@Therslev

Historian of science. 20th c. #histSTM, waste & value studies, hist. of collections & archives, bioethics, materiality.

 Arhus, Denmark
therslev.dk
Joined October 2014
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Time for a thesis thread. #phdchat #phdlife I'm a historian of medical science. My PhD-thesis is on a Danish collection of 9.479(!!) pathological brains. I deal with technologies, knowledge forms, ethical issues, and public imaginations of brain collection. Photo: Kim Kejlberg
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This weekend, CNN is showing a doc on the Danish brain collection. I was interviewed in the early summer and cannot wait to see the final result. The doc screens 3x Saturday and 3x Sunday. edition.cnn.com/2022/11/11/w…
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I'm at the second panel now, "Landscapes of Capitalism" with Jihan Zakarriya, Gabriel Soyer, and Uwe Skoda. Chaired by Eiko Honda.
CAS research team@research_cas3 Nov 2022
Getting ready for kick-off at the conference Global Environmental Justice and Its Limits: Complexities of Time and Space organised by our Centre for Environmental Humanities @ceh_aarhus. Very exciting programme! arts.au.dk/en/ehjustice/view…

EHJustice Annual Conference #2: "Global Environmental Justice and Its Limits: Complexities of Time...

Hybrid event, in person at Aarhus University, with online component.

arts.au.dk
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Mining industries in the area are set up with minimal investment and see super-normal profits, yet indigenous populations' incomes and life standards are stagnant and grazing fields are barren and blackish.
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Skoda discusses: Resources for some are "sources of life" for others. Mining expansion risks "culturicide", a cultural genocide.
Understanding the ideological work of these actors could pave the way for environmental justice movements to respond directly and with weight when engaging in their own meaning making practices.
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Local populations respond that mining initiatives will destroy a local natural landmark (waterfall) of great importance in local religion. Protests often refer to the goddesses and their sacred geography in the region. Local pop are protected tribes.
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@cvscheve is giving the Global Studies lecture on affect and emotion in culturally diverse societies. He argues that cultural differences in affect are often overlooked compared to more classical culture markers. cas.au.dk/fileadmin/cas/Afde…
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Similarly, in the current New Right, fear is seen as rational response to "dangers" of immigrants or diversity. Lack of fear is seen as irresponsible - not engaging with the real world.
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See more in @cvscheve and Aletta Diefenbach's article "Islamization of the Occident": refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle…
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At Futures Lecture with Anna Tsing about the devastating changes in pathogenic fungal organisms in the anthropocene. Feral fungi have always been with us, but have multiplied and entered new places by way of global infrastructures and monoculture sites. xitter.cf/research_cas/status/15…
CAS research team@research_cas8 Sep 2022
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Lokalet er fyldt og Anna er nu godt i gang med sin præsentation. Hun fokuserer på den store fare svampe kan udgøre i naturen og miljøet - i samspil med menneskeskabte strukturer. Svampe gør uforudsete ting i antropocæn. Mennesker og ikke-mennesker er indbyrdes forbundne 🍄
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This not only affects plant species but also animals: "our grandchildren will inherit a world deprived of frogs."
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Pathogenic fungi have become collaborators in the disastrous consequences of the anthropocene. To counteract effects of the anthropocene we need to gather allies human AND nonhuman.
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