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good sensations can sometimes be extreme, and i know i personally enjoy a good few of those, so i wanted to know which of these types of pain are the most commonly enjoyed :)

basically my question is. am i such a touch deprived weirdo that i'll enjoy fucked up sensations no one else likes or am i normal

#burns #prev #i need to smoke without drugs #the stinging of something getting into an open wound #canker sores #ripping off unhealed scabs #scratches that bleed #polls #personal #masochism

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Something I think bears mentioning, especially when discussing repatriation, is Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and how archaeological materials recovered from it are handled. Nowadays, the majority of cultural materials being put into storage are being handled by CRM, yet I seldom see it discussed alongside academic institutions and museums. I can only speak from my experiences working in CRM in Canada, but already I've seen a number of ways to handle of handling it.

In Ontario, the CRM firm that recovers archaeological materials is typically responsible for them thereafter, unless they are considered 'important' enough to donate to a museum or academic institution. CRM companies often have rooms upon rooms of artifacts in storage, both Eurocanadian and Indigenous. Sometimes the owners themselves keep them in storage units or in their basements. There's no guarantee of adequate conditions, data management, accountability, nor consultation with descendant communities on the matter. Frankly, this is a terrible way of handling it.

I know that in BC, archaeological materials always must be kept at a repository (usually the nearest museum), meaning a building that has the requisite conditions to appropriately preserve the artifacts. A decent solution because it ensures centralized and regulated locations, but often this results in shipping containers full of Indigenous artifacts that will never again see the light of day. And because of how rigid the standards are it means descendant communities have little control over what happens with THEIR history; truth and reconciliation is not this.

But there are some solutions I've seen and proposed that are better.

Obviously, this starts with open dialogue with descendant communities. I've worked on projects where we asked the stakeholding First Nations what they wanted done with the artifacts and came to an agreement to rebury undiagnostic artifacts in their original locations. While the CRM legislation wouldn't permit us to give or loan diangostic artifacts to them, we could instead have high-quality resin replicas made for the band to keep. This felt a lot closer to genuine consultation.

My personal solution would be for governments and regulating bodies to either turn over partial ownership of repositories to stakeholding Indigenous communities or cough up the cash and create adequate repositories on reserves. Still regulated and accountable, but ensures descendant communites hold jurisdiction over their archaeological materials. It also makes it possible for descendant communities to wholistically BENEFIT from them. Many reserves already have excellent cultural centres, museums, and historic sites! I highly recommend going to visit when you have the chance :) I can only see them improving under this model.

a lot of ppl in the notes of the previous post are mentioning museums hoarding stolen cultural objects which is important beyond measure but museums shutting down due to lack of funding will not result in repatriation of cultural materials, they would most likely be auctioned off to private ultra-wealthy collectors to recoup some of their debt and we'd never find these objects again let alone be able to repatriate them. i understand the desire to say 'fuck museums let them die' for this reason but it won't have the result you think it will, and it will also mean that all of their ethically sourced and donated materials (which for most museums are the vast majority of their collections) will no longer be cared for by experts but again, sold off to private collectors who can do whatever they want with them or deteriorate in storehouses indefinitely. this would be catastrophic for public history and collective knowledge-sharing across the globe across cultures, and museums in post-colonial and run by/for racialized or otherwise oppressed ethnic groups will fall first because they receive FAR less funding than the large western institutions. just repeating phrases and sentiments you've seen online as a form of performative activism without knowing anything about what you're talking about does more harm than good and doesn't make you look smart or clever just foolish it's so deeply annoying and frustrating

#archaeology #archae #text #museums #curation #repatriation #truth and reconciliation #history #canada #crm #rant

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

#peanutbutter and banana on toast #breakfast #food #personal #tea

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What's this? The pink grasshopper found by a ten-year-old girl in Arkansas. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

#photography #nature #bugs #grasshopper #insects #colour morph #aminals

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#anticapitalism #fuck this shill #text

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La vague / The Wave.1897. Color lithograph on smooth, cream wove paper on linen. 32 x 50 cm. (12.59 x 19.68 in.)

Art by Henri Privat-Livemont.(1861-1936).

#henri privat livemont #art #lithograph #art nouveau #ocean #waves #sea #seascape #kelpie #19th century #french art

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what type of flower are you

#lotus #personality quiz #personal #lotus are nice but where are the lilies?

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Wood remembers.

Every dinged corner on a nightstand that has moved house six times.

The fragrance and flavours of every dish a hickory spoon has tasted for seasoning.

Theseus' threshold has been replaced thrice, but still groans greetings and goodbyes to its tenants.

Windowpane scars set centuries deep into a cedar's bark from when it was stripped for fibres to weave watertight baskets.

A millenia old record of overlapping arboreal lifetimes telling us, down to the year, how cold and dry every winter passed until the posts of a longhouse were pounded into the soft earth.

#wood remembers us :) #text #personal #archae #archaeology #history

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so i have a subject called biostatistics and we have to carry out a survey. i decided to do one on books and reading habits and thought that it would be cool to post it here. the survey is anonymous and takes about 5 minutes and this is the link. thank you all for reading this/participating <3

#books #reading #survey

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A striking silk and metal-thread Hagop Kapoudjian rug of Safavid inspired design, circa 1920

Courtesy Alain Truong

#hagop kapoudjian #art #textiles #rug #history #art history #decorative arts #persian art

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Fireweed, Peace Region, BC

#my photos #plants #botany #fireweed #flowers #nature #photography #chamaenerion angustifolium

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Wild Rose, Peace Region, BC

#my photos #nature #botany #flowers #wild rose #photography #home #rosa acicularis

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#pokemon #pokemon cards #tcg #toyste beach #ruby and sapphire #flygon #art #games

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*before someone says it - yes i know some of these have multiple variants, just pick a damn option okay.

#spicy ceasar #or a penicillin #depends on the day #polls

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#7%!!!? #bbbbut a third of the shit on that quiz are better as described #people do call me the garburator #quiz #disgut level

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What’s a stereotypical food from ur culture that u absolutely love.

#clam chowder #butter tarts #food #personal #also try cheese with molasses #its not stereotypical but it fucks alright

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Crimson marsh glider, Trithemis aurora, Libellulidae

Photographed in Singapore by budak

#crimson marsh glider #photography #bugs #dragonfly #nature #trithemus aurora #aminals #insects #budak