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@theflowersarenotdead
dude i am beloved by nature. it offered my love on the day i came into existence and i’ve loved it back every day. my cheeks are sun kissed and wind burnt. my hair smells like river water and pine needles. i’m quiet when the birds sing and when the northern lights dance. the foxes know me and i walk the same paths as the deer. the trees cradled me like i was its baby because i am!
a lot of ppl in the notes of the previous post are mentioning museums hoarding stolen cultural objects which is important beyond measure but museums shutting down due to lack of funding will not result in repatriation of cultural materials, they would most likely be auctioned off to private ultra-wealthy collectors to recoup some of their debt and we'd never find these objects again let alone be able to repatriate them. i understand the desire to say 'fuck museums let them die' for this reason but it won't have the result you think it will, and it will also mean that all of their ethically sourced and donated materials (which for most museums are the vast majority of their collections) will no longer be cared for by experts but again, sold off to private collectors who can do whatever they want with them or deteriorate in storehouses indefinitely. this would be catastrophic for public history and collective knowledge-sharing across the globe across cultures, and museums in post-colonial and run by/for racialized or otherwise oppressed ethnic groups will fall first because they receive FAR less funding than the large western institutions. just repeating phrases and sentiments you've seen online as a form of performative activism without knowing anything about what you're talking about does more harm than good and doesn't make you look smart or clever just foolish it's so deeply annoying and frustrating
i don't know why all of you seem to think the only museums that exist are the massive western imperial institutions that have historically dealt with stolen artefacts, the majority of museums are Not these large institutions and there are museums across the globe in every country that require funding to preserve That Country's Own Material History. stop acting like you know everything because you read a twitter thread about it oh my fucking god
The Museo de la Nación in Lima - the biggest museum of precolonial Peruvian history in the country - has been closed to the public for over a decade due to budget cuts.
The Museu Nacional in Brazil also went without proper renovation for decades due to lack of government funding - and in 2018 it burned down, taking with it countless fossils and artifacts as well as documentation of indigenous languages that are moribund or extinct.
This is what happens when you cut museum funding. Things are lost.
Something I think bears mentioning, especially when discussing repatriation, is Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and how archaeological materials recovered from it are handled. Nowadays, the majority of cultural materials being put into storage are being handled by CRM, yet I seldom see it discussed alongside academic institutions and museums. I can only speak from my experiences working in CRM in Canada, but already I've seen a number of ways to handle of handling it.
In Ontario, the CRM firm that recovers archaeological materials is typically responsible for them thereafter, unless they are considered 'important' enough to donate to a museum or academic institution. CRM companies often have rooms upon rooms of artifacts in storage, both Eurocanadian and Indigenous. Sometimes the owners themselves keep them in storage units or in their basements. There's no guarantee of adequate conditions, data management, accountability, nor consultation with descendant communities on the matter. Frankly, this is a terrible way of handling it.
I know that in BC, archaeological materials always must be kept at a repository (usually the nearest museum), meaning a building that has the requisite conditions to appropriately preserve the artifacts. A decent solution because it ensures centralized and regulated locations, but often this results in shipping containers full of Indigenous artifacts that will never again see the light of day. And because of how rigid the standards are it means descendant communities have little control over what happens with THEIR history; truth and reconciliation is not this.
But there are some solutions I've seen and proposed that are better.
Obviously, this starts with open dialogue with descendant communities. I've worked on projects where we asked the stakeholding First Nations what they wanted done with the artifacts and came to an agreement to rebury undiagnostic artifacts in their original locations. While the CRM legislation wouldn't permit us to give or loan diangostic artifacts to them, we could instead have high-quality resin replicas made for the band to keep. This felt a lot closer to genuine consultation.
My personal solution would be for governments and regulating bodies to either turn over partial ownership of repositories to stakeholding Indigenous communities or cough up the cash and create adequate repositories on reserves. Still regulated and accountable, but ensures descendant communites hold jurisdiction over their archaeological materials. It also makes it possible for descendant communities to wholistically BENEFIT from them. Many reserves already have excellent cultural centres, museums, and historic sites! I highly recommend going to visit when you have the chance :) I can only see them improving under this model.
I love working outside!!! I love hauling gear half my weight half a mile into random farmland!!!!! I love being covered in dust on the drive back!!!!!!!!!! I love digging holes half my height even when it’s straight clay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love watching trains roll past me as I take a drink from my canteen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the looks I get walking into gas stations in the middle of nowhere wearing my high vis vest!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the aches of my arms as I fall asleep at night!!!!!! I love it I love it I love it I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I HATE FATE. I HATE IT SO MUCH. I DONT WANT MY LIFE TO BE PREDETERMINED AND UNCHANGING. I WANT TO CHOOSE. I WANT MY CHOICES TO MATTER. ONLY DEATH IS INEVITABLE. HOW I GET THERE SHOULD BE AS EVER CHANGING AS I AM.
my sister and i lift our skirts at a family wedding as the band plays a fiddle heavy folk song. we do a jig together that only the elders of my hometown remember. the wedding photographers think it’s grand and video our feet to see all the steps. suddenly there is record of it. if i don’t pass it down, if my sister doesn’t, someone might stumble across a video tape of two young people dancing, and think it’s pretty grand.
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I bet that article doesn't even mention the crab rave.
Maybe if he was a little less fuckable we wouldn’t be in this mess
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This is Monty <3
He’s a year and a half old, and has been diagnosed with feline idiopathic cystitis, which puts him at high risk for developing a urinary blockage.
I’m putting this together in hopes that if anyone is able to donate even a bit, it can alleviate the financial costs of his medication and prescription food. Just until of out of school and able to be working full time again.
This is what my bill just for this visit looked like. It may not seem a lot to you, but I’m a full time university student living in one of the more expensive cities in Canada. Until this semester is over, I can only work part time.
If anyone is able, I made a ko-fi to collect donations. If you’re unable to donate or just don’t want to, please consider reblogging so this might come across someone who can.
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This is Monty <3
He’s a year and a half old, and has been diagnosed with feline idiopathic cystitis, which puts him at high risk for developing a urinary blockage.
I’m putting this together in hopes that if anyone is able to donate even a bit, it can alleviate the financial costs of his medication and prescription food. Just until of out of school and able to be working full time again.
This is what my bill just for this visit looked like. It may not seem a lot to you, but I’m a full time university student living in one of the more expensive cities in Canada. Until this semester is over, I can only work part time.
If anyone is able, I made a ko-fi to collect donations. If you’re unable to donate or just don’t want to, please consider reblogging so this might come across someone who can.
Support Kas On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
Space Battle. Who has the most autistic bowlcut swag?
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CHAPPELL ROAN - Casual (2023) dir. Hadley Hillel with MIKA LESHA as THE SIREN
"wanting something" wins Most Embarrassing Thing You Can Do award for 23rd year in a row
the crushing guilt of being unproductive vs the exhaustion of being burned out. fight.
Would Gaius ever betray Merlin?
yes
no
Tell me why please and how it would happen if yes.
you know i don’t think anyone or anything in the world understands me like fleabag season 2 episode 4 does.
“i’m just trying to get to know you” and “i don’t want that” and “you don’t like answering questions do you” and “i just think i want someone to tell me how to live my life” and “why am i still scared?” and “just fucking tell me what to do father.” because you trust him and then he takes advantage of your vulnerability, and then you are still somehow in the wrong for what happens next.
