Claira Turvey
@clairaturvey.bsky.social
Sustainable development & social anthropology. Exploring multisolving, multispecies & more-than-human relations, decolonisation, cognitive justice and reparations 🌿
🌱 A lesson from nature everyday: https://naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
🕸️ Edinburgh
🌱 A lesson from nature everyday: https://naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
🕸️ Edinburgh
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Claira Turvey
@clairaturvey.bsky.social
· Nov 17
As the world bends, it's good to remember that it can bend towards truth, beauty, and peace.
We can't always direct the winds but we can grow towards the light.
Lessons from nature every day ~ naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
#naturequotes #climateactionnow #naturelovers
We can't always direct the winds but we can grow towards the light.
Lessons from nature every day ~ naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
#naturequotes #climateactionnow #naturelovers
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264. Towards a conceptual foundation for documenting tangible and intangible elements of a cultural object - application of CIDOC-CRM to a scene painted in the narthex of a byzantine church in Cyprus.
#TabClosed2026 🏺#Heritage
#TabClosed2026 🏺#Heritage
nicola.carboni.me
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
264. Towards a conceptual foundation for documenting tangible and intangible elements of a cultural object - application of CIDOC-CRM to a scene painted in the narthex of a byzantine church in Cyprus.
#TabClosed2026 🏺#Heritage
#TabClosed2026 🏺#Heritage
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I've now closed 263 browser tabs that were open from last year. I'm starting a new thread! They are far and few between now, as the old ones remaining open require that I do some work (reading or writing stuff). But I will keep going! #TabClosed2026
Well my #TabClosed2026 continues! Great to be joined by others in this endeavour to start the new year with an organised, leaner, cleaner desktop. After 241 tabs closed I'm about to start a new thread!
241. I got the numbers mixed up! This article is about Cultural Keystone Places, which I need to investigate more.
#Heritage #TabClosed2026
#Heritage #TabClosed2026
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I've now closed 263 browser tabs that were open from last year. I'm starting a new thread! They are far and few between now, as the old ones remaining open require that I do some work (reading or writing stuff). But I will keep going! #TabClosed2026
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This story I did some time back just popped up for no reason. I still like this story:
apnews.com/general-news...
apnews.com/general-news...
Kamikaze survivors debunk stereotype in stories of sacrifice
KASAMA, Japan (AP) — The pilots filed into the room and were presented with a form that asked if they wanted to be kamikaze.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This story I did some time back just popped up for no reason. I still like this story:
apnews.com/general-news...
apnews.com/general-news...
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I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
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In case you've not read it yet 'Disabled people's lived experience of education in the UK' is not going to surprise anyone with direct knowledge but it's still is tough to process. And those less familiar with disability should prioritise reading and acting on this report www.gov.uk/government/p...
Disabled people's lived experience of education in the UK
A qualitative evidence review that explores evidence on disabled people’s lived experiences of education.
www.gov.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
In case you've not read it yet 'Disabled people's lived experience of education in the UK' is not going to surprise anyone with direct knowledge but it's still is tough to process. And those less familiar with disability should prioritise reading and acting on this report www.gov.uk/government/p...
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"I felt the urge to cry out that they could never understand the relationship we hold with this place: a relationship carried not in ownership but in reciprocity, where the land sings through Gaelic names, stories, and memories borne across generations."
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social
An excellent article :
@auntiesyzygy.bsky.social @claireboardman.bsky.social
scottishleftreview.scot/skyes-revolt...
@auntiesyzygy.bsky.social @claireboardman.bsky.social
scottishleftreview.scot/skyes-revolt...
Skye’s Revolting Crofters
New cultural infrastructure is vital to stop Skye being hollowed out by holiday lets and seasonal blow-ins, writes Catherine MacPhee.
scottishleftreview.scot
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
"I felt the urge to cry out that they could never understand the relationship we hold with this place: a relationship carried not in ownership but in reciprocity, where the land sings through Gaelic names, stories, and memories borne across generations."
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social
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The hidden basis of so much of what’s happening with rising fascism is about children, namely destroying developed support and even care for them.
They’re being exploited, murdered in genocide, starved here and abroad. The education system is being completely destroyed.
They’re being exploited, murdered in genocide, starved here and abroad. The education system is being completely destroyed.
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The hidden basis of so much of what’s happening with rising fascism is about children, namely destroying developed support and even care for them.
They’re being exploited, murdered in genocide, starved here and abroad. The education system is being completely destroyed.
They’re being exploited, murdered in genocide, starved here and abroad. The education system is being completely destroyed.
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Children are an oppressed class and it's essential that we see them as one. Child liberation must be foundational to our movements for freedom, or they will continue to fail. Excellent thread:
The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
February 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Children are an oppressed class and it's essential that we see them as one. Child liberation must be foundational to our movements for freedom, or they will continue to fail. Excellent thread:
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
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"Nevertheless, in this, we consistently find people who are willing to fight together, to dream together, to build together. That is what I celebrate. That we stand on the shoulders of those who had dreams of an antiracist world. And did something about those dreams."
On 8 November 1965, the Race Relations Act 1965 received Royal Assent. In this essay, I examine the efficacy of the RRA 1965 as a tool for racial justice within the law. I ask if, 60 years after the passing of the Act, there is still any reason to celebrate it.
folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...
folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...
What is there to Celebrate 60 years after the Passing of the Race Relations Act 1965?
Why should we celebrate limited progress that comes too late after more struggle than should really be necessary?
folukeafrica.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
"Nevertheless, in this, we consistently find people who are willing to fight together, to dream together, to build together. That is what I celebrate. That we stand on the shoulders of those who had dreams of an antiracist world. And did something about those dreams."
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Flowers in a French garden in 1920.
Despite being taken 106yrs ago there’s an exquisite three-dimensional quality to this original colour (not colourised) photo.
Despite being taken 106yrs ago there’s an exquisite three-dimensional quality to this original colour (not colourised) photo.
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Flowers in a French garden in 1920.
Despite being taken 106yrs ago there’s an exquisite three-dimensional quality to this original colour (not colourised) photo.
Despite being taken 106yrs ago there’s an exquisite three-dimensional quality to this original colour (not colourised) photo.
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In our newest issue of Transforming Anthropology, Dr. Pyar Seth’s article, “A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation,” offers a powerful reading of Hurston’s enduring influence on how Black life is studied, written, and imagined.
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
In our newest issue of Transforming Anthropology, Dr. Pyar Seth’s article, “A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation,” offers a powerful reading of Hurston’s enduring influence on how Black life is studied, written, and imagined.
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As we open Black History Month, we honor Zora Neale Hurston—an anthropologist who refused to treat Black life as a problem, an absence, or an object to be explained.
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
As we open Black History Month, we honor Zora Neale Hurston—an anthropologist who refused to treat Black life as a problem, an absence, or an object to be explained.
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In this essay, I examine the origins and meanings of the word "decolonisation." It is often thrown about with the presumption that we all agree on its meaning, despite strong contrary evidence. But where did the word come from? What has it been used to mean?
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
The Trouble with Defining Decolonisation: A table analogy and some reading
But remember, “The demand that Rhodes must fall should not be heard as a demand that Rhodes must read Fanon.”
folukeafrica.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
In this essay, I examine the origins and meanings of the word "decolonisation." It is often thrown about with the presumption that we all agree on its meaning, despite strong contrary evidence. But where did the word come from? What has it been used to mean?
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
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Today 1 pm ...
The end of Jan finally & the next Peat Cafe will stream on Monday at 1 pm UTC. Chaired by @fossilbeetle.bsky.social
Risks of Commodification of Nature, Peatland Restoration and Green Finance. Dr Joshua Cohen, Dr Ursula Balderson, Prof Julia Martin-Ortega #climateheritage #NbS
tinyurl.com/3bn4tf7d
Risks of Commodification of Nature, Peatland Restoration and Green Finance. Dr Joshua Cohen, Dr Ursula Balderson, Prof Julia Martin-Ortega #climateheritage #NbS
tinyurl.com/3bn4tf7d
University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan - Events - Archaeology events - The Peat Café
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February 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Today 1 pm ...
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For those commenting on the agents' surnames.
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
For those commenting on the agents' surnames.
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The magic of an Imbolc evening, sharpening and cleansing the blood; presenting us with fresh clear spaces to grow into, and to fill up with whatever we so desire.
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The magic of an Imbolc evening, sharpening and cleansing the blood; presenting us with fresh clear spaces to grow into, and to fill up with whatever we so desire.
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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The map's form: spells
It shows: a dialect continuum
Its purpose: to teach
It shows: a dialect continuum
Its purpose: to teach
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The map's form: spells
It shows: a dialect continuum
Its purpose: to teach
It shows: a dialect continuum
Its purpose: to teach
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A canyon towhee (Melozone fusca), blending in well with the drab colors of winter. Photo taken in the west foothills of the Sandia Mountains, next to Albuquerque, on January 30, 2026.
#nature #naturephotography #birds
#nature #naturephotography #birds
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
A canyon towhee (Melozone fusca), blending in well with the drab colors of winter. Photo taken in the west foothills of the Sandia Mountains, next to Albuquerque, on January 30, 2026.
#nature #naturephotography #birds
#nature #naturephotography #birds
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Turns out I wasn't the naive one.
Turns out I wasn't over-reacting.
Maybe you aren't either.
Turns out I wasn't over-reacting.
Maybe you aren't either.
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Turns out I wasn't the naive one.
Turns out I wasn't over-reacting.
Maybe you aren't either.
Turns out I wasn't over-reacting.
Maybe you aren't either.
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It's succulent blooming season! Most beautiful shapes 😭💕
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM
It's succulent blooming season! Most beautiful shapes 😭💕
