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Just out #openaccess in @PRXjournal : my IMHO so far best text on #farright #protest #rituals in #Germany during & beyond pandemic 🥳 It deals with the puzzle of #movement persistence from an #ethnographic perspective (1/5) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 
I argue that the ritualization of #protest is strongly linked to #movement persistence. Basically: when participants believe in the deeper sense of the protest #ritual, they take to the streets despite a lack of both resources & external triggers (2/5)
I draw on my by now >2y #fieldwork in the #German #farright #noPegida that survives in #Dresden for already 8y against all odds (in fact they happen to demonstrate tonight for sth like an “anniversary” - my take on earlier versions blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…) (3/5)
I spent my getting-ready morning time listening to the @Ologies episode on tortoises with @biophiliamanda. A couple of observations. 1/n #ologies #sciencecommunication #appliedlearning #fieldwork
@Ologies @biophiliamanda First: Tortoises. Tortoises are turtles, and I love turtles. Once, in Australia, while snorkeling off @LadyElliotGBR, I saw sea turtle and started following her and when she finally dove too deep for me to follow I surfaced and realized that while I could not see the boat 2/n
@Ologies @biophiliamanda ... I could see my now-husband, who COULD see the boat, and had followed me, knowing I was on some hyper-focused lack-of-self-preservation quest. (Choose your partners well!) Back to Ologies, though. 3/n
The second field season of #TrophiChange was completed a few weeks ago. Here's a thread of what I was doing.
#ornithology #SciComm #waders #shorebirds #fieldwork
#ornithology #SciComm #waders #shorebirds #fieldwork
I am interested in linking #whimbrel chick growth to their food resources. To do that, I started in May by finding as many nests as possible. More nests = more chicks. This season that meant 110 nests.
#ornithology #TrophiChange #waders #shorebirds #fieldwork
#ornithology #TrophiChange #waders #shorebirds #fieldwork
But nests of several other species were found and surveyed too, to record laying dates and hatching success, as part of our centre's long term monitoring of breeding #waders in #Iceland.
Here's a golden plover nest, that successfully hatched. #TrophiChange #fieldwork
Here's a golden plover nest, that successfully hatched. #TrophiChange #fieldwork
We just started our @Ceres_Dev course on how political regimes shape our research practices. Very exciting discussions w/ PhD students at @issnl & wider NL students reflecting on various ethical and methodological concerns in field research.
(1) We began by examining the state of #fieldwork in social sciences & development studies. In restrictive environments, field research is more complicated & risks for personal security higher. YET disciplinary incentives simply do not encourage valuing time & energy needed.
(2) Yet, policy relevant & ground breaking work often require good fieldwork, not just theoretical rigour. So we need to do better at encouraging fieldwork based data collection.
Drones, Fitbits and AI, oh my: Happy #WorldPenguinDay! Come learn about how #NSFfunded researchers from @PointBlueConSci study Adélie penguins at one of the windiest locations on Earth. #takeoverNSF
📸: @ae_schmidty
📸: @ae_schmidty
Can you guess what an Adélie penguin 🐧 and a salmon 🐟 have in common? #WorldPenguinDay
📷Matthias Breiter
#takeoverNSF
📷Matthias Breiter
#takeoverNSF
Both of these charismatic species exhibit what scientists call “natal philopatry,” which means they return to their birthplaces to breed!
Adélies often end up building their pebble nests very close to where they hatched. #takeoverNSF
Adélies often end up building their pebble nests very close to where they hatched. #takeoverNSF
As promised, we continue the @AFI_WG's policy primer series with a primer on #fieldwork 🌍📝🌏. Authored by @BeBedeGe, @HeathershawJ & @ilyas_saliba, it suggests a list of institutional measures which support the fieldwork approval process and enable good practice and safety. 1/
⚠️⚠️After a number of recent high-profile incidents of researchers suffering harassment, arrest, detention and even death while on fieldwork, increased attention has rightly been given to protecting UK-affiliated staff and doctoral researchers when conducting research abroad. 2/
While the risks are real, the challenge for 🇬🇧universities is much broader than protecting their researchers. The question is then how to safeguard their staff while at the same time enable them to engage in quality fieldwork under difficult circumstances. 3/
Come be my colleague!
@Uni_Newcastle #EarthScience is hiring!
We have three, ongoing Level B roles open today:
1. #Coastal & #Ocean #Geoscience
2. #SpatialInformationScience (#GIS)
3. #Hydrogeology
Applications due 8 Nov.
#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter [🧵1/5]
@Uni_Newcastle #EarthScience is hiring!
We have three, ongoing Level B roles open today:
1. #Coastal & #Ocean #Geoscience
2. #SpatialInformationScience (#GIS)
3. #Hydrogeology
Applications due 8 Nov.
#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter [🧵1/5]
All three roles are mixed #teaching-#research roles based at Callaghan Campus in #Newcastle.
I'd be happy to chat to anyone who's interested about what it's like to work at UON/live in Newcastle or feel free to ask questions here.
Please share far and wide!
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I'd be happy to chat to anyone who's interested about what it's like to work at UON/live in Newcastle or feel free to ask questions here.
Please share far and wide!
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The #Coastal & #Ocean #Geoscience has a #fieldwork focus.
Ad details: uniofnewcastle.secure.force.com/academicext/ts…
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Ad details: uniofnewcastle.secure.force.com/academicext/ts…
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#SeaTurtleTalks: Trends in Florida sea turtle size at maturity
Located on the east coast of Florida, USA, the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge hosts tens of thousands of sea turtle nests every year. It’s an ideal site to study population trends.
#TurtleTuesday 🌊🐢
#SeaTurtleTalks: Trends in Florida sea turtle size at maturity
Located on the east coast of Florida, USA, the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge hosts tens of thousands of sea turtle nests every year. It’s an ideal site to study population trends.
#TurtleTuesday 🌊🐢
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The #UCFTurtleLab has been monitoring sea turtles in 21 km of the #ArchieCarrNWR since the early 1980s.
Loggerhead nest counts have been fairly consistent over time, while green turtle nests have increased.
The #UCFTurtleLab has been monitoring sea turtles in 21 km of the #ArchieCarrNWR since the early 1980s.
Loggerhead nest counts have been fairly consistent over time, while green turtle nests have increased.
3/7
We use calipers to measure nesting sea turtles at night.
Our crew noticed that small turtles seemed to be more common, so we decided to look at the data.
#longtermdata #fieldwork #UCFTurtleLab
We use calipers to measure nesting sea turtles at night.
Our crew noticed that small turtles seemed to be more common, so we decided to look at the data.
#longtermdata #fieldwork #UCFTurtleLab
Bellinger river snapping #turtles are a great example of Taronga’s collaborative work on pathogen discovery and commitment to #conservation. #SavingOurSpecies #WildlifeHealth #ScienceWeek #reptiles
When conservation-savvy locals raised the alarm that something was wrong with the #turtles in the Bellinger river, multiple agencies were there to help, including the ARWH who were responsible for finding out what was making these animals sick.
The AWRH found a nidovirus, one that had never been described before. This is also described here by @KarrieARose in a Taronga TV clip:
This #scienceweek we’ll also shine a light on our crucial #conservationscience partnerships and how they are underpinned by our specialist staff working across key areas including #wildlifehealth, #ecology, #animalbehavior, #animalwelfare, #reproduction, and #genetics.
Our multi-disciplinary, hypothesis-driven research focuses on natural & social sciences, & is structured to: (1) understand, predict & address #keythreats impacting #wildlife & their habitats, & (2) promote species’ adaptability and #ecosystemresilience.
Trying to make wildlife biology more diverse?
Don’t forget disabled people!
If you’re looking at a #fieldwork job candidate in a zoom interview and think “I don’t think they look like they can physically handle this job” examine your biases
1/8
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#AcademicChatter
Don’t forget disabled people!
If you’re looking at a #fieldwork job candidate in a zoom interview and think “I don’t think they look like they can physically handle this job” examine your biases
1/8
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#AcademicChatter
If someone reads the requirements and thinks they are capable of doing the job why make the assumption that they can’t?
Disabled folks know their limits better than you do
2/8
Disabled folks know their limits better than you do
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On paper, I shouldn’t be able to do fieldwork well— I’m overweight, I had three reconstructive surgeries on deformed feet, I have an autoimmune disease that makes it hard to regulate my core temp.
But I love field biology, and this’ll be my eighth successful field season
3/8
But I love field biology, and this’ll be my eighth successful field season
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Traps set for #HerpFall2020 ‘s first #fieldwork lab! Stay tuned, we check them tomorrow! 🤞🏼 🐸 🐢
I used AMPLE bait. If we don’t catch any #turtles 🐢 I will take it as a personal shun 😉
I used AMPLE bait. If we don’t catch any #turtles 🐢 I will take it as a personal shun 😉
Update:
SUCCESS! Painted #turtles & 2 amorous common snapping turtles is our traps! Students took the photos, will post when they share.
Let’s just say that’s the biggest common snapper I’ve had to coax out of a hoop net (~35 lbs, head as big as my fist!) 😅😬
SUCCESS! Painted #turtles & 2 amorous common snapping turtles is our traps! Students took the photos, will post when they share.
Let’s just say that’s the biggest common snapper I’ve had to coax out of a hoop net (~35 lbs, head as big as my fist!) 😅😬
My face when I saw both of them in the trap, and her chonky self
New Paper: 1st dinosaur from #IsleofEigg! We describe a limb bone, & attribute it to a Middle #Jurassic stegosaur! Thread👇 [1/7] #StEiggosaurus #Fossils #Scotland #dinosaurs #FossilFriday
I discovered the bone on @NatGeo funded #fieldwork in 2017. #IsleofEigg is known for #Jurassic marine reptiles & fish #fossils (found by Hugh Miller & others). It was collected by a team frm @GeosciencesEd & Staffin Dinosaur Museum. #StEiggosaurus [2/7]
The bone was badly eroded, but @MrIchthyosaurus carefully prepared it for the team to study. We combined our expertise in #Mesozoic reptile #anatomy and bone microstructure (#histology), to narrow down the identification. #StEiggosaurus #fossils [3/7]
Today in #fieldwork adventures I was bit by:
- flies
- mosquitoes 🦟
- aquatic beetles
- leeches!!!
First time being bitten by a leech. Yes, I put on waders after that. These are my makeshift bandages.
- flies
- mosquitoes 🦟
- aquatic beetles
- leeches!!!
First time being bitten by a leech. Yes, I put on waders after that. These are my makeshift bandages.
Today’s #fieldwork adventure involved smaller leeches. Just on the hands. Stiiiill bleeds a lot 😂
#leech update - I might be allergic? Bites are swollen, large knots & itch like mad. Real fun on fingers
That happen to anyone else?
That happen to anyone else?
Day 4: Fieldwork stories #Botanizingwhileblack
Let me tell you about the day I got killed by an insect…a thread (1/14)
#BlackBotanistWeek #phdlife #fieldwork
Let me tell you about the day I got killed by an insect…a thread (1/14)
#BlackBotanistWeek #phdlife #fieldwork
Let me set the scene. September, the start of spring in the Karoo, and the Namaqua flowers were in full bloom (2/14)
Just a normal day at the office. We were all smiles and ready to work. I had my favourite yellow t-shirt on (first time wearing it in the field). (3/14)
Please help us welcome our 2020 #intern class! Some of the class is virtual, focusing on coding and data analysis, while a few of our interns will be able to do limited socially distant #fieldwork.
First up is Rémy Barbiéro! Rémy is a rising senior at @Occidental, and will be working on the #ZombieCrabs Project. Rémy will help create a #CitizenScience project on @the_zooniverse to count parasitized crabs from Chesapeake Bay. Welcome!
Time to meet another of our amazing summer #interns
Welcome Tyler Kempton! Tyler is a local high school student who is working on using #R to prepare an analyze data from our #InvaderID project. He works with the @SmithsonianEnv Citizen Science department.
Welcome Tyler Kempton! Tyler is a local high school student who is working on using #R to prepare an analyze data from our #InvaderID project. He works with the @SmithsonianEnv Citizen Science department.
I’m interested to hear more opinions about doing #fieldwork based #research over the next 2 months in the US.
Am bringing it up bc it feels like more discussion needed actos fields (inc #herpetology )
Some good points in the 🧵 below, & starting a new 🧵 here.
Am bringing it up bc it feels like more discussion needed actos fields (inc #herpetology )
Some good points in the 🧵 below, & starting a new 🧵 here.
What do folks think about fw this spring/summer in light of #COVID19 ? #PlzRT poll for broad audience.
I think opinions of folks doing #fieldwork likely differ, & that they differ from folks who aren’t often in the field.
I think opinions of folks doing #fieldwork likely differ, & that they differ from folks who aren’t often in the field.
A few IMOs (am actively ⚖️ +/- & op may change):
- if under strict stay at home right now, delay #fieldwork plans
- should not promote solo FW, *esp.* w/new scientists
- some types *may be* ok if u can be safe & do #SocialDistancing (but is a short list I think)
- if under strict stay at home right now, delay #fieldwork plans
- should not promote solo FW, *esp.* w/new scientists
- some types *may be* ok if u can be safe & do #SocialDistancing (but is a short list I think)
#100daysofCPD is where @UoB_HEFi will be beaming a spotlight onto #teaching and supporting #learning in #HigherEducation #CPD opportunities especially for #Beacon #HEAfellowship applicants & @uob_pgche participants during #COVID19 times & beyond
#100daysofCPD: #Day1 is the @UoB_HEFi #Learning and #Teaching Gateway. Full of self-paced online courses on a range of #technology and teaching topics. #BestPractice #CPD Go to birmingham.ac.uk/university/hef…
#100daysofCPD #Day2: @matt_tel_brum shares this Resource - How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event containing all you need to know about Zoom’s #settings when using for #teaching, #meetings or #socializing during #COVID19 & beyond blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020…
A thread to cover some of the major - and I mean seriously, shockingly major - gaps, mistakes and problems with the #environmental impact assessment for Montijo airport in #Portugal.
First up: no #fieldwork. AT ALL. 1/
First up: no #fieldwork. AT ALL. 1/
That's right – the EIA of a major international #airport proposed for the country’s most important #wetland site for #bird #conservation didn’t bother to actually count any #birds.
Instead, they depended on studies already published for other reasons.
How did that work out? 2/
Instead, they depended on studies already published for other reasons.
How did that work out? 2/
Well, the data on birds feeding in the #intertidal- the largest and most important #habitat in the #SPA- was collected in 2002-3.
In the 17 years since, the #Tagus has changed a lot for birds. Improved #water treatment but drastic increase in #shellfish harvesting. 3/
In the 17 years since, the #Tagus has changed a lot for birds. Improved #water treatment but drastic increase in #shellfish harvesting. 3/
Amazonian and African *intact* forests are absorbing less carbon, than they sued to, thus contributing less to mitigate #ClimateChange Here goes a few thoughts on the new paper @nature
nature.com/articles/s4158…
nature.com/articles/s4158…
@nature First and foremost, it is commendable the vast amount of data used in this paper. Data that was sampled in extreme #fieldwork conditions by dozens of people. Without these,such robust analyses would never be possible. It takes a lot of time, different grants and plenty dedication
@nature Second, long-term data curation was vital to make this paper possible. @ForestPlots is an example of how to store long-term data and on how to do multiple checks on data quality.
An Anthropologist following Gandhi.
In good company. Delighted & grateful my #Gandhi research project was selected this year.🙏
#Texas #Fulbright #fieldwork #researchculture #teachingisaworkofheart #anthropology #history #media #art #global #India
chronicle.com/article/Top-Pr…
In good company. Delighted & grateful my #Gandhi research project was selected this year.🙏
#Texas #Fulbright #fieldwork #researchculture #teachingisaworkofheart #anthropology #history #media #art #global #India
chronicle.com/article/Top-Pr…
An Anthropologist following Gandhi (2)
India's first Prime Minister famously said "Don't spare me Shankar" (a leading Indian cartoonist). But #Gandhi did not spare Shankar ;) I wrote about this in my book Caricaturing Culture.
#Texas #Fulbright #fieldwork #cartoons #India
India's first Prime Minister famously said "Don't spare me Shankar" (a leading Indian cartoonist). But #Gandhi did not spare Shankar ;) I wrote about this in my book Caricaturing Culture.
#Texas #Fulbright #fieldwork #cartoons #India
An anthropologist following Gandhi (3)
#Gandhi tapped the power of #cartoons & #public communication early into his journalistic career in #SouthAfrica. Cartoons could be Satyagraha (truth force). His #newspaper the Indian Opinion published and interpreted British cartoons.
#Gandhi tapped the power of #cartoons & #public communication early into his journalistic career in #SouthAfrica. Cartoons could be Satyagraha (truth force). His #newspaper the Indian Opinion published and interpreted British cartoons.
It’s the time of year where I grade #HerpFall2019 field notebooks! Always fun to see how they remember things and express themselves.
Favorites below in thread
#herpetology #fieldwork
Favorites below in thread
#herpetology #fieldwork
Some #HerpFall2019 students thought belastomatid #insects were “nightmare fuel” 😂
We caught a few of these aquatic predators in our minnow traps. They’ll absolutely eat #amphibians
We caught a few of these aquatic predators in our minnow traps. They’ll absolutely eat #amphibians
Just finished @jillheinerth ‘s book Into the Planet. If you’re looking for a good #nonfiction book for the holidays, give it a read!
@jillheinerth dives (pun intended 😉) into exploration, fear & courage, & pursuing what you love.
She also voices experiences familiar to many #WomenInSTEM & other minorities in #STEM like imposter syndrome, feeling that lack of representation, & precarious #fieldwork scenarios
She also voices experiences familiar to many #WomenInSTEM & other minorities in #STEM like imposter syndrome, feeling that lack of representation, & precarious #fieldwork scenarios
1 thing I really liked about @jillheinerth ‘s book was hearing the drive & compassion in her voice.
She nails the message that fear means you’re doing something new, & the thing to do is just to take the next best step forward.
Thanks to @ItsUnladylike for the recommendation!
She nails the message that fear means you’re doing something new, & the thing to do is just to take the next best step forward.
Thanks to @ItsUnladylike for the recommendation!
Today the #HerpFall2019 class might surpass last year’s class for total # of #amphibians & #reptiles found during #fieldwork 🤞🏼
My target species to add to their list today? ⭐️ Spring peepers ⭐️
I haven’t seen or heard that species since moving to Minnesota.
🤞🏼 🐸 🤞🏼
My target species to add to their list today? ⭐️ Spring peepers ⭐️
I haven’t seen or heard that species since moving to Minnesota.
🤞🏼 🐸 🤞🏼
We got sooo many spring peepers! Recent metamorphs about 1 cm long and a couple of adults.
Also...am I crazy or are they calling in this video? I ask if I’m crazy bc it’s out of season. Have heard gray tree frogs call out of season but not peepers
Also...am I crazy or are they calling in this video? I ask if I’m crazy bc it’s out of season. Have heard gray tree frogs call out of season but not peepers
