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🎯 Früh da sein lohnt sich!
Beim #OERcamp starten wir mit drei PreCamp-Workshops von twillo:
🔹 Metadaten clever nutzen für mehr Sichtbarkeit
🔹 KI & OER rechtskonform und kreativ einsetzen
🔹 KI@OER: Chancen & Herausforderungen verstehen

💬 Mit Übungen, Praxisbeispielen & Austausch – für alle, die OER gestalten und Impulse für eigene Materialien suchen.
🔗 oercamp.de/veranstaltungen/han

#OERcampOERcamp Hannover 2025 – #OERcamp4. bis 6. September 2025 | Hannover

Mark your calendars! On 28 July 2025 (2–5 p.m., HS 1132), join our Colonial Photography Workshop with Dr. Kokou Azamede (Lomé) and Prof. Hans Peter Hahn (Frankfurt a. M.). Explore how colonial images served as propaganda, how we can re-read them today, and discuss their enduring relevance.

Workshop language: English.

@unifreiburg @dfg_public @empires @politicalscience @sociology @mehlera #colonialism #photography #decolonial #kolonialismus #empire #histodons #history #politicalscience #academicmastodon

🤔 Zugriff ist nicht das Problem – Verstehen schon.🌝
Auf der #BiblioCon2025 zeigten wir, wie #OER, KI & offene Infrastrukturen Räume für Austausch, Teilhabe & Mitgestaltung schaffen.
💬 Vom rechtskonformen KI-Einsatz bis zur Diskussion über länderübergreifende OER-Strategien – wir freuen uns, dabei gewesen zu sein!
👉 Rückblick & Materialien: twillo.de/oer/web/twillo-auf-d

So happy that my article "Mad mermaids vs. beauty standards: Examining the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, and dis/ability in online mermaid fan art (2010-2020)" was published in First Monday - one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. ^_^

Direct link: doi.org/10.5210/fm.v30i7.14230

#MermaidFanart #Academia
#academicmastodon #FanStudies
#DisabilityStudies #CulturalStudies
#GenderStudies #QueerMermaids
#RepresentationMatters

🎓 Call for Papers: “Rethinking Gender in Inter- and Transimperial Contexts,” 🗓16–17 Jan 2026 at the 📍 University of Freiburg. Explore how gender shaped empire interactions beyond traditional metropole–periphery frameworks. Submissions welcome from history, sociology, anthropology, and related fields. 🚨Deadline: 31 Aug 2025. Please send a 500-word abstract + one-page CV to: maximilian.klose@geschichte.uni-freiburg.de. Limited travel funding available. Supported by @dfg_public and hosted at @unifreiburg.

#histodons #histodon #history #academicmastodon #empires #empire #masculinity #men #geschlecht #gender #sociology @sociology @empires @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodon

Yet another 📜 paper from the @idealab was published today in Animal Behaviour! In this preregistered ( doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RS9F4 ) study ( doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025 ) , we show that previously frozen gastropod alarm cues (a standard but often untested practice in alarm cue research) induce comparable behavioral and morphological antipredator responses in a freshwater gastropod. Hence, continuing this convenient practice that also reduces donor animal use does not seem to have unintended consequences.
Find out more at sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#ecology #evolution #plasticity #AcademicMastodon @academicchatter

doi.orgOSF

The free will vs. determinism debate: Can we truly hold people morally responsible if our actions are predetermined?

P.F. Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment' offers a powerful shift. He argues our practice of holding people morally responsible is rooted in natural 'reactive attitudes,' not abstract metaphysics. These reactions are fundamental to human social life.

open.substack.com/pub/terraphi
#Philosophy #FreeWill #Determinism #PFStrawson #FreedomAndResentment #Ethics #MoralResponsibility #AcademicMastodon

Terra Philosophica · P.F. Strawson: Free Will, Determinism & Reactive Attitudes ExplainedBy Ronald Raadsen

New paper out now!

My co-author Meike Levin-Keitel and I have just published our article “Next Level? Civil society’s navigation of multi-level governance in the conflict over cycling conditions in Bavaria” in the European Journal of Spatial Development’s special issue on „Spatial Transformation from a Planning Perspective“.

Read the full article open access here: journals.polito.it/index.php/E

#CivilSociety #SpatialPlanning #SustainableMobility #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon

journals.polito.itNext level? Civil society’s navigation of multi-level governance in the conflict over cycling conditions in Bavaria | European Journal of Spatial Development

New📜paper from the @idealab - We tested the effects of environmentally relevant levels of citalopram - which is an antidepressant ubiquitous in natural water bodies - on snail behavior and morphological antipredator plasticity. We consistently found evidence for fitness-reducing effects that may have far-reaching ecological consequences.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025. #ecology #evolution #plasticity #AcademicMastodon @academicchatter

🌍🎓 Discover the complex narratives of colonial violence and the quest for postcolonial identity in West Africa! Join us on 🗓 8 July 2025 from 🕕 20:15 to 21:45 in 📍 HS 1228, KG I, for Dr. Kokou Azamede’s thought-provoking talk: “Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: Auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika.” Whether you’re attending in person or tuning in via Zoom, this is an opportunity to delve deep into history and its impact on identity.
🔗 Curious to learn more? Email anika.becher@act.uni-freiburg.de for the Zoom link and visit the event page: t1p.de/23qqm

#colonialism #postcolonial #westafrica #decolonial #globalstudies #empire #histodons #histodon #academicmastodon #empires @empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodon @dfg_public @politicalscience

t1p.deVortrag „Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika“ — ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research