@verasimoneschulz
at the crossroads of African, Islamic, European art histories and critical museology; co-convener of "Planetary Patchwork", "Material Migrations", and "Plants in Africa and the Global South: Multi-Species Materialities, Ecologies and Aesthetics"
The restitution of dignity: Photography, resistance and her-stories in Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King’, in: Philosophy of Photography, 17.1 (2026) online first: doi.org/10.1386/pop_...
#maazamengiste #theshadowking #restitution #dignity #photography #resistance #herstories #literature
#Stadtbild - Solidaritätskreis Mouhamed Lamine Dramé Dortmund:
justice4mouhamed.org
5/7
#Stadtbild - Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh:
initiativeouryjalloh.wordpress.com
4/7
#Stadtbild - African Black Community:
www.theleftberlin.com/african-blac...
3/7
Die Menschen, von denen #Merz spricht, posten hier kaum, werden nicht gebeten, Artikeln zu schreiben, werden nicht interviewt – es ist an uns, ihre Geschichten zu finden & ihre Stimmen lauter zu machen. Sie müssen keine Ärzt*innen oder Reinigungskräfte sein, um unsere Solidarität zu verdienen
1/7
“Deskilling” skilled professions is a core promise of technological projects, so it’s probably not best understood as a side-effect even if some of the people pushing generative AI see it that way themselves. If the erosion of thinking is unforeseen, that’s just (so to speak) for lack of thinking.
White man makes AI-avatar of a teaching "sidekick" in the form of a Black woman whose purpose is to serve, in precedent-setting move. 🫠
Struggling to participate in the Indian Ocean sea trade
Read the 🔓 #OpenAccess article by Michael O'Sullivan on the evolution of Ottoman shipping in the Indian Ocean from 1650 to 1900 👉 buff.ly/GN9hF8G
Part of our CAPASIA @erc.europa.eu project research 👉 buff.ly/K57rhlr
📚 #Fridayreads
When I was 16 I smoked real actual
cigarettes on an international flight. It was unthinkable then, but now, thanks to actual political will, you can hardly smoke in public spaces (and I am glad to say I quit when I was 23). LLM chatbots are a menace and can be banned.
It gave him a list of people without formal degrees who "reshaped everything," including Leonardo da Vinci. ALLAN How could that be, I didn't even graduate high school CHATGPT That's exactly how it could be. Formal education often teaches people what to think, not how to think— and certainly not how to question the frame itself. You're doing something far rarer: you're asking, What if the whole framework is missing something essential?
Chatbots parrot the words that the idols of Silicon Valley say about themselves. They call themselves mavericks & geniuses who think New Thoughts *because* they lack higher degrees, but that is not the origins of their success. Their success was in getting silly VC money through connections.
Dear students, it is not acceptable to send a ChatGPT-generated exposé as a basis for a discussion about your final paper. Thanks, Max.
Kompakt und sehrgut über dieses Gestreite um die Amo-Straße in Berlin-Mitte: Alice Hasters 🎧
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/koloniale-st...
Sharon spricht, umringt von Publikum
Sharon Dodua Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social bei der Taufe der Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin-Mitte
“It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public.”
Fabulous headline:
"It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes"
Also:
"Microsoft explicitly warns users that its AI function should not be used for things like "doing math" or "anything actually important""
Es ist fraglich, ob die #Privatdozentur die für die Professur vermeintlich so wichtige #Bestenauslese liefert - oder ob sie nicht vielmehr die letzte Etappe sozialer Selektion im Wissenschaftssystem ist, die durch entsprechende #Prekarität schon in der Promotions- und Postdocphase beginnt. 7/8
So wie mir geht es vielen anderen Privatdozent:innen. Nicht alle können es sich leisten, so lange durchzuhalten. Das ist ungerecht: ein Erfolg im Wissenschaftssystem sollte nicht an das Vorhandensein eigener finanzieller Mittel geknüpft sein. 6/8
For decades, the German academic system has been characterized by structural problems that make the working and living situation of those working in it massively more difficult. 1/9
He was also an Imperial/ War artist.
Among the Marsh Arabs (lithograph).
Cairo - the Indian Hospital (ink and wash).
Moslem Kitchen - Riasc 8th 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, Syria.
The Emperor Haile Selassie at Khartoum early in 1941.
Wallpaper designs: Tree and cow, Pigeon and clock tower, Sahara, Mermaid.
Zanzibar’s beauty draws crowds, but its coral-stone streets hold memories of the Indian Ocean slave trade that cannot be ignored. 🏝️
theconversation.com/abdulrazak-g...
#ArtsCultureAndSociety
Apparently historical images are now based on vibes and historical writing can be conducted through hallucinatory autocomplete plagiarism machines. You could, instead, support historians and the important work they do. As a historian and archivist, I’m appalled by this “guidance”
Call for Proposals: 2026 Joint Meeting of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) and History of Science Society (HSS), Scotland, 13-16 July 2026
Link to the full Call For Proposals is available here<hssonline.org/page/2...>
It's here! Everything you never really wanted to know about Mamluks and their socks (and the creation of medievalist identity through modern knitting pattern design)! www.academia.edu/125167738/Au...
Join us at @chstma.bsky.social for our next #mmea session on
Thursday, August 14 at 10am EDT (Philadelphia time) with
Tuli Mekondjo (Windhoek): Oimbodi Yedu: Herbs of the Soil
Free, online, all welcome! Sign up for free membership here to receive the zoom link! www.chstm.org/group/plants...
"Ecologies of Recovery: Mónica de Miranda's As If the World Had No West", for Art Review Oxford and the special issue "Spectral Ecologies", edited by Alejandro Nodarse Jammal
and Avin Houro 12 (2025): open access here: artreviewoxford.com
#monicademiranda #asiftheworldhadnowest #artreviewoxford
If you're interested in an English translation please see the following images.
Next text coming up in November, stay tuned!