Cultural Heritage Terminology Network
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Cultural Heritage Terminology Network
@chtnuk.bsky.social
Working to #decolonise the language of the heritage sector. Sharing resources and discussion regarding museum, library, archive, and gallery inclusive description issues. UK focused. www.culturalheritageterminology.co.uk
From Lebanon to Palestine: Fighting Erasure, Archiving against Genocide - Hybrid Event, 19 May 2025 #critcat #heritage #palestine #archives #libraries #museums www.archiveslab.org/events/pales...
May 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Catch the next Archives & Heritage for Palestine seminar on 26 Feb at 4pm (GMT): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #heritage #palestine
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Nesterov, Andrei, et al. “A Knowledge Graph of Contentious Terminology for Inclusive Representation of Cultural Heritage.” In The Semantic Web, 13870:502–19. Switzerland: Springer, 2023. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
A Knowledge Graph of Contentious Terminology for Inclusive Representation of Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage collections available as linked open data (LOD) may contain harmful stereotypes about people and cultures, for example, in outdated textual descriptions of objects. Galleries, librar...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Statement on the Destruction of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, 22 January 2025 by Mosab Abu Toha @mosababutoha.bsky.social #libraries #archives #heritage www.instagram.com/p/DFJjwY1PA3...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa

The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery

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Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa
The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
On 27 January, the archives & digital media lab will be hosting the virtual online classroom Cataloguing Palestine: Cultural Imperialism in Subject Headings with Rula Shahwan, Ghada Dimashk and Basma Chebani; co-convened by Kelsey Morgan and Dr. Jamila Ghaddar www.archiveslab.org/events/open-...
January 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Breaking the Dead Silence:
Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol’s Memoryscapes (2024), edited by Christina Horvath and Richard S. White, is available for free download: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
January 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Fantastic short radio programme about the Somali village in Bradford's Lister Park in 1904 (Bradford's earliest known Muslim community!), featuring my brilliant Leeds colleague Dr Fozia Bora: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hidden Bradford - Rediscovering Bradford's Somali Village - BBC Sounds
Dr. Fozia Bora delves into the captivating story of Bradford's 1904 Somali Village
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January 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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New call for chapter proposals: "The Relationships of Description: Experiencing the Power & Politics of Language," edited by Jamie A. Lee, Gracen Brilmeyer, Joyce Gabiola, & Sandy Littletree. Proposals due Feb. 1. #critcat www.linkedin.com/posts/slittl...
January 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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New zine drop on geoz.one! "The Words They'll Use Against You: A Glossary for Navigating White Cishetero Institutions" provides resistant definitions of the keywords of straight white academia: diversity, inclusion, professionalism, civility, progress, etc.
January 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM