Ilona Jurkonytė
@ilonajurkonyte.bsky.social
Film Curator, Film and Environmental Media Researcher Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow | Cinema Studies Institute | University of Toronto
Nuclear coloniality, cinema's military industrial complex, space botany
Nuclear coloniality, cinema's military industrial complex, space botany
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Bomb Archive: The Marshall Islands as Cold War Film Set
This essay offers a decolonial analysis of the inaugural moment of the United States’ Cold War project—the nuclear weapon “testing” in oceanic environments. As an alternative to the usual framing of P...
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On the role of the moving image in nuclear coloniality.
“The denial of Lithuania’s existence seems very similar to the denial of Ukrainians as a nation,” Professor Gintautas Mažeikis from the Vytautas Magnus University told LRT RADIO
I wish I had read this book, but I can't imagine the process of reading it, so I won't.
I wish I had read this book, but I can't imagine the process of reading it, so I won't.
Russia publishes book on Lithuanian history, preface written by Lavrov
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys has criticised a book on the country’s history published in Russia, which fe...
www.lrt.lt
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The denial of Lithuania’s existence seems very similar to the denial of Ukrainians as a nation,” Professor Gintautas Mažeikis from the Vytautas Magnus University told LRT RADIO
I wish I had read this book, but I can't imagine the process of reading it, so I won't.
I wish I had read this book, but I can't imagine the process of reading it, so I won't.
Reposted by Ilona Jurkonytė
As Ukraine seeks international support on nuclear safety, South Africa’s history and geopolitical significance make it an essential partner in advocating for global nuclear security, writes Truth Hounds Co-Executive Director Dmytro Koval in his op-ed.
Can South Africa lead the charge for nuclear safety in Ukraine?
Through the first half of March, the Truth Hounds team embarked on an advocacy trip to South Africa to discuss two major recent reports: one on the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and the internationa...
kyivindependent.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As Ukraine seeks international support on nuclear safety, South Africa’s history and geopolitical significance make it an essential partner in advocating for global nuclear security, writes Truth Hounds Co-Executive Director Dmytro Koval in his op-ed.
Reposted by Ilona Jurkonytė
Let’s train an army of nature protectors to speak for nature itself – not for what it can provide for humans.
Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights. Now they need people who will defend these rights in court
Let’s train an army of nature protectors to speak for nature itself – not for what it can provide for humans.
tcnv.link
March 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Let’s train an army of nature protectors to speak for nature itself – not for what it can provide for humans.
What is and isn't going on?
March 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What is and isn't going on?
Can't wait for this talk.
Guldana Salimjan analyzes the contentious narratives of the Chinese state and Muslim Kazakh epistemologies of ancestral land and kinship expressed through life-cycle rituals, oral poetry, and storytelling...
Friday, April 04, 2025 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Guldana Salimjan analyzes the contentious narratives of the Chinese state and Muslim Kazakh epistemologies of ancestral land and kinship expressed through life-cycle rituals, oral poetry, and storytelling...
Friday, April 04, 2025 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
State of Dispossession: Politics of Land and Memory on the Sino-Kazakh Borderland
How does a self-described anti-imperial socialist state conceal a settler colonial project on its frontiers? How are embodied memories and practices entangled with colonial secular reterritorializatio...
www.religion.utoronto.ca
March 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Can't wait for this talk.
Guldana Salimjan analyzes the contentious narratives of the Chinese state and Muslim Kazakh epistemologies of ancestral land and kinship expressed through life-cycle rituals, oral poetry, and storytelling...
Friday, April 04, 2025 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Guldana Salimjan analyzes the contentious narratives of the Chinese state and Muslim Kazakh epistemologies of ancestral land and kinship expressed through life-cycle rituals, oral poetry, and storytelling...
Friday, April 04, 2025 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Reading these news made me feel as if my whole world died with me inside it and I am watching it all from the afterlife. As if I know it all, what exactly happens next, yet I am just a ghost condemned to see it all again, and again...
February 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reading these news made me feel as if my whole world died with me inside it and I am watching it all from the afterlife. As if I know it all, what exactly happens next, yet I am just a ghost condemned to see it all again, and again...
Last week, I visited UChicago. A brief walk around the Nuclear Energy Sculpture (by Henry Moore, 1967) as part of
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class 'Wild Easts' might have looked a bit like a ritual, but felt more like an investigation.
@daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social
class 'Wild Easts' might have looked a bit like a ritual, but felt more like an investigation.
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Last week, I visited UChicago. A brief walk around the Nuclear Energy Sculpture (by Henry Moore, 1967) as part of
@daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social
class 'Wild Easts' might have looked a bit like a ritual, but felt more like an investigation.
@daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social
class 'Wild Easts' might have looked a bit like a ritual, but felt more like an investigation.
Reposted by Ilona Jurkonytė
#Employment The Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The Department of Anthropology seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.
mesana.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#Employment The Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
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February 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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This is an interesting conversation with Agnieška Avin.
Destigmatizing the Roma: The Most Forgotten Community in Lithuania
Baltic Ways · Episode
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February 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is an interesting conversation with Agnieška Avin.
As a gentle snowstorm embraces Toronto today, officials are encouraging Canadians to consider not taking vacations in the U.S.
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As a gentle snowstorm embraces Toronto today, officials are encouraging Canadians to consider not taking vacations in the U.S.
On the role of the moving image in nuclear coloniality.
Bomb Archive: The Marshall Islands as Cold War Film Set
This essay offers a decolonial analysis of the inaugural moment of the United States’ Cold War project—the nuclear weapon “testing” in oceanic environments. As an alternative to the usual framing of P...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
On the role of the moving image in nuclear coloniality.
If only I were in the UK in March, I'd attend this event. #BFMAF
New Cinema Forum
The first edition of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival’s New Cinema Forum is an invitation to artists, filmmakers, critics and arts/film workers to consider new orientations to creating, exhibiting a...
bfmaf.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If only I were in the UK in March, I'd attend this event. #BFMAF
I have been thinking about cinema spaces for many years now. I have been thinking about them on my own, collectively, during interviews, in writing, also in gatherings of diverse genres – from coffees to committee meetings and conference panels.
January 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I have been thinking about cinema spaces for many years now. I have been thinking about them on my own, collectively, during interviews, in writing, also in gatherings of diverse genres – from coffees to committee meetings and conference panels.
As I spiral into a migraine of my own today, I feel deep compassion for Patti Smith. This is a gentle reminder: no reading or writing during a migraine.
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil after suffering days-long migraine
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil after suffering days-long migraine
The poet, author and musician fell during a performance with Soundwalk Collective, who later posted ‘she is being cared for by the best doctors’
Patti Smith collapsed during a performance in Brazil after experiencing a severe migraine for several days.…
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As I spiral into a migraine of my own today, I feel deep compassion for Patti Smith. This is a gentle reminder: no reading or writing during a migraine.
A refurbished model of the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant will be featured in the exhibition at the Energy and Technology Museum in Vilnius. #NuSPACES
The discussion on nuclear heritage will be led by Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė.
The discussion on nuclear heritage will be led by Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė.
Registracija į Ignalinos atominės elektrinės simuliatoriaus maketo pristatymą
Vasario 4 d. 14:00 val. Energetikos ir technikos muziejuje įvyks Ignalinos atominės elektrinės maketo simuliatoriaus pristatymo renginys Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto V. Kavolio tarpdisciplininių tyri...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A refurbished model of the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant will be featured in the exhibition at the Energy and Technology Museum in Vilnius. #NuSPACES
The discussion on nuclear heritage will be led by Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė.
The discussion on nuclear heritage will be led by Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė.
I love how matters of sustainability, community, and pushing against the corporate greed intertwine in this story!
LETS UNPACK THAT | As more of us virtually flock to online marketplaces to buy second-hand clothing, Ellie Muir writes that people on these sites have no boundaries whatsoever
How Vinted became the most lawless place on the internet
As more of us virtually flock to online marketplaces to buy second-hand clothing, Ellie Muir writes that people on these sites have no boundaries whatsoever
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love how matters of sustainability, community, and pushing against the corporate greed intertwine in this story!