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Careers of the Franklin Expedition I began this project to answer the question: which members of the Franklin Expedition might have known each other before they set sail? My initial results were presented at Terror Camp 2023 from Decem...

I can now share the poster on Careers of the Franklin Expedition that I presented at Terror Camp! Here's a blog post about Terror Camp, the project, and next steps: 🔗 wordpress.com/post/tristan...

And here's the poster in all its glory: tinyurl.com/fe-careers
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What a fascinating, engaging, and sincere talk from Francis Spufford and Sarah Airriess about mythologizing, Scott, the power of storytelling, and how studying something you love can make you love it more
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“It’s a story shaped like a story” - Sarah Airriess on why the story of Scott’s last expedition is so enduring in UK culture
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“Storytelling is the thing that reduces” a large quantity of material to something that people can digest…but it also requires making a decision about the person you’re talking about, which requires great caution - Francis Spufford in conversation with Sarah Airriess
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Lovely meditation on grief, Shackleton’s last expedition, and what draws each of us to polar exploration
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This question about homoeroticism in the Raft of the Medusa (painting) prompted by Lou’s talk: love it
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Really thought-provoking talk from @hesterblum.bsky.social that closed with an incredible modern textile art as Inuit testimony… Going to be thinking about this for a long time: “stories can be resource extraction”
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So many thoughts about this folk horror and The Terror analysis from Allison… Would happily listen to an hour-long version of it
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Loved this talk from Han on Charley Tong Sing from the Jeannette!
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