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new account: @DakinFrancesca

[- @FranDakin]

@aGuavaEmoji Is this the same one that didn’t believe trans women could appreciate the barriers faced by people that were assigned female gender at birth? Because that was a yikes moment that still haunts me

[Francesca Helen Dakin @DakinFrancesca]

.& the sister case of the Gweagal spears, which @rodkelly77 has campaigned tirelessly to have repatriated. I believe the @MAACambridge recently loaned 3 (?) of these to the NMA in Canberra - they should then go on to @statelibrarynsw for community engagement #MuseumsUnlocked

[Francesca Helen Dakin @DakinFrancesca]

@FinKavanagh @thetimes .Great to see this being discussed in mainstream media. The Gweagal spears are actually housed in the @MAACambridge and "owned" by Trinity College within the Cook-Sandwich collection. More here about the case involving @rodkelly77, MAA, and @TrinCollCam https://t.co/iZHyYqCZdL

[Francesca Helen Dakin @DakinFrancesca]

Discussing implications of consultation and collaboration with source communities on museum theory and practice, where the role of the museum becomes that of a facilitator to sharing knowledge and re-distributing power (produced during my MPhil in 2019): https://t.co/guNPZ1SGCW

[Francesca Helen Dakin @DakinFrancesca]

About three months ago I finished my MPhil thesis 'Objects As Polyagents: Tracing The Histories Of The Gweagal Spears' @Cambridge_Uni . Open access link here.

k/w: #Gweagal #Dharawal #IndigenousAustralia #Decolonisation #Repatriation #Protest #Museums
https://t.co/sQOW7CwUlt

[- @FranDakin]

@WennerGrenOrg This is pretty cool; Hellblade by @NinjaTheory who worked with @PaulPcf22 at Cambridge Uni. Collabed with people that have experienced mental illness to build an embodied experience of psychosis lifeworld. Supported by @wellcometrust #MedAnth
https://t.co/5z6lUZRZQ4

[Sophie Trevitt @SophieTrevitt]

I have never felt fear the way I do for the children locked up in #AliceSprings.

Me in @guardian on the hellish conditions these Aboriginal kids are kept in, the negligence of the NT govt & the fight to keep these kids safe #ntpol #auslaw #4Corners
https://t.co/W7M4G4LYzr

[Cambridge Archaeology @UCamArchaeology]

NEWS: Congratulations to Ananya Mishra, Danika Parikh and Akshyeta Suryanarayan who have won the 2019 Access and Outreach Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Award for their Untold Histories Museum Tours. 🎉🎉🎉

https://t.co/h8rVl2qAbf

[- @FranDakin]

@hyacynthbaby Ahahaha can I reference a meme in an exam?

[DeadlyScience @DeadlyScience]

So our mission is to get as many copies of dark emu into schools as we can to get the best results we are going to look after our teachers also :🤙🏽

[Puawai Cairns @PuawaiCairns]

A quiet blog I wrote mediating on the use of language in museums that can include and exclude communities and the diverse ways of knowing.

Is there a culture of exclusion in museums? | Te Papa’s Blog https://t.co/LiEJy20lZm

[- @FranDakin]

Thanks @rodkelly77, @sarahjkeenan, and @rosicarr78 and all those at @QMUL today for excellent papers and discussions RE experiences, narratives, and histories of repatriation, colonialism, British museums, and Enlightenment. Great to have met you all!

[Stephen Corry @StephenCorrySvl]

Live stream on May 7, including my friend Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami shaman from Brazil, author of "The Falling Sky" (if you only read one book on Amazonia, make it that one). But you can only listen in on facebook (I think).
@Bruce_Albert @ApibOficial
https://t.co/Jucbn4S3lj

[Dr Imogen Napper @Imogennapper]

My 3-year experiment is out today! This is a biodegradable plastic bag after 3-years in the marine environment, and it can hold a full bag of shopping. Biodegradable/compostable items do not necessarily break down quickly in natural environments like the ocean 🌊

[- @FranDakin]

Dr Sarah Keenan of @BirkbeckUoL on the (re)told history of the Gweagal Shield currently held at the British Museum:
https://t.co/ak7JGh04lE
#repatriation #anthrotwitter

[- @FranDakin]

The below event is at 4pm in Cambridge's Dept of Anthropology on Free School Lane (Edmund Leach Room). Come and join the discussion!

[Banjo Nick 6 @BanjoNick6]

Jamming action with #RodneyKelly #ReturnGweagalSpears continues this afternoon opposite #TrinityCollegeChapel #TrinityColloge then thanks to @FranDakin to @CamUniv Anthropolgy Dept for talk and q regarding #TrinityCollege failure to #ReturnGweagalSpears @CamUnivMuseums

[Dr Lester Rigney @LesterRigney]

@congressmob @marcialangton @TerriJanke No punishment for museum or those that took our anscetors from us. No law, no justice, no consequence. My mob the Narungga we have just received 8 elders Ancestors back from British Natural History Museum. https://t.co/xc8IIgJ6O7

[A @clarkers]

‘They’re not property’: the people who want their ancestors back from British museums https://t.co/xsxp6RlGXO

[Cristina Yoon @yooncristina]

Country of #Vanuatu amended the constitution to get rid of western judiciary that decides land rights and to enshrine customary tensure. @RRegenvanu #Landrights #SkollWF

[Dr. Siobhan McDonnell @SiobhanADM]

Presenting today at this #climatechange migration workshop on the #displacement of Ambae people in #Vanuatu. I’m asking: can we build from customary agreements to create durable resettlement solutions? @RRegenvanu @missack_willy @ANUCrawford @OxfamInVanuatu @MonashUni @ForumSEC