém…
rebeccawilliams.org
May 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I'm joining @drrossgarner.bsky.social and @direjackalope.bsky.social for an edited collection on the Pokémon franchise. We already have many great chapters but are seeking some more in specific areas. Check out the targeted CFP below & pls share widely!
rebeccawilliams.org/2025/05/17/1...
rebeccawilliams.org/2025/05/17/1...