Sasha Crawford-Holland
@sashach.bsky.social
assistant professor of media studies at Vanderbilt
current research on heat, violence, environmental justice
current research on heat, violence, environmental justice
Please read my interview with Métis archaeologist Dr Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social! We discuss the role of media technologies in documenting histories of colonial genocide at residential institutions in Canada.
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The End of Archaeology as We Know It - World Records
worldrecordsjournal.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Please read my interview with Métis archaeologist Dr Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social! We discuss the role of media technologies in documenting histories of colonial genocide at residential institutions in Canada.
worldrecordsjournal.org/the-end-of-a...
worldrecordsjournal.org/the-end-of-a...
"Just Evidence," the World Records volume that I edited with @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social and LaCharles Ward @blurrdblue.bsky.social, launches today! It asks: What does accountability look (and sound and feel) like? Read the intro here:
worldrecordsjournal.org/just-evidence/
worldrecordsjournal.org/just-evidence/
Just Evidence - World Records
worldrecordsjournal.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Just Evidence," the World Records volume that I edited with @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social and LaCharles Ward @blurrdblue.bsky.social, launches today! It asks: What does accountability look (and sound and feel) like? Read the intro here:
worldrecordsjournal.org/just-evidence/
worldrecordsjournal.org/just-evidence/
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Wrote a column thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep... and talked to CBC's Allie Jaynes www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb... about how wildfires, smoke, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are making summer a bummer, and why I'm trying to push past my sadness about it to tap into my anger, and love.
I have seasonal depression in the summer now | The Narwhal
Extreme heat, wildfires and pests — fuelled by climate change — threaten to make summer the worst season in Canada. It’s time to talk about it
thenarwhal.ca
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wrote a column thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep... and talked to CBC's Allie Jaynes www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb... about how wildfires, smoke, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are making summer a bummer, and why I'm trying to push past my sadness about it to tap into my anger, and love.
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Our new issue of the London Review of International Law is out with articles by Tanja Aalberts, @ingovenzke.bsky.social, Gavin Sullivan, Wouter Werner, Sasha Crawford-Holland, @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social, Andrew Williams, and the Medellín Group.
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Volume 13 Issue 1 | London Review of International Law | Oxford Academic
Publishes high-quality scholarship on international law from around the world. While no area of international legal interest is excluded, the journal prioritises non-doctrinal scholarship, including t...
academic.oup.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our new issue of the London Review of International Law is out with articles by Tanja Aalberts, @ingovenzke.bsky.social, Gavin Sullivan, Wouter Werner, Sasha Crawford-Holland, @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social, Andrew Williams, and the Medellín Group.
academic.oup.com/lril/issue/1...
academic.oup.com/lril/issue/1...
Excited to be presenting some work at UCSB next week! Hope to see you there
May 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Excited to be presenting some work at UCSB next week! Hope to see you there
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Over the course of the summer, pieces from the forthcoming issue of World Records, titled "Just Evidence," co-edited by LaCharles Ward, Sasha Crawford-Holland, and myself, will be released. The full issue with introduction will be available late summer! worldrecordsjournal.org/category/vol...
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Over the course of the summer, pieces from the forthcoming issue of World Records, titled "Just Evidence," co-edited by LaCharles Ward, Sasha Crawford-Holland, and myself, will be released. The full issue with introduction will be available late summer! worldrecordsjournal.org/category/vol...
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A new co-authored piece that critically examines open-source investigation’s increasing reliance on—and deference to—the law. Written with Sasha Crawford-Holland and Andrew Williams. doi.org/10.1093/lril...
Law’s capture of human rights focused open-source investigation
Abstract. With new protocols emerging to regulate the field of open-source investigation, this article critiques their widespread deference to the requirem
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May 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A new co-authored piece that critically examines open-source investigation’s increasing reliance on—and deference to—the law. Written with Sasha Crawford-Holland and Andrew Williams. doi.org/10.1093/lril...
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Forensic techniques have become a dominant form of artist-activist media practice. Running across the festival, Just Evidence, organised with World Records Journal, features screenings & events asking how these forensic practices can be reconciled to radical ends.
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Just Evidence - Open City Documentary Festival
What does accountability look like? In recent years, the answer has been overwhelmingly forensic. From the news to true crime podcasts, and from art exhibitions to film festivals, forensic modes of ...
opencitylondon.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Forensic techniques have become a dominant form of artist-activist media practice. Running across the festival, Just Evidence, organised with World Records Journal, features screenings & events asking how these forensic practices can be reconciled to radical ends.
opencitylondon.com/2025-festiva...
opencitylondon.com/2025-festiva...
London pals-- hope to see you at these exciting events with @opencitydocs.bsky.social, where we ask: What does accountability look like?
Just Evidence - Open City Documentary Festival
What does accountability look like? In recent years, the answer has been overwhelmingly forensic. From the news to true crime podcasts, and from art exhibitions to film festivals, forensic modes of ...
opencitylondon.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
London pals-- hope to see you at these exciting events with @opencitydocs.bsky.social, where we ask: What does accountability look like?
Looking forward to learning from these brilliant people !
June 5-6 at Caltech w/
James Cahill @jamesleocahill.bsky.social
Katerina Korola @katerinakorola.bsky.social
Debashree Mukherjee @debashree.bsky.social
Sasha Crawford-Holland @sashach.bsky.social
Jennifer Fay
Thomas Patrick Pringle
Carolina Sá Carvalho
Mehak Sawhney
Anna Stielau
Tinghao Zhou
James Cahill @jamesleocahill.bsky.social
Katerina Korola @katerinakorola.bsky.social
Debashree Mukherjee @debashree.bsky.social
Sasha Crawford-Holland @sashach.bsky.social
Jennifer Fay
Thomas Patrick Pringle
Carolina Sá Carvalho
Mehak Sawhney
Anna Stielau
Tinghao Zhou
March 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Looking forward to learning from these brilliant people !
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The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
Parents in Tech Want Their Kids to Go Into the Arts Instead
Hands-on jobs that demand creativity are seen as less vulnerable to artificial intelligence.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
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This is exactly what they're trying to achieve by destroying government services that benefit the public. A VC-backed startup intervenes to gather data that the National Weather Service was previously collecting, and before we know it, we will be paying them for what was once funded by our taxes.
As Staffing Cuts at NWS Lead to Suspended Weather Balloon Launches in Western Alaska, WindBorne Systems Steps Up to Fill Atmospheric Data Gaps
Following the announcement from the National Weather Service (NWS) that it is suspending its weather balloon launches in Kotzebue, Alaska indefinitely
www.businesswire.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is exactly what they're trying to achieve by destroying government services that benefit the public. A VC-backed startup intervenes to gather data that the National Weather Service was previously collecting, and before we know it, we will be paying them for what was once funded by our taxes.
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My latest: The mass firings at NOAA can feel abstract. Here's what was lost at one research center -- the birthplace of climate modeling.
Fired staff became U.S. citizens to pursue these dream jobs, only to have their dreams upended.
Fired staff became U.S. citizens to pursue these dream jobs, only to have their dreams upended.
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My latest: The mass firings at NOAA can feel abstract. Here's what was lost at one research center -- the birthplace of climate modeling.
Fired staff became U.S. citizens to pursue these dream jobs, only to have their dreams upended.
Fired staff became U.S. citizens to pursue these dream jobs, only to have their dreams upended.
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even if you don't like the idea of the state on principle you will really not like what's left of it after the right hacks at it
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
even if you don't like the idea of the state on principle you will really not like what's left of it after the right hacks at it
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
trees are woke
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s termination of federal funding for a program seeking to restore urban tree canopies in low-income areas will leave one Nashville-based nonprofit and the tree farmers that supply them high and dry, the nonprofit says. From @cstephenson.bsky.social.
USDA cuts $1M grant for Nashville urban canopy program; Nonprofit says move will hurt tree farms • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s stoppage of funds for a program that restores tree canopies in low-income areas leaves a Nashville group short.
tennesseelookout.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
trees are woke
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This cover is a great example of why we need the 'A' in #STEAM.
The A is for Arts, signifying the importance of incorporating creative thinking & design skills alongside #STEM allowing for a more holistic approach to problem-solving, innovation, and critically, communication, in education.
The A is for Arts, signifying the importance of incorporating creative thinking & design skills alongside #STEM allowing for a more holistic approach to problem-solving, innovation, and critically, communication, in education.
I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?
February 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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@urbaninstitute.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social are collaborating on the Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program to fund 30 nonprofits $50,000 each to use data to improve local conditions that help residents live their healthiest lives.
Learn more! localdataforequitablecommunities.org
Learn more! localdataforequitablecommunities.org
Equitable Communities
localdataforequitablecommunities.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social are collaborating on the Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program to fund 30 nonprofits $50,000 each to use data to improve local conditions that help residents live their healthiest lives.
Learn more! localdataforequitablecommunities.org
Learn more! localdataforequitablecommunities.org
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As a reference, the $46B that Meta spent building this shit is about the same amount of money Spain used to built its WHOLE high speed rail network.
All 2469 miles of it.
Zuckerberg got that money selling shitty ads and destroying democracy, and gave the world this.
All 2469 miles of it.
Zuckerberg got that money selling shitty ads and destroying democracy, and gave the world this.
This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about it.
February 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As a reference, the $46B that Meta spent building this shit is about the same amount of money Spain used to built its WHOLE high speed rail network.
All 2469 miles of it.
Zuckerberg got that money selling shitty ads and destroying democracy, and gave the world this.
All 2469 miles of it.
Zuckerberg got that money selling shitty ads and destroying democracy, and gave the world this.
This week, looking forward to teaching Fred Turner's defense of bureaucratic institutions against Silicon Valley's ethos of moving fast and breaking things. Somehow seems relevant? 🤷 🙃
harpers.org/archive/2019...
harpers.org/archive/2019...
Machine Politics, by Fred Turner
The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism
harpers.org
February 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This week, looking forward to teaching Fred Turner's defense of bureaucratic institutions against Silicon Valley's ethos of moving fast and breaking things. Somehow seems relevant? 🤷 🙃
harpers.org/archive/2019...
harpers.org/archive/2019...
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In 2018, Google introduced policies that excluded applying AI to weapons, surveillance, and technologies that “cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” Now that promise is gone. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions that it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In 2018, Google introduced policies that excluded applying AI to weapons, surveillance, and technologies that “cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” Now that promise is gone. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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As Trump scrubs federal websites of important information, remember that non-profit organizations have been archiving a lot of this information.
Internet Archive federal end-of-term crawl: blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative: envirodatagov.org
Internet Archive federal end-of-term crawl: blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative: envirodatagov.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
As Trump scrubs federal websites of important information, remember that non-profit organizations have been archiving a lot of this information.
Internet Archive federal end-of-term crawl: blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative: envirodatagov.org
Internet Archive federal end-of-term crawl: blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative: envirodatagov.org
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🪨 A snow forecast is not chiseled in stone one time delivered by an old man descending a mountain.
🌳 It’s a living, breathing document constantly ingesting new data and making amendments.
🌳 It’s a living, breathing document constantly ingesting new data and making amendments.
January 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🪨 A snow forecast is not chiseled in stone one time delivered by an old man descending a mountain.
🌳 It’s a living, breathing document constantly ingesting new data and making amendments.
🌳 It’s a living, breathing document constantly ingesting new data and making amendments.
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"This paper discusses the design and implications of a study that explored the potential for archives and library special collections to serve as historical environmental proxy data to support the reconstruction of the spatiotemporal spread of the American chestnut blight in Tennessee"
Archive and library special collections as proxy data: reconstructing the American chestnut blight through digitized collections - Archival Science
This paper discusses the design and implications of a study that explored the potential for archives and library special collections to serve as historical environmental proxy data to support the reco...
link.springer.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:11 AM
"This paper discusses the design and implications of a study that explored the potential for archives and library special collections to serve as historical environmental proxy data to support the reconstruction of the spatiotemporal spread of the American chestnut blight in Tennessee"
Some of my favourite Indigenous films available on NFB are:
- You Are On Indian Land (1969)
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
- Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny (2006)
- Ever Deadly (2022)
Share yours!
- You Are On Indian Land (1969)
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
- Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny (2006)
- Ever Deadly (2022)
Share yours!
Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
National Film Board of Canada
Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers, from Alanis Obomsawin to Gil Cardinal.
www.nfb.ca
November 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Some of my favourite Indigenous films available on NFB are:
- You Are On Indian Land (1969)
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
- Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny (2006)
- Ever Deadly (2022)
Share yours!
- You Are On Indian Land (1969)
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
- Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny (2006)
- Ever Deadly (2022)
Share yours!