NYT ran this piece yesterday on museum collecting and the rising trend toward #Restitution. Featuring my #ColgateUniversity #MuseumStudies colleague Prof Liz Marlowe. “Today many U.S. museums are facing a reckoning for their aggressive tactics of the past.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/museums-looted-art-repatriation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I don’t know about you but I find harbor #seals irresistible. They are one reason I love to #kayak. Though curious, seals are cautious creatures. It is nearly impossible to get to recognize any one seal by sight. Fortunately, #researchers #ColgateUniversity developed machine learning #software to recognizes faces of individual seals with 95% accuracy. Read my #article https://womenmindthewater.com/news

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Philipp Adolphe Klier Photographs of Burma
The German photographer Philipp Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) spent decades living in Burma at the end of the 19th and early 20th century. Operating studios in Moulmein and Rangoon, Klier's views of Burma attracted international attention.

#archives
https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/collections/burmese-album
https://archives.colgate.edu/repositories/2/resources/359