Meghan Backhouse
@mobbackhouse.bsky.social
Museum person at NML. Chair of Museum Ethnographers Group. All things Collections. Opinions expressed are my own. She/her. Go Cubs!
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Hello Blue Sky! Excited to be here. Here's some info about us:
JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/journal/
JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/journal/
Journal | Museum Ethnographers Group
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hello Blue Sky! Excited to be here. Here's some info about us:
JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/journal/
JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/journal/
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Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
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This exciting new art exhibition at Somerset House explores the iniquitous colonial salt tax. The artists, Hylozoic Desires, have drawn inspiration in part from my work on a powerful courtesan, Mayalee, who defied the British at Sambhar Salt Lake in the 1830s. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Somerset House to reveal the restored ‘Salt Stair’ after fire renovations
London landmark puts symbol of empire at the centre of a new exhibition exploring colonial taxes on commodity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:35 PM
This exciting new art exhibition at Somerset House explores the iniquitous colonial salt tax. The artists, Hylozoic Desires, have drawn inspiration in part from my work on a powerful courtesan, Mayalee, who defied the British at Sambhar Salt Lake in the 1830s. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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UK - National Museums Liverpool secures grant for anti-racist teaching fellowship
The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
National Museums Liverpool secures grant for anti-racist teaching fellowship - Museums Association
The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices
www.museumsassociation.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
UK - National Museums Liverpool secures grant for anti-racist teaching fellowship
The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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We're very pleased to be supporting and taking part in the forthcoming day conference - 'Humanities Now! Learning and Teaching in the Humanities in Post-92 Institutions' - Wednesday 15 January @yorkstjohn.bsky.social
Further details and registration bit.ly/4iWtcVg
Further details and registration bit.ly/4iWtcVg
Humanities Now!
Learning and Teaching in the Humanities in Post'92 Institutions
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We're very pleased to be supporting and taking part in the forthcoming day conference - 'Humanities Now! Learning and Teaching in the Humanities in Post-92 Institutions' - Wednesday 15 January @yorkstjohn.bsky.social
Further details and registration bit.ly/4iWtcVg
Further details and registration bit.ly/4iWtcVg
Come and join us in Liverpool in April as we discuss all things relating to HELP, Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities and Care.
Deadline Extended! Proposals for Papers or panels close on Friday 24th January!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
Reminder that the deadline for applications to our conference are in 10 days!
We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.
Apply by 17 Jan!
We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.
Apply by 17 Jan!
January 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Come and join us in Liverpool in April as we discuss all things relating to HELP, Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities and Care.
Deadline Extended! Proposals for Papers or panels close on Friday 24th January!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
Reminder that the deadline for applications to our conference are in 10 days!
We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.
Apply by 17 Jan!
We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.
Apply by 17 Jan!
January 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Deadline Extended! Proposals for Papers or panels close on Friday 24th January!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!
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Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Help us reach more people with historical facts, names, and faces of victims.
Let others know about @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.
Help us reach more people with historical facts, names, and faces of victims.
Let others know about @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.
June 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Help us reach more people with historical facts, names, and faces of victims.
Let others know about @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.
Help us reach more people with historical facts, names, and faces of victims.
Let others know about @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.
Just over a month to submit a paper or proposal for the 2025 @musethnogroup.bsky.social Conference being held at National Museums Liverpool in April. This year we're thinking about HELP in all its guises and all its meanings.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections | Museum Ethnographers Group
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Just over a month to submit a paper or proposal for the 2025 @musethnogroup.bsky.social Conference being held at National Museums Liverpool in April. This year we're thinking about HELP in all its guises and all its meanings.
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...