Recent Explore story about Jamaican silver in the NMS collection #colonialhistory #Scotland #materialhistory https://www.nms.ac.uk/jamaicansilver

In preparation for their talk tonight at Chicago Public Library with @gerberhart, Milo busted out their formal wear. This t-shirt from ACT UP/Chicago has been in their personal collection since 1992. It’s been to protests, dance clubs, Senior Prom, high school graduation, university commencement, and more.

#aidsactivism #actup #actupfightback #paracticesafersex #usecondoms #queertshirts #queerarchives #materialhistory #fightaids

Another whisper in the void. My latest, Song of Salvation and subject photo:
inwoodindiana.com/song-of-salvat…
#Johnnycash #nonfiction #Writer #materialhistory #exvangelical #countrymusic #cnf #preacherskid

Any scholar of #MaterialHistory or #DressHistory or #FiberArts can tell you the value of antique textiles, and how most humanities scholars can tell you about how archives conceal as much as they reveal.

Well, the same is true of recreation. Looking at an object, even using an object, cannot give you the kinds of knowledge that comes from making and remaking.

That work is hard as fuck and there is so much failure along the way. So, so much failure, and so much reward.

#Quilts #quilting

#introduction - Hello, I am a postdoc at the Deutsches Museum in Munich & a lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. My broader research interests center on the intersections of #envhist #histtech #histsci #envtech #envjust #envhum.

Most recent books: “The Birth of #Geoengineering. Large-Scale Engineering Projects in the Early Stage of the #Anthropocene” (Wallstein 2021) & “Beyond the Lab and the Field. #Infrastructures as Places of #Knowledge Production” (co-ed. Eike-Christian Heine; Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022)

My current project deals with the history of #creosote and railway #maintenance cultures. The material history of this coal tar oil – used until today for wood impregnation of railway ties & utility poles – combines research perspectives from the #histtech (such as on #maintenance and #repair) with #envhist and #materialhistory. Its name is connected today with dozens of contaminated land sites, tons of hazardous waste, and burning #environmentaljustice issues.