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Peter R. Martin

@peterrmartin.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor in Cultural and Historical Geography at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Interested in critical histories of Arctic exploration and knowledge production. linktr.ee/peter_r_martin

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 21

New article from yours truly! My attempt to engage with decolonial animal geographies by critiquing the problematic reindeer herding scheme initiated by Sheldon Jackson in late nineteenth century Alaska.

Any and all feedback welcome!

Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · Jul 21

New article!

'From hunters to herders: Race, reindeer and imperial expansion in Alaska c.1890–1906', by @peterrmartin.bsky.social.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.06.008

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 10h

Are you using #maps in research?

Want to learn about their history and use as sources?

In London in late January?

Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place!

#maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

www.sas.ac.uk

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 5d

Some great historical geography papers on @areajournal.bsky.social's early view pages - Ben Newman's paper 'Making geography move: The Royal Geographical Society and the exchange of periodical knowledge, 1830–1900' for one... rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ... (1/2)

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper examines how the Royal Geographical Society's (RGS's) Library and Map Committee disciplined the exchange of the first English-language geographical journal in the nineteenth century. The p...

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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to share some initial research that Stephanie Pratt (Crow Creek Dakota) & I have started at Knole @researchnt.bsky.social. How can its transatlantic connections also centre Indigenous presence? What new interpretation might such frameworks allow?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/indigenous-h...

Indigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure House

Delve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections.

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Ed Brookes @ed-brookes.bsky.social · 9d

Delighted to share our AREA special issue on Participatory Historical Geographies 🎉 Co-edited with the brilliant @ruthslatter.bsky.social - exploring the rewards & challenges of collaborative historical research.

Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#Geography #AREAjournal

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...

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Patrícia Silveira @patriciasgeo.bsky.social · 26d

📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social

hgrg.org.uk

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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre @magic.bas.ac.uk · 26d

We are so pleased to announce the official launch of the new BAS Map Catalogue 🎉🗺

The catalogue contains open access topographic, thematic and geological maps, as well as full details on where to purchase our professionally printed published maps.

Have a look for yourselves at bas.ac.uk/maps!

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 27d

🗺️NEW: BAS Map Catalogue is live!

Explore Antarctica and the Arctic through our collection of professional maps. Perfect for educators, adventurers, and polar enthusiasts. Many available on open licence for free download. #PolarMaps #Antarctica

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Aileen Fyfe @aileenfyfe.bsky.social · 28d

Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

www.ukri.org

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e. kinkaid (they/them) @queergeog.bsky.social · Sep 11

New pub alert! Check out our reflections on how to reach the history of geography in more critical and inclusive ways! An all-star cast of commentators! Conceptual reorientations and practical strategies! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/C7HMD...

Whose Geography, Whose History? Reimagining How We Teach the History of Geography

In this roundtable, we share our reflections on how to teach more critical histories of geography in Anglo-American institutions. Ashutosh offers a contrapuntal reading of the history of geography,...

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Seals, Stigma and Survival @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social · Aug 27

New! Piece by PI @danitaburke.bsky.social & SI Erik Kielsen on the EU public consultation on fitness of its trade ban on seal products. Prelim results suggest no Greenlandic public input. Calling for @ec.europa.eu to pause report & engage first @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Aug 27

The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?

The EU has failed to engage Greenlandic people in public consultations that are part of its review of its seal trade regulations.

theconversation.com

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Patrícia Silveira @patriciasgeo.bsky.social · Aug 28

Super proud of this research group! HGRG at the International Conference of Historical Geographers in China!
Next stop of the ICHG will be Rio de Janeiro in 2028, save the date 🗓️🌎

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

www.nature.com

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 28

How do we decolonise archives?

In this collaborative piece, researchers Christina Williamson, Beth Greenhorn, and Carol Payne and Inuit Elder Ann Meekitjuk Hanson reflect on the role of names in the colonial archive.

Project Naming

Explore the significance of Project Naming to decolonize archives and connect Inuit communities with their ancestral photographs.

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Aug 4

"Russia’s Arctic Indigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted by the war in Ukraine. They suffer the highest per capita death toll and are drafted or recruited more frequently than other groups"
@lseblogs.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/crp/2025/08/...

The Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Russia’s War in Ukraine - Conflict and Civicness Research Blog

Austin,SJ Russia’s ethnic minorities are notoriously overrepresented in the death toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine. However, the fact that Arctic Indigenous peoples of Russia’s North are among the hard...

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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · Jul 31

this Transactions piece had been in the slow cooker for many years I'm so glad that it's out!

Daniel Cockayne @dcockayne.bsky.social · Jul 8

This looks fascinating - excited to check out more of Smith's work! Her recent paper from Transactions also looks excellent: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · Jul 29

Really enjoyed this beautiful book, 'Circumpolar Connections: Creative #Indigenous Geographies of the #Arctic' (eds. Finbog, Kane, Riquet) - thanks to cultural geographies for the chance to review it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Book review: Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Johannes Riquet, Circumpolar Connections: Creative Indigenous Geographies of the Arctic - Ingrid A. Medby, 2025

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Lastly, massive thanks to @admsrl.bsky.social for sharing his ideas and helping me get up to speed on animal geogs!

Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 21

This blog post also explores some of these ideas from more a more visual perspective.

niche-canada.org/2024/10/31/f...

From Hunters to Herders?: Analysing Visual Materials in Sheldon Jackson’s "Reindeer Reports" 1890-1906

In the late 19th century, missionary Sheldon Jackson sought to address the starvation crisis among Alaskan Indigenous communities, caused by depleted sea mammal populations from over-whaling, by intro...

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · Jul 21

New article!

'From hunters to herders: Race, reindeer and imperial expansion in Alaska c.1890–1906', by @peterrmartin.bsky.social.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.06.008

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · Jul 18

Terrific interview with anthropologist Hugh Brody on how he came to work in Canada, first for the federal government, and then with Indigenous groups. Insights on government science, notions of a “benevolent bureaucracy” in the 70s, and more. #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/2025/07/16/m...

MVPI@50: An Interview with Hugh Brody

The 1977 Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland report reshaped northern development debates, centering Indigenous rights and Hugh Brody’s anthropological insights.

niche-canada.org

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 9

A few of the field sketches produced by William Healey Dall during his expeditions in Alaska ✒️🗺️

Sketch of Nulato Fort produced by William Healey Dall.

Sketch of a dog sled produced by William Healey Dall.

Sketch map of the Yukon River produced by William Healey Dall.

Sketch of a ships cabin produced by William Healey Dall.

Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Made it across the pond safely, and finally got my hands on the Smithsonian Institution Archives! Always interesting to see what 'mysteries' archives contain... 🐌

Archival materials relating to William Healey Dall.

Map of the Arctic included in the William Healey Dall collections.

Newspaper cutting that reads 'Mystery of the Singing Snails of Hawaii solved at last'

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congratulations António! Wonderful news! 🎉

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High North News @highnorthnews.bsky.social · Jun 13

In the book Polar Women, researcher Anka Ryall sheds light on the women in what is usually a very masculine representation of the Norwegian polar history.

#PolarWomen #Arctic #Svalbard #ArcticLitterature #ArcticWomen #WomenResearch

www.highnorthnews.com/en/researche...

Researcher Anka Ryall Highlights Female Voices in the Norwegian Polar History

Anka Ryall's research career has been marked by a series of coincidences, but women's travel literature has remained a recurring theme throughout. In the book Polar Women, she sheds light on the women...

www.highnorthnews.com

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ooh yes absolutely! Moments of contact during the Franklin searches in the Bering Strait/Beaufort Sea are what I'm hoping to study next so these look really useful!

Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks Charlotte! Yes ASC Anchorage has been at the top of my list for a long time now - just need to get some funding together to get myself over there!