politicscurator

@politicscurator@zirk.us

hello

I'm daniel and I'm the politics curator working at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

I do engagement work with archives & working towards archivist registration with ARA

I like libraries, archives, psychoanalysis, italian, lacan, & words

#archives #libraries #curator #GLAM #history #politics #SouthAsia #Ambedkar #activism #socialism #peace #OralHistories #Lansbury #italiano #socialism #heritage #psychoanalysis #ARA #LSE #UCU 🌈

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exploreyourarchive, (edited ) to vinyl
@exploreyourarchive@hcommons.social avatar

Hello Mastodon! #introduction

We are "Explore Your Archive"; an Archives and Records Association (ARA) platform to encourage everyone to visit, use, celebrate and be inspired by archives in the UK & Ireland.

We run monthly hashtags to share archives on particular themes, with a focus week coming up in November. See our website for further details and lots of other great content celebrating archives: https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/create/social-media/

Share your archives with us for October with the hashtag #EYASpooky !

#archives #archivists #ExploreYourArchives #ARA #Archives #Archivists #Records #UK #Ireland #Libraries #Museums #Conservators #History #Histodon #Histodons #ArchivesAndRecordsAssociation @histodons #GLAM

politicscurator,

@Caddi @exploreyourarchive @histodons I would suggest getting in touch with your local archives and records centre (if you're in the UK). Some might be interested in them as examples of local history - if not, they'll be able to give you advise I should think :) Failing that, you could try contacting the National Archives email that appears here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/advice-and-guidance/running-your-organisation/advice-to-private-archives/

politicscurator, to london

We're recruiting for an archives assistant in case anyone is interested (fixed term, 2 years, based in London at LSE Library). It's a great entry level job if you're interested in getting into archives https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5647/0/404074/15539/archives-assistant

#jobs #archives #libraries #GLAM #London #LSE #museums #archivists

politicscurator, to socialism

A nice 1934 leaflet from the archives of the Independent Labour Party. "What is fascism?"

#fascism #antifa #socialism #IndependentLabourParty #ILP

Back of the leaflet, with the title "Fascism has nothing to offer us", and ends with Don't be fooled! Don't sit still while our rights are filched from us" It that has a small form to fill in to "join the ILP, the Party for all revolutionary socialists"

politicscurator, to histodons

Found a riddle in a collection of 1826 Northumberland election leaflets. Any ideas?

#archives #northumberland #histodons @histodons #elections #riddle

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politicscurator,

@LizEllisPhD @academicchatter thanks, and I certainly agree with you. Next step for me is to convince HR...

politicscurator,

@academicchatter Trying to pursue this & HR are citing potential candidates use of AI as a reason to not do this (!) 🙄

  1. AI isn't going to be able to write what somebody's experience is (it might extract it from their CV perhaps, but that would be fine since the experience is real and exists.

  2. If the concern is that AI might help them lie / make up answers to the questions, well - isn't that also a problem that could happen without AI?

Very baffling.

#recruitment #HE #HigherEducation

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politicscurator,

@wennefer @histodons ah thanks glad it was of interest! :)

politicscurator, to india

Is this signature written by hand directly onto the book, or is it a printed version of a handwritten signature? I want it to be the former, but my colleague thinks it's the latter.

It's of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature

@histodons

politicscurator,

@overholt @histodons Thanks! It's a small pamphlet we have in our archives and special collections so just the one copy. It's "Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose's Memorial Address "written by Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, Nov 1938

politicscurator,

@overholt @histodons Sorry just saw your final question. It's not a compilation, it's a four page document authored by Tagor and published by the Bose Institute.

politicscurator,

@overholt @histodons Thank you that's very helpful, I will certainly get in touch with them.

politicscurator,

@prabirkc @histodons thank you for your reply. Somebody on here replied to say they found a copy at New York public library, so I have contacted them to see if they can send me a photograph to compare the signature. It certainly looks different to the signatures that you found...It was published in 1938 and is a memorial address to Jagadish Chandra

politicscurator,

@Vibracobra23 @histodons Thanks! I haven't but will see if I can find out lurking about in the library somewhere...

politicscurator, to india

I did a little roundup of some of the traces of Ambedkar we find at LSE, one of the (many) places he got a degree from.

The documents referred to can be found online here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/traces-of-south-asia

@histodons

video/mp4

politicscurator, to mastodon

Thinking of running a training session at my library to introduce colleagues to mastodon. Are there existing training courses / lesson plans / materials out there I can use?

#mastodon #training #libraries

politicscurator,

@carissachew @TeaKayB oh fantastic thank you!! That's great, I'll check that out

politicscurator,

@TeaKayB @carissachew that sounds perfect! I've done a few GEM things in the past. I'll let colleagues know there'll be some upcoming training and look out for it, thanks

politicscurator, to random

just did my first ever #parkrun in the pouring rain and now swiftly mitigating the effects of any possible health improvements by eating biscuits

politicscurator, to history

Who is this man?

I've recently been cataloguing the papers of Frank Wise, a Labour MP, ILP member, and civil servant who worked as Director of the Soviet Union's Trade Office Centrosoyuz in the 1920s.

Amongst his papers is this photograph of an unidentified man (it isn't Frank!)

Any ideas?

@sslh @histodons #history #histadon #labourhistory #labour #ilp #russia #sovietunion #frankwise #socialistleague #archives

politicscurator,

@frankingermany @sslh @histodons oh that's fantastic thanks so much! I'm sure you're right

politicscurator, to Bangladesh

Pictured here from the LSE Library archives is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, meeting Peter Shore (Labour MP) at Heathrow Airport in 1973. They met on several occasions in due course, and Shore was very fond of him.

#Bangladesh #SouthAsia
#Labour #LabourHistory @histodons #histodon #archives #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

politicscurator, to india

We're organising a free event relating to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's time in London. In person (London) or online, October 2023.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-and-thought-of-dr-b-r-ambedkar-in-london-tickets-675931277647?aff=oddtdtcreator

politicscurator, to random

after nearly seven years of exhausting unrequited love my prickly pear plant has finally decided to flower

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