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Posts by Scott Gabriel Knowles

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

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A photo from the front row of a conference room. It shows a panel of speakers with Scott Knowles speaking at the podium.

A photo from the front row of a conference room. It shows a panel of speakers with Scott Knowles speaking at the podium.

@usofdisaster.bsky.social at the @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop!

9 months ago 12 2 0 1
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Democracy is alive!!

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Congrats!!

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Congrats friend!

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Disasterology: February 2025 This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).

In case you don't know her work, be sure to catch the Disasterology newsletter by @samlmontano.bsky.social

1 year ago 12 3 0 0
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Education for Disaster Justice - Science & Education Disasters reveal injustice in society; disasters create new injustices. These two intertwined ideas were the inspiration for an action research project, the first Disaster Haggyo, held across multiple...

Education for Disaster Justice--open access article available now! Please read, share, and send me feedback--always looking for new Disaster Haggyo ideas!

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Buffalo Creek was a foundational event in disaster studies thanks to Kai Erikson's research. If only every disaster had a Kai Erikson we would live in a safer world today.
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...

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Disaster as policy option.

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When we say disasters aren’t natural this . . .

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2025 University Faculty Lecture A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations

Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...

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That’s very kind of you. I’m going to be doing something quite similar starting in a few weeks.

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Congrats!

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psst . . . Slow Disaster podcast is coming soon . . .

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please follow or send me an email thanks

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Disaster Researchers for Justice

TONIGHT! 7pm eastern time. Join an open forum on Disaster Research & Emergency Management hosted by DRJ.
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com

It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social

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email or follow for link thanks

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email or follow for link thanks

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email or follow for link thanks

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email me or follow and I can send link

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I can send you the link if you email me or follow.

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Absolutely

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‘A $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy’: Auchincloss fires back at NIH funding cuts - The Boston Globe Representative Jake Auchincloss said Monday that he will try building congressional support this week to exert pressure on the National Institutes of Health to halt its new policy associated with rese...

Trump's NIH policy is a $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...

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Refused.

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🚨We’ll be having a Disaster Researchers for Justice meeting Thursday to discuss *gestures around*.

Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.

Message Scott for info. #GreySky

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You remain my hero.

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Disaster Researchers for Justice

Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.

Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social

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Project MUSE - Journal of Disaster Studies-Volume 1, Number 2, 2024

We are delighted to announce the publication of volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by @pennpress.bsky.social! This issue includes a wide array of articles and other scholarly content (see the TOC in the thread below), all in open access: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211

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The historians will remain.

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Democracy in action, Franklin, MA. Town hall with @repauchincloss.bsky.social. People ran to the mics.

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