jessiewhchen.bsky.social
Historian of art, science, and knowledge. Postdoc #VisualizingTheUnknown, @huygensknaw.bsky.social. Also a maker. https://jessieweihsuanchen.com/
👤 Joined on 04 October 2023
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@jessiewhchen.bsky.socialSiraya, an Indigenous language declared extinct in the 19th century, is now being taught in 26 schools in Taiwan. Siraya activist Uma Talavan & her husband Edgar Macapili spent over 20 years reconstructing the language. buff.ly/2roj7FB #ShareGoodNewsToo
Show PostExcited to announce that my large interdisciplinary project Living Beings as More-Than-Human Heritage (Live Heritage) has been funded by the Research Council of Norway! Over 6 years, we will explore how living beings are both part of cultural heritage and help shape it. www.uis.no/nb/om-uis/th...
Show PostA grand and gorgeous painting by Theodoor Boeyermans in the Leuven Beguinage church: St. Begga of Andenne in Adoration of the consecrated host; in the background, Ansegisel discovers the baby Goudin in the background. Want to know more? Unconventual Women is available for pre-order! h1.nu/1uO-T
Show PostLet’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons.
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