Rachel Dishington
@radishington.bsky.social
Historical geographer at University of Nottingham - interested in geographies of engineering, science & technology, rivers & oceans
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Historical Geographies of Engineering: Knowledges, Practices, Identities
Drawing on established scholarship in the historical geography of science, the history of technology and science and technology studies, this paper argues for the significance of an historical geogra....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
New open access paper out in Geography Compass draws on historical geography of science to argue for what we could learn from an historical geography of engineering
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
Excited for our oral history event on ‘Living and Working Along the Leen’ on Thursday 13 November at UoN Lakeside Arts. Made possible by @royalhistsoc.org Scouloudi Public History funding.
Come along to share your memories of Nottingham’s River!
www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/living...
Come along to share your memories of Nottingham’s River!
www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/living...
Living and Working Along the Leen
Explore historical archival photos and share your own memories, to examine how Nottingham River Leen's meaning for local residents has shifted over time.
www.lakesidearts.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Excited for our oral history event on ‘Living and Working Along the Leen’ on Thursday 13 November at UoN Lakeside Arts. Made possible by @royalhistsoc.org Scouloudi Public History funding.
Come along to share your memories of Nottingham’s River!
www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/living...
Come along to share your memories of Nottingham’s River!
www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/living...
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We are pleased to announce this week 10 recipients of two new funding programmes for 2025-26: the RHS Public History Grants and the RHS Panel Grants bit.ly/3UB5djw
Both programmes are generously funded by the Scouloudi Foundation and will run again in 2026-27 #Skystorians 1/2
Both programmes are generously funded by the Scouloudi Foundation and will run again in 2026-27 #Skystorians 1/2
July 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are pleased to announce this week 10 recipients of two new funding programmes for 2025-26: the RHS Public History Grants and the RHS Panel Grants bit.ly/3UB5djw
Both programmes are generously funded by the Scouloudi Foundation and will run again in 2026-27 #Skystorians 1/2
Both programmes are generously funded by the Scouloudi Foundation and will run again in 2026-27 #Skystorians 1/2
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Vol. 88, Special Issue: ‘Archives as Worldmaking’
‘“Piling up a treasury of knowledge”: Archiving as knowledge production and professional practice in the Stevenson engineering firm’, by Rachel Dishington.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.001
18/31
‘“Piling up a treasury of knowledge”: Archiving as knowledge production and professional practice in the Stevenson engineering firm’, by Rachel Dishington.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.001
18/31
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Vol. 88, Special Issue: ‘Archives as Worldmaking’
‘“Piling up a treasury of knowledge”: Archiving as knowledge production and professional practice in the Stevenson engineering firm’, by Rachel Dishington.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.001
18/31
‘“Piling up a treasury of knowledge”: Archiving as knowledge production and professional practice in the Stevenson engineering firm’, by Rachel Dishington.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.001
18/31
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Workshop at University of Glasgow on 15th May 2025, titled Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge. Info here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person)
Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)
To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person)
Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)
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February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Workshop at University of Glasgow on 15th May 2025, titled Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge. Info here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person)
Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)
To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person)
Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)
Lovely end to the semester - hearing fieldwork stories from @peterrmartin.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social and other colleagues from the School of Geography (not on this site).
Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄
Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄
December 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Lovely end to the semester - hearing fieldwork stories from @peterrmartin.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social and other colleagues from the School of Geography (not on this site).
Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄
Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄
Reposted by Rachel Dishington
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
Reposted by Rachel Dishington
Yes.
@hankgreen.bsky.social Is a science project just a nonfiction art project?
December 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Yes.
Reposted by Rachel Dishington
Early-career researchers in Environmental Humanities are encouraged to apply for the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships, where they will join a lively and supportive community for up to 10 months: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/early-career...
For early career researchers | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Early-career researchers in Environmental Humanities are encouraged to apply for the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships, where they will join a lively and supportive community for up to 10 months: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/early-career...
New open access paper out in Geography Compass draws on historical geography of science to argue for what we could learn from an historical geography of engineering
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
Historical Geographies of Engineering: Knowledges, Practices, Identities
Drawing on established scholarship in the historical geography of science, the history of technology and science and technology studies, this paper argues for the significance of an historical geogra....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 AM
New open access paper out in Geography Compass draws on historical geography of science to argue for what we could learn from an historical geography of engineering
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
#HSTM #histsci #histtech
tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc
Trying out a new site - I’m a historical geographer working on 19th and 20th century engineering (primarily of rivers, oceans & water more broadly). Interested in science, knowledge & expertise.
December 3, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Trying out a new site - I’m a historical geographer working on 19th and 20th century engineering (primarily of rivers, oceans & water more broadly). Interested in science, knowledge & expertise.