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Finn Arne Jørgensen
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Professor of Environmental History at University of Stavanger, Norway. Co-director of the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities. Photographer, author, boardgamer. More at finnarne.net. Portrait photo: Kristin Aafløy Opdan.
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The Greenhouse Library and the hallway outside wrapped up like a Christmas present. If all goes to plan, we’ll get a new and non-leaky roof in January. And if it doesn’t to go according to plan … October?
Hulda Garborgs hus at the UiS campus, section wrapped in plastic.
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The Christmas book pile is ambitious, but very very promising. And I have new reading/computer glasses that I need to test out properly, anything else would not take my workplace health and safety seriously.
Stack of books to be read. Ursula Le Guin, Carrier bag theory of fiction. Ian Nairn, Outrage. Donna Tartt, The Secret History. Claire-Louise Bennett, Big Kiss, Bye-Bye. Morag Rose, The Feminist Art of Walking. Adam Johnson, The Wayfinder. Marc Wilson, The Edge of Ruin. Jelewska & Krawczak, Nuclear Gaia. Quintin Lake, The Perimeter. Ying Ang, Fruiting Bodies.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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More like, "All done for the year!" Please don't send any more emails until January, I have worked hard for this.
Empty inbox notification, All done for the day.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Today: «Litterære reiser til underlege øyar». At our colleague Magne Drangeid’s professor promotion lecture.
Man standing in from of screen, reading from book.
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
Sorry, I’m not allowed to explain it. But it’s green and bound in green string on an oak table.
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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melinabuns.bsky.social
Me har utlyst ei fast fyrsteamanuensisstilling i historie på UiS!

Vår nye kollega skal kome med kompetanse på moderne norsk og internasjonal historie, og her da særleg med politiske og økonomiske perspektivar.

Søknadsfristen er 14. januar 2026

Del gjerne!

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Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149) | Universitetet i Stavanger
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Stavanger, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 14. januar 2026
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December 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Finally this absolute beauty from @skeuomorphpress.org made it across the pond. The texture of the paper, the quality of the print, the colors, the weight, the smell - not to mention the content by @ursulakleguin.com - it’s a real inspiration.
Printed publication, black and orange on white rough paper, «A rant about technology» Fold-out poster, «Technology is the active human interface with the material world»
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Today: taught the last history master student seminar of the year with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social , talking about how to write with and about theory and method.
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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«Have we ever considered the potato as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood?»
A potato is for life, not just for Christmas | Emma Beddington
Yes, we love our roasties – but have we really explored the spud’s potential as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood, asks Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
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December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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greenhouseuis.net
"New cross-Nordic research project on forest cultural heritage" - the official press release and announcement for ROOTS, @wrigleyca.bsky.social's new Nordforsk-funded #envhum project on forest cultural heritage.
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www.uis.no
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?

'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.

New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
Front page of 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' Comment article, title 'The Historian in the Age of AI', by Chris Campbell. Full abstract: "This comment interrogates the methods and conclusions of Working with AI, a recent report conducted under the auspices of Microsoft, which identified historians as the profession with the second-highest ‘AI applicability’. It finds that the authors’ conclusions are based on an erroneous simplification and misrepresentation of a historian’s typical professional tasks, which have been publicly amplified by extensive media coverage. This comment then offers a wider provocation about the report’s conception of a professional historian, and whether it is related to the public application of ‘historian’ to a number of different practitioners with varied training and qualifications. In particular, it seeks to highlight a paradox which the report exposes: that we cannot defend the specialist training and expertise of professional historians against the encroachment of AI without also separating the academic skills and qualifications of historians from those engaged in more popular forms of historical writing and communication. The comment questions how we might grapple with this paradox without reverting to academic elitism."
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Today: Teams meeting, Nasjonalbiblioteket meeting, old friend meeting. All good meetings, in different ways, but wow, I’m ready for a few weeks without meetings.
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I heard @historiamagoria.bsky.social talk about this research at #eseh2025 this summer, wonderful to see a post on it before the holidays! #envhist
Augmenting Christmas: Artificial Trees and the Lure of Perpetual Nature
Artificial Christmas trees evolved from feather and aluminum novelties to plastic simulations, revealing desires for safer, cleaner, “better” nature and modern convenience.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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The ICOHTEC Annual Conference 2026 in Alexandroupolis, Greece now has a website: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

Please have a look at the CfP and other details, and submit your abstracts. Submissions open on 15 December 2025. Deadline: 31 January 2026
#histstm #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #histsci
ICOHTEC 2026 – 53rd Annual Meeting – International Congress of the History of Technology · Alexandroupolis, Greece
icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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melinabuns.bsky.social
Korleis er det eigentleg å vere ung forskar i Noreg i dag?

Saman med @forsker.bsky.social gjennomfører AYF ei nasjonal undersøking for å kartlegge karriereutsiktar, arbeidsvilkår, publiseringspress og psykososial helse blant forskarar under 45 år.

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Delta i undersøkelse om unge forskeres karriere og arbeidsvilkår / Take part in survey on early-career researchers’ careers and working conditions - Akademiet for yngre forskere
Hvordan er det egentlig å være ung forsker i Norge i dag? Nå gjennomfører Akademiet for Yngre Forskere og Forskerforbundet en nasjonal undersøkelse for å kartlegge karriereutsikter, arbeidsvilkår, pub...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Today: soon arriving in Oslo on the night train. Will speak at the book launch of Anna Grasskamp’s fascinating edited volume (Re)made in China later today. In the meantime, meeting a very old friend of mine for photographs. There will also be coffee and books, I’m sure.
(Re)made in China
The reuse and recycling of materials that were made in China has a short history in the daily activities of private households worldwide, but a long history in art, craft, and design. Focusing on the ...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Mitt institutt ved UiS søker en førsteamanuensis i historie innenfor moderne norsk og internasjonal historie, med særlig vekt på politiske og økonomiske perspektiver. Må kunne skandinavisk.
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Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149) | Universitetet i Stavanger
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Stavanger, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 14. januar 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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melinabuns.bsky.social
CREATUREly walking and gathering over the past two days. 🌲🪨

Meir i vente i 2026, så om du er i Stavanger så hald auge med nettsiden vår eller ta kontakt:

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December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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First day of our Walking & Writing workshop featured two sessions with Helena Hunter and Petra Lilja, lots of creative and sensory work, and walks in the forest by campus.
Tree crown of tree downed by a storm, leaning on another tree that was partially downed Hand lens, transparent plastic, on bark, with some moss on it Tall sitka spruce, people walking down a trail Hand holding four leaves in red-orange-brown transition, over bright green moss surrounded by more moss. The colors are striking.
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
For our last #envhum book talk of 2025, Nathan Hensley will discuss his book Action without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse (UChicago Press, 2025) Monday Dec 8th.

Join us for live talk at 16:00 CET / 10:00 Eastern.
Details here:
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Online book talk: Hensley, Action Without Hope – The Greenhouse
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December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Today: planning our rapidly approaching Walking & Writing workshop. The second day was an empty container for some kind of processing of the first day's activities. I was stuck - but I just took a nap and woke up with the concept! Thanks, brain - good to have you back. www.uis.no/en/research/...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Starting the weekend with Ævestaden on vinyl and a very foresty beer brewed with birch, sweet woodruff, and stinging nettle from Rygr, a brewery just a few train stops south of here. I need to look at two texts tonight, but that can wait. I also need this.
Hand holding a glass of beer. Stereo in the background. Friday feels.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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greenhouseuis.net
A fabulous week of energy humanities PhD course is over. We ended with a roundtable on the future of energy humanities followed by the students presenting The Energy Catalogue - a small publication they made during the week. Truly inspiring. Thanks again to @melinabuns.bsky.social for organizing!
A5 publication, stark white, titled THE ENERGY CATALOGUE a collection of personal reflections Blackboard with 17 A4 pages of The Energy Catalogue content
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM