Olga Zabalueva
@museiolga.bsky.social
Culture and Society || Museology || Critical Heritage Studies || Cultural Analysis || Memory Studies
Umeå University, Sweden
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Critical theory witch. En gång femtekolonnare - alltid femtekolonnare.
Umeå University, Sweden
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Critical theory witch. En gång femtekolonnare - alltid femtekolonnare.
A beautiful text by Selbi Durdieva on where to start reading on decoloniality, very much needed (for my students at least)
So You Want to Learn about Decoloniality? Five Texts for Beginners
What is decoloniality, decolonization, colonialism, postcolonialism, and coloniality? Why is it important to learn about it now? This piece outlines five recommended texts on decolonization/decolon…
clioandthecontemporary.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A beautiful text by Selbi Durdieva on where to start reading on decoloniality, very much needed (for my students at least)
Sometimes I feel like I need a poster ”Same Shit - Different Century” but like ”Same Shit - Different Political Regime”.
For instance, it is very interesting how the Swedish party of Christian Democrats is visiting Museum Association’s meetings second year in a row, with the same message:
For instance, it is very interesting how the Swedish party of Christian Democrats is visiting Museum Association’s meetings second year in a row, with the same message:
April 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sometimes I feel like I need a poster ”Same Shit - Different Century” but like ”Same Shit - Different Political Regime”.
For instance, it is very interesting how the Swedish party of Christian Democrats is visiting Museum Association’s meetings second year in a row, with the same message:
For instance, it is very interesting how the Swedish party of Christian Democrats is visiting Museum Association’s meetings second year in a row, with the same message:
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"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
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"Our study of histories of genocide and mass atrocity gives us insight into the rise of authoritarianism and ethnonationalism; the processes of dehumanization, ethnic cleansing, and genocide that accompany it; and the urgent need for civil society resistance."
Spread the word & join us!
Spread the word & join us!
Today we are launching the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: an alliance of scholars who have come together because our field & institutions are in crisis.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
April 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Our study of histories of genocide and mass atrocity gives us insight into the rise of authoritarianism and ethnonationalism; the processes of dehumanization, ethnic cleansing, and genocide that accompany it; and the urgent need for civil society resistance."
Spread the word & join us!
Spread the word & join us!
Bear with me, SE blurb from #sverigesmuseersvårmöte2025 comes
Årets museet blir Tekniska museet - för att ”gå ifrån det traditionella museet till det tekniska kulturhuset” 🎉
Intressant dock i samband med alla diskussioner kring museidefinitionen🤔
Årets museet blir Tekniska museet - för att ”gå ifrån det traditionella museet till det tekniska kulturhuset” 🎉
Intressant dock i samband med alla diskussioner kring museidefinitionen🤔
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bear with me, SE blurb from #sverigesmuseersvårmöte2025 comes
Årets museet blir Tekniska museet - för att ”gå ifrån det traditionella museet till det tekniska kulturhuset” 🎉
Intressant dock i samband med alla diskussioner kring museidefinitionen🤔
Årets museet blir Tekniska museet - för att ”gå ifrån det traditionella museet till det tekniska kulturhuset” 🎉
Intressant dock i samband med alla diskussioner kring museidefinitionen🤔
Geekification of the office is going well 🌌🫡
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Geekification of the office is going well 🌌🫡
The Swedish Museums Association’s chairman in his recent opinion peace declares that nationalism is a useful tool for culture for telling ”the truths beyond ideology and political struggles”.
Time until these people start citing Fukuyama: 3, 2, 1…
Time until these people start citing Fukuyama: 3, 2, 1…
Ska den svenska kulturen vara nationalistisk i kristider? | Magasin K
För kulturens stiftelser, företag och föreningar finns en valfrihet – ska vi vara nationalistiska? Det skriver Niklas Cserhalmi.
magasink.se
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Swedish Museums Association’s chairman in his recent opinion peace declares that nationalism is a useful tool for culture for telling ”the truths beyond ideology and political struggles”.
Time until these people start citing Fukuyama: 3, 2, 1…
Time until these people start citing Fukuyama: 3, 2, 1…
Ngl I was waiting for this kind of posts
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Ngl I was waiting for this kind of posts
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Come to Sweden! Funded digital heritage PhD alert!
Come and work with us on Gotland. We have two fully funded 4-year PhD projects in Archaeology and Conservation (Heritage Science). Join the team (and me) focussing on Digital Innovations for Sustainable Heritage. Details below...
Come and work with us on Gotland. We have two fully funded 4-year PhD projects in Archaeology and Conservation (Heritage Science). Join the team (and me) focussing on Digital Innovations for Sustainable Heritage. Details below...
March 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Come to Sweden! Funded digital heritage PhD alert!
Come and work with us on Gotland. We have two fully funded 4-year PhD projects in Archaeology and Conservation (Heritage Science). Join the team (and me) focussing on Digital Innovations for Sustainable Heritage. Details below...
Come and work with us on Gotland. We have two fully funded 4-year PhD projects in Archaeology and Conservation (Heritage Science). Join the team (and me) focussing on Digital Innovations for Sustainable Heritage. Details below...
Swedish museums association Spring summit: sorry we have too many similar proposals for the program, there’s no space for queer heritage.
Also Swedish museums association Spring summit: three panels on museums and AI
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Also Swedish museums association Spring summit: three panels on museums and AI
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March 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Swedish museums association Spring summit: sorry we have too many similar proposals for the program, there’s no space for queer heritage.
Also Swedish museums association Spring summit: three panels on museums and AI
🤔🤔🤔
Also Swedish museums association Spring summit: three panels on museums and AI
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Book tips for the weekend readings
Book tips for the weekend readings
SHARDED MEDIA
This book shows how the election of Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2024 is not a fluke but rather a symptom of a deep crisis within representative democracy
link.springer.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Book tips for the weekend readings
Book tips for the weekend readings
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Queer Feminist Translation, Affect, and Decoloniality, a free hybrid one-day symposium at the University of Birmingham on 26 February featuring Sara Ahmed www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcah...
Queer Feminist Translation, Affect, and Decoloniality
Queer Feminist Translation, Affect, and Decoloniality one day conference
www.birmingham.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Queer Feminist Translation, Affect, and Decoloniality, a free hybrid one-day symposium at the University of Birmingham on 26 February featuring Sara Ahmed www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcah...
Can’t describe how humbled and excited I was to get a request for writing a review on one of the my favourite books, “Memorialising the Holocaust in Human Rights museums” by @drkatrinantweiler.bsky.social
Here it is, in the recent issue of Museum Worlds:
doi.org/10.3167/armw...
Here it is, in the recent issue of Museum Worlds:
doi.org/10.3167/armw...
Review Essays
The question of repatriation and restitution looms large in the museum world today, particularly for ethnographic museums in the former seats of empire that house culturally significant artworks and s...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Can’t describe how humbled and excited I was to get a request for writing a review on one of the my favourite books, “Memorialising the Holocaust in Human Rights museums” by @drkatrinantweiler.bsky.social
Here it is, in the recent issue of Museum Worlds:
doi.org/10.3167/armw...
Here it is, in the recent issue of Museum Worlds:
doi.org/10.3167/armw...
Cfp Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality in Stockholm, Sweden on November 25–27, 2025
DL for proposals 15/02👇
museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...
DL for proposals 15/02👇
museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...
Conference - Sveriges museum om Förintelsen
museumforintelsen.se
February 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Cfp Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality in Stockholm, Sweden on November 25–27, 2025
DL for proposals 15/02👇
museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...
DL for proposals 15/02👇
museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...
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Pov: five boring white men decide if you and your friend are witches (hail Satan) @museiolga.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Pov: five boring white men decide if you and your friend are witches (hail Satan) @museiolga.bsky.social
Reposted by Olga Zabalueva
The call for papers for the 2025 Mnemonics Summer School on “Memory and Responsibility” (Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2025) is now open. Featuring keynote lectures by Carlos Fonseca, Sara Dybris McQuaid, and Hanna Meretoja. Please help spread the word! www.mnemonics.ugent.be/news/call-fo...
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The call for papers for the 2025 Mnemonics Summer School on “Memory and Responsibility” (Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2025) is now open. Featuring keynote lectures by Carlos Fonseca, Sara Dybris McQuaid, and Hanna Meretoja. Please help spread the word! www.mnemonics.ugent.be/news/call-fo...
Just realised that I probably should’ve saved the images of the “TikTok ban” and the following “ban release” for the sake of the future lectures on propaganda.
January 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just realised that I probably should’ve saved the images of the “TikTok ban” and the following “ban release” for the sake of the future lectures on propaganda.
Hear me out, folks - we need a Starter Pack for museology/Museum Studies in this list: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
If you know any relevant accounts, or scholars who have already migrated here - let me know, I hope to rope
@anna-museologist.bsky.social into doing one 😉
If you know any relevant accounts, or scholars who have already migrated here - let me know, I hope to rope
@anna-museologist.bsky.social into doing one 😉
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
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blueskydirectory.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hear me out, folks - we need a Starter Pack for museology/Museum Studies in this list: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
If you know any relevant accounts, or scholars who have already migrated here - let me know, I hope to rope
@anna-museologist.bsky.social into doing one 😉
If you know any relevant accounts, or scholars who have already migrated here - let me know, I hope to rope
@anna-museologist.bsky.social into doing one 😉
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An exciting job opportunity at Aarhus university, Denmark for researchers who combine humanities-based research with art and/or design practice.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
An exciting job opportunity at Aarhus university, Denmark for researchers who combine humanities-based research with art and/or design practice.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor of Aesthetics and Culture - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Art History, Aesthetics & Culture , Museology, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
January 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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An exciting job opportunity at Aarhus university, Denmark for researchers who combine humanities-based research with art and/or design practice.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
An exciting job opportunity at Aarhus university, Denmark for researchers who combine humanities-based research with art and/or design practice.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Going there next weekend 😏
Need to check this shit myself, the review is great though!
Need to check this shit myself, the review is great though!
Utställningen ”Häxor” på Historiska museet blandar illa utförda AI-bilder med slarvig historiegestaltning. Det färdiga resultatet är inget för den som är känslig för detaljer och historisk autenticitet, menar @kuggla.bsky.social: utstallningskritik.se/2025-1/slarv...
Slarvigt och obegripligt i ”Häxor”
Utställningen ”Häxor” på Historiska museet blandar illa utförda AI-bilder med slarvig historiegestaltning. Det färdiga resultatet är inget för den som är känslig för detaljer och historisk autentic…
utstallningskritik.se
January 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Going there next weekend 😏
Need to check this shit myself, the review is great though!
Need to check this shit myself, the review is great though!
