@cultiform

Languages | Cultural Heritage | Anthropology | Cross-culturalism | Travel

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Joined September 2012
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Underwater cultural heritage: reconnecting ‘orphaned objects’ from shipwrecks with their original communities.🌊🏺 #underwaterculturalheritage #CulturalHeritage theconversation.com/underwat… via @ConversationEDU @dr_marpol @sea_greeny
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A team of scientists and Alaska Native community members explore the continental shelf west of Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska, seeking submerged caves and rock shelters that would have been used by early inhabitants. alaskapublic.org/2024/04/26/…

Archaeologists try to answer new questions about first humans in Southeast Alaska

A recent paper attempts to set a new timeframe of when humans first arrived in Southeast Alaska, using cave remains and animal fossils from the region.

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10 books to better understand wartime Ukraine kyivindependent.com/10-ukrai…

10 books to better understand wartime Ukraine

Ukraine’s authors should have been able to dedicate their lives to honing their craft. Instead, many of them have stepped up to contribute to the war effort and fight back against Russian aggression....

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The old wooden mosque 🕌 📍Bužim 🇧🇦 The mosque in Bužim, known as the Old Wooden Mosque, dates back to 1838 and holds the title of being the oldest wooden mosque in Europe. It was built entirely out of oak wood, without a single nail being used in its construction.
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Despite the continuous struggle for survival, a more inclusive, community-driven approach by archaeologists in Gaza gives people a reason to be proud of their #CulturalHeritage.🏺 #archaeology #MiddleEast newlinesmag.com/reportage/th… via @oliviasnaije @newlinesmag
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🔊 With just 2 traditional bone flutes from Rēkohu the Chatham Islands known to exist, a project turns to technology to bring these instruments to life @cconcannonsci meets musicians & researchers helping to revitalise Moriori music & culture @otago rnz.co.nz/national/programme…

Helping to revitalise Moriori culture

A Moriori musician, an ethnomusicologist and the Hokotehi Moriori Trust are part of a team helping to revitalise Moriori culture with 3D-printed replicas of traditional bone flutes from Rēkohu the...

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Beautifully preserved #Māori māripi (knife) from @Te_Papa.🦈 #Aotearoa #CulturalHeritage artsandculture.google.com/u/… via @googlearts

Maripi (shark-tooth knife) - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

This elaborately carved māripi (shark-tooth knife) is beautifully preserved and remains a fierce looking tool. Māripi were cutting tools made from wood and...

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Archaeological sites reveal how people interacted, migrated, and lived across past landscapes – How rising seas are threatening a trove of #Aotearoa’s culture heritage. #ClimateCrisis #CulturalHeritage #archaeology nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-rising…

How rising seas are threatening a trove of Aotearoa’s culture heritage

Study reveals nearly 2000 archaeological sites are threatened by erosion and rising seas.

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I finished this book last night. I know it sounds like hyperbole but I think it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever read. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to come across it. I want to throw it at everyone.
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"I would like to speak only about freedom and love. I do. But sometimes that is not possible, and sometimes – in places like Hungary and Russia – it may not even be lawful." #loveislove🏳️‍🌈
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“There is not a single scientific procedure that would turn a contaminated object into a harmless object”. Clarifying biocide contamination by scientific analysis is an ethical requirement in any restitution process @philipoltermann⁩ ⁦@guardian⁩ theguardian.com/world/2023/j…

Germany’s return of sacred Kogi masks to Colombia may have health risks

Wooden artefacts dating from 15th century and bought from indigenous people were treated with pesticides while in museum

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The ancestral remains will be received at @Te_Papa next Wednesday. On their journey back home to #Aotearoa to find their final resting places, we bid them farewell: “Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere te kārohirohi i mua i tō huarahi.” #repatriation
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It’s #WorldOceanDay, a day when the world professes concern, and love, for the planet’s life force. MPAs are a solution often touted to preserve our oceans, but they're a challenge to define. So, @BL_Owens has created this explainer for you. 🌊 l8r.it/LEwU

Marine Protected Areas, Explained | Hakai Magazine

There’s nuance in how we protect our oceans; here are the details.

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Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest – The problems are immense, but the solutions are immense, too.🌳 #Hinewai #Aotearoa #conservation waterbear.com/watch/fools-dr… via @wbnofficial
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Today is the day! 📆 Welcome to ‘COLLABORATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS: PRESERVING NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE’ 🌎🌱🏛️ We’ll be tweeting live from Tbilisi Georgia 🇬🇪 It’s not to late to sign up and join us online 👇🏻 cultureincrisis.org/news-and…

Speakers Announced: "Collaboration in Times of Crisis: Preserving Natural and Cultural Heritage" |...

The Culture in Crisis Portal is the world's largest database of heritage preservation projects taking place globally. This free digital resource is a demonstration of our ongoing commitment to...

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Long-distance #mobility in the past: Geochemical analyses of stone artefacts reveal long-distance voyaging among the #Pacific Islands. New study by @aymerichermann et al. now out in @ScienceAdvances. @CNRS @MPI_EVA_Leipzig See: bit.ly/3KZwRla & science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Australia must do more to prevent ‘looting and destruction’ of underwater heritage, report says

Government urged to ratify UN convention in order to protect undersea areas like shipwrecks and now-submerged First Nations heritage sites

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Voices from #Ukraine🇺🇦 — journalists, poets, and environmentalists about killing dolphins, inhaling radioactive smoke, and a deeply harmed landscape. #CulturalHeritage #podcast emergencemagazine.org/essay/… via @emergence_zine @AnnaBadkhen

The Fallout: Voices from Ukraine – Anna Badkhen et al.

On the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anna Badkhen gathers firsthand accounts from poets, journalists, and environmentalists of the destruction being wrought on the natural environ...

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Collectors and museums end up profiting from an underground art market that continues to operate, and even thrive. — In a Sea of Stolen Artifacts, What Is the Role of the Museum? #CulturalHeritage sfstandard.com/arts-culture/… via @jzigoris @sfstandard
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