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Phil Dodds
@phildodds.bsky.social
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Cultural and historical geographer and director of the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University, Sweden. Researching music, colonial history, aesthetics, audism, cities, sound, scale, Scotland. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/philip-dodds
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Excited to be in Malmö's "Culture Sound Zone" for a day of activities on the theme of "Sonic Citizens"
A panel discussion in a small theatre with speakers on stage and "Becoming a Sonic Citizen" on a screen behind them. A green event flyer with a map and schedule for the "Sonic Citizens" event, listing workshops and activities across several locations. A table with assorted snacks, fruit, and drinks, alongside "Sonic Citizens" event flyers.
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
phildodds.bsky.social
"There was an area they called ‘the disco’, where they played loud music nonstop for two days straight. This was one of their most notorious and painful torture methods." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail
Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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lindaaburnett.bsky.social
For those of you in Scotland, come along to the launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! Bruce and I will be introducing the book, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the formidable Colin Kidd, Thomas Ahnert, Matthew D Eddy, Rosi Carr and Ian Stewart. Programme⬇️
iashedinburgh.bsky.social The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · Oct 9
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP)

Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks

Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.

raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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kzackari.bsky.social
"...analyzed 43 animations produced by the Israeli army since October 7 and found that many contain serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets — sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."
70sbachchan.bsky.social Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Oct 9
how many times did you see a Hamas war-room or Iran's underground bunker?
+972 magazine investigates IDF videos: "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators..."
www.972mag.com/israeli-army...
How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.
www.972mag.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...
If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters
YouTube video by Novara Media
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October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
phildodds.bsky.social
Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...
If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
"I urge every government, every leader and every citizen to ask: What will we say when our children and grandchildren ask what we did while Gaza was burned to the ground? Every act of genocide is a test of the humanity that binds us."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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krekberg.bsky.social
Become my new colleague! Two weeks left to send in your application.
#envpol #envhist #greensky #envhum @environmentalpol.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social @cnsjournal.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!
lmc-lu.bsky.social lmc-lu.bsky.social @lmc-lu.bsky.social · Jun 4
Call for Participants!
Join us for the inaugural conference of the new international SOUND+ network for transdisciplinary research in sound 20–21 Nov 2025. Even if sound isn’t your main focus, we’d still love to hear what you’re working on.

Deadline is June 9.

Info ▶️ www.lmc.lu.se/en
In the background tangled cassette tape. Over it the text Sound+Purpose. Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound.
June 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
phildodds.bsky.social
There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!
lmc-lu.bsky.social lmc-lu.bsky.social @lmc-lu.bsky.social · Jun 4
Call for Participants!
Join us for the inaugural conference of the new international SOUND+ network for transdisciplinary research in sound 20–21 Nov 2025. Even if sound isn’t your main focus, we’d still love to hear what you’re working on.

Deadline is June 9.

Info ▶️ www.lmc.lu.se/en
In the background tangled cassette tape. Over it the text Sound+Purpose. Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound.
June 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
phildodds.bsky.social
Strong HAL 9000 energy in the ChatGPT conversation shared here.
June 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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samwetherell.bsky.social
Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:
June 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
phildodds.bsky.social
If you also work at Lund and want to pressure our management to follow Uppsala's lead on this issue, there is a petition to sign. 188 signatures so far. DM me for the link.
phildodds.bsky.social Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · May 21
The board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to condemn Israel’s actions, to resume funding UNRWA, and take all available measures (including trade sanctions against Israel) to prevent a genocide in Gaza (see: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...). I urge Lund University to do the same.
Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University
www.uu.se
May 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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yairwallach.bsky.social
The Black Flag Group of some 800 academics in Israel is calling upon the heads of Israeli universities and colleges to mobilize the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in Gaza
We, members of the academic and administrative staff in institutions of higher education in Israel, call on you to act immediately to mobilize the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in Gaza. Israeli higher education institutions play a central role in the struggle against the judicial overhaul. It is precisely against this backdrop that their silence in the face of the killing, starvation, and destruction in Gaza, and in the face of the complete elimination of the educational system there, its people, and its structures, is so striking. Since Israel violated the ceasefire on March 18, almost 3,000 people have been killed in Gaza. The vast majority of them were civilians. Since the start of the war, at least 53,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including at least 15,000 children and at least 41 Israeli hostages. At the same time, many international bodies are warning of acute starvation – the result of intentional and openly declared Israeli government policy – as well as of the rendering of Gaza into an area unfit for human habitation. Israel continues to bomb hospitals, schools, and other institutions. Among the war’s declared goals, as defined in the orders for the current military operation “Gideon’s Chariots,” is the “concentration and displacement of the population.” This is a horrifying litany of war crimes and even crimes against humanity, all of our own doing. As academics, we recognize our own role in these crimes. It is human societies, not governments, that commit crimes against humanity. Some do so by means of direct violence. Others do so by sanctioning the crimes and justifying them, before and after the fact, and by keeping quiet and silencing voices in the halls of learning. It is this bond of silence that allows clearly evident crimes to continue unabated without penetrating the barriers of recognition. We cannot claim that we did not know. We have been silent for too long.
May 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
phildodds.bsky.social
The board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to condemn Israel’s actions, to resume funding UNRWA, and take all available measures (including trade sanctions against Israel) to prevent a genocide in Gaza (see: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...). I urge Lund University to do the same.
Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University
www.uu.se
May 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
phildodds.bsky.social
With interdisciplinary colleagues (biology, architecture, history, digital cultures, etc), I'm co-organising the SOUND+PURPOSE conference in Lund, 20-21 Nov. Please come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research. CFP deadline 9 June: www.lmc.lu.se/en/node/591
SOUND+PURPOSE: Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound
Lund University.
www.lmc.lu.se
May 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
phildodds.bsky.social
Owls in Slottsträdgården ❤️
A young long-eared owl sitting on a branch among white and pink blossom Two young long-eared owls sitting in a tree, partially hidden by white and pink blossom
April 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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karabekir.bsky.social
It is simply astounding how, in just over two months, the US has almost caught up with two decades of democratic backsliding in Turkey.
miquai.bsky.social Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Mar 29
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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jennypickerill.bsky.social
The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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mette.bsky.social
Come work with us on this project! We're looking for a postdoc interested in intellectual history, history of botany and/or colonial history. This project brings together Dutch and Surinam perspectives on botanical knowledge circulation. Drop me or Richard a line if you have any questions.
March 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
phildodds.bsky.social
Who are your academic heroes or role models? Not necessarily people you cite or read a lot but people whose career path you admire or who set an example you try to follow.
March 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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johanostling.bsky.social
On 8–10 October 2025, LUCK will organise the second international History of Knowledge Conference.

Our Call for Papers/Panels has now been published and we encourage you to submit an abstract: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
February 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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cors.bsky.social
- On the times and spaces of borders –
Free Webinar February 20 w/ Linn Axelsson @humangeosthlm.bsky.social

Read more & link 👉 www.cors.lu.se/en/times-spaces-border

#Borders #CriticalBorderStudies #Seminar #CemesOresund #HumanGeography #CORS
Photo of several maps, overlapping. The photo is manipulated so that the colours are violet and lime green.
February 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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urbanhistory.bsky.social
Submit your session proposals for #EAUH2026 in Barcelona! 👇
arievansteensel.bsky.social Arie van Steensel @arievansteensel.bsky.social · Feb 4
Call for Sessions - EAUH 2026 Conference

City Networks in Europe and Beyond

17th International Conference on Urban History

Barcelona, 2-5 September 2026

Call closes on 15 April 2025

More information: www.uantwerpen.be/en/centres/e....
February 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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holmesjessica.bsky.social
Does your research address the links between popular music + mental health in some way? If yes, submit a proposal to the "Depression in Popular Music" interdisciplinary conference at @sorbonne-universite.fr iPLesp from Jun 26-27! Proposals due Feb 15. See CfP here:
depressioninpopconference2025.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM