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#slowviolence — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #slowviolence, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Beim #urbanize-Festival gelernter Begriff:
    Slow Violence.
    Effizienzsteigerung für manche, die die Möglichkeit dazu hatten, ruinert die Zukünfte anderer, z.B. KI-Rechenzentren stehlen Trinkwasser usw.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_vio
    #klimakrise #slowviolence

  2. Join us for the next talk in our RTG 2571 “Empires” Ringvorlesung, Temporality of Imperial Violence.

    🗓️ 6 November 2025, 18:00–20:00, HS 1015 (KG I).

    Professor Elahe Haschemi Yekani (HU Berlin): “Archival Poetics: Containing Affects of Un/Belonging in British Memorial Culture.” Language: English. Bring your questions—discussion welcome.
    @empires @unifreiburg @dfg_public @mehlera @jabunna @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @HistoMartin @teresa_mayer @ElenLeFoll @sociology @politicalscience

    #empires #imperialviolence #slowviolence #colonialism #postcolonial #decolonial #powerdynamics #histodons #history #academicmastodon #histodon #empire #literarystudies

  3. 🔔 Mark your calendars! Our lecture series “Temporality of Imperial Violence” is scheduled for this Winter Term 2025/26 at the University of Freiburg.

    🗓️ Every Thursday, leading scholars from around the world will examine how imperial violence unfolds, persists, and is remembered across time and space. From slow violence to sudden rupture, we’ll explore the temporal logics of empire in diverse historical contexts.
    📍 All sessions are open to the public. Join us for critical conversations and fresh perspectives!
    📄 Full programme in the flyer below.

    #empires #imperialviolence #slowviolence #colonialism #postcolonial #decolonial #powerdynamics #histodons #history #academicmastodon
    @empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodons @dfg_public @politicalscience

  4. #ClimateDiary continuing to think of everyone - people, animals, plants - stuck under the #Heatdome in #Texas and #Mexico

    ‘Heat is deadlier than more fearsome-sounding weather events such as hurricanes, floods and tornadoes—combined. “It’s really not even close with any other extreme” ‘

    Heat is #SlowViolence and #SilentViolence

    We hear of one postman; rapper #BigPokey dying of suspected #Heatstroke in a #Juneteenth performance; but it’s so many more suffering

    scientificamerican.com/article