Alice Corble
@dralicecorble.bsky.social
Transdisciplinary scholar-activist-educator working on anticolonial library and archival praxis at UCL. Neurospicy Queer. Always (un)learning. Own views not my employer's etc.
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"This article speaks to the cultural context of the harm that racism and colonialism cause for Indigenous peoples that they encounter in institutions of higher education, including libraries."
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More Than Sage Smoke and Mascots: How Well Do You Know Your Indigenous Patrons and Employees? – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"This article speaks to the cultural context of the harm that racism and colonialism cause for Indigenous peoples that they encounter in institutions of higher education, including libraries."
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/more-th...
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/more-th...
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Winds may roar and seas may rise,
But the heart of Jamaica never dies.
Strong in spirit, brave, and true—
The world stands hand in hand with you.🧡
Paws In for the Land of Wood and Water.🐾🙏 #HurricaneMelissa
#hedgewatch
But the heart of Jamaica never dies.
Strong in spirit, brave, and true—
The world stands hand in hand with you.🧡
Paws In for the Land of Wood and Water.🐾🙏 #HurricaneMelissa
#hedgewatch
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Winds may roar and seas may rise,
But the heart of Jamaica never dies.
Strong in spirit, brave, and true—
The world stands hand in hand with you.🧡
Paws In for the Land of Wood and Water.🐾🙏 #HurricaneMelissa
#hedgewatch
But the heart of Jamaica never dies.
Strong in spirit, brave, and true—
The world stands hand in hand with you.🧡
Paws In for the Land of Wood and Water.🐾🙏 #HurricaneMelissa
#hedgewatch
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10 book censorship posts to revisit, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news. Y'all, it's been a DOOZY of a week.
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10 Book Censorship Posts to Revisit: Book Censorship News, October 24, 2025
Revisit these 10 stories about book censorship from years past, including stories about the cost of book bans, book sanctuaries, and more.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
10 book censorship posts to revisit, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news. Y'all, it's been a DOOZY of a week.
bookriot.com/10-book-cens...
bookriot.com/10-book-cens...
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FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation
Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and h...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
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Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!
The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!
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The International Day of Sign Languages celebrates the linguistic identities of the Deaf community and all who use sign language. John Bulwer was the first person in Britain to advocate for the education of deaf people. His 1644 book explores the communicative and rhetorical power of hand gestures.
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The International Day of Sign Languages celebrates the linguistic identities of the Deaf community and all who use sign language. John Bulwer was the first person in Britain to advocate for the education of deaf people. His 1644 book explores the communicative and rhetorical power of hand gestures.
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Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.
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"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...
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Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people
September 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people
One more week to complete this survey (closing 15 Sep). So far v few responses from #IrishLibrarians - would be great if @victoriarend.bsky.social could capture insights on linguistic diversity and #Gaeilge provision in #Éire & #TuaisceartÉireann #LeabharlannaPoiblí #PublicLibraries #LanguageRights
Calling all the UK public library workers! 📚 Seeking participants for UCL MA Library and Information Studies research project
#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research
#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research
September 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
One more week to complete this survey (closing 15 Sep). So far v few responses from #IrishLibrarians - would be great if @victoriarend.bsky.social could capture insights on linguistic diversity and #Gaeilge provision in #Éire & #TuaisceartÉireann #LeabharlannaPoiblí #PublicLibraries #LanguageRights
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All the ascendant instances of fascism, imperialism, oppression, and death-making we're seeing globally are interconnected, feeding on and gaining strength from each other. The ways we oppose those forces need to be equally interconnected and mutually empowering.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
All the ascendant instances of fascism, imperialism, oppression, and death-making we're seeing globally are interconnected, feeding on and gaining strength from each other. The ways we oppose those forces need to be equally interconnected and mutually empowering.
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From @theguardian.com:
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From @theguardian.com:
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A number of people who have read "Let This Radicalize You" are unaware that we made numerous resources and tools to accompany the book. You can find all of them here including a workbook, discussion guide, zines and more. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care — Interrupting Criminalization
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You by Kely Hayes and Mariame Kaba is a practical and imaginative resource for activis...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A number of people who have read "Let This Radicalize You" are unaware that we made numerous resources and tools to accompany the book. You can find all of them here including a workbook, discussion guide, zines and more. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
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💯 liberals love a bit of legislation but have no care for whether the actual problem is addressed
This essay considers the value of celebration and action in the face of racial injustice. It does this by asking if, 60 years after it came into force, the operation of the Race Relations Act 1965 justifies our celebration of the passing of the Act.
Short answer: No
folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...
Short answer: No
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?
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August 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
💯 liberals love a bit of legislation but have no care for whether the actual problem is addressed
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Happy #NationalLibrariansDay and Happy 133rd Birthday to the Godfather of #LibraryScience #SRRanganathan ! #LibrariesAreMadeofPeople #LibraryWorkers #TheLibraryIsAGrowingOrganism
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August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Happy #NationalLibrariansDay and Happy 133rd Birthday to the Godfather of #LibraryScience #SRRanganathan ! #LibrariesAreMadeofPeople #LibraryWorkers #TheLibraryIsAGrowingOrganism
www.isibang.ac.in/~library/por...
www.isibang.ac.in/~library/por...
Still time to contribute to this important UK-based #publiclibrary study by @victoriarend.bsky.social - do share with relevant networks and communities! #LibraryLanguages
Groundbreaking new #LIS study on how #publiclibraries serve #multilingual and #heritagelanguage communities by @victoriarend.bsky.social. UK-based public library workers: please consider participating and circulating! #LibraryResearch #LinguisticJustice #KnowledgeEquity #IntangibleCulturalHeritage
Calling all the UK public library workers! 📚 Seeking participants for UCL MA Library and Information Studies research project
#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research
#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research
August 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Still time to contribute to this important UK-based #publiclibrary study by @victoriarend.bsky.social - do share with relevant networks and communities! #LibraryLanguages
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Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history.
This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.
#Gaza
This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.
#Gaza
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history.
This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.
#Gaza
This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.
#Gaza
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Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025
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Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘Full‐Fat, Semi‐Skimmed or Skimmed?’ The Political Economy of Immigration Policy since Brexit
Since the European Union referendum in 2016, UK net migration has increased to record levels. Despite the Leave campaign's promise to ‘take back control’—and a Conservative government that has adopte...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New collections added, pt 1
• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
radical online collections and archives
I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
New collections added, pt 1
• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
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"Thinking is difficult. That is why people prefer to judge." Jung
1/11 History Reclaimed is still trying to invalidate the Church of England’s Project Spire reparative justice investment fund on historical grounds, with letters to the TLS and this rebuttal of the work of historians who examined the Church's complicity in slave-trading:
July 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Thinking is difficult. That is why people prefer to judge." Jung
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July 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.