Judith Barr
@jebarr.bsky.social
@J_E_Barr at the other place. City of Angels.
#Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance
#Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance
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Just a girl, standing in front of a major online platform for antiques, asking it to PLEASE stop selling mislabeled human remains via Facebook ads
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just a girl, standing in front of a major online platform for antiques, asking it to PLEASE stop selling mislabeled human remains via Facebook ads
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Use this one weird trick to help folks near you and get literally heaps of snacks: www.redcrossblood.org
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Use this one weird trick to help folks near you and get literally heaps of snacks: www.redcrossblood.org
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
Use this one weird trick to help folks near you and get literally heaps of snacks: www.redcrossblood.org
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Use this one weird trick to help folks near you and get literally heaps of snacks: www.redcrossblood.org
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
(or check your local hospital for other local providers! Lots of ways to help give blood!)
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⚠️ Job Alert ⚠️
We are looking for a Post-Doc in Digital Provenance Studies (2 years, FT, TV-L 13). Note: German language fluency essential.
Deadline: November 19, 2025.
More info at the link.
Thank you for sharing and spreading the word.
🙏🏼
We are looking for a Post-Doc in Digital Provenance Studies (2 years, FT, TV-L 13). Note: German language fluency essential.
Deadline: November 19, 2025.
More info at the link.
Thank you for sharing and spreading the word.
🙏🏼
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Digitale Provenienzforschung (PostDoc)
www.leuphana.de
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⚠️ Job Alert ⚠️
We are looking for a Post-Doc in Digital Provenance Studies (2 years, FT, TV-L 13). Note: German language fluency essential.
Deadline: November 19, 2025.
More info at the link.
Thank you for sharing and spreading the word.
🙏🏼
We are looking for a Post-Doc in Digital Provenance Studies (2 years, FT, TV-L 13). Note: German language fluency essential.
Deadline: November 19, 2025.
More info at the link.
Thank you for sharing and spreading the word.
🙏🏼
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Every food bank is getting slammed and it will only get harder. I am happy to match donations up to $50 total for Westside or your local food bank and send you a little watercolor doodle if you like.
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Every food bank is getting slammed and it will only get harder. I am happy to match donations up to $50 total for Westside or your local food bank and send you a little watercolor doodle if you like.
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Romantic in the sense of John Keats dying of tuberculosis
How can you not be romantic about baseball? [DEROGATORY] [COMPLIMENTARY]
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Romantic in the sense of John Keats dying of tuberculosis
When Game 7 goes into extra innings
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When Game 7 goes into extra innings
Every food bank is getting slammed and it will only get harder. I am happy to match donations up to $50 total for Westside or your local food bank and send you a little watercolor doodle if you like.
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Every food bank is getting slammed and it will only get harder. I am happy to match donations up to $50 total for Westside or your local food bank and send you a little watercolor doodle if you like.
Happy tenth anniversary to the sssssingle best hat I’ve ever owned
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Happy tenth anniversary to the sssssingle best hat I’ve ever owned
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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OTTAWA, CANADA—The Vatican Museums will transfer several dozen Indigenous belongings—including an Inuvialuit kayak and ceremonial items—back to communities in Canada via a church-to-church process.
Read more: buff.ly/UIuejRk
CBC coverage: buff.ly/7wbXCfS
Read more: buff.ly/UIuejRk
CBC coverage: buff.ly/7wbXCfS
Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation
The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada.
apnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
OTTAWA, CANADA—The Vatican Museums will transfer several dozen Indigenous belongings—including an Inuvialuit kayak and ceremonial items—back to communities in Canada via a church-to-church process.
Read more: buff.ly/UIuejRk
CBC coverage: buff.ly/7wbXCfS
Read more: buff.ly/UIuejRk
CBC coverage: buff.ly/7wbXCfS
at this point I’m just rooting for Baseball because this series is straight up a good time
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
at this point I’m just rooting for Baseball because this series is straight up a good time
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🏺“You think that by digging up sculptures you’ve saved them, but you never dig up sthg that is capable of standing on its own two feet. You must intervene at once in order to ensure that it doesn’t crumble under your 👀."
🛋️ ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/herculaneu...
#archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory
🛋️ ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/herculaneu...
#archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🏺“You think that by digging up sculptures you’ve saved them, but you never dig up sthg that is capable of standing on its own two feet. You must intervene at once in order to ensure that it doesn’t crumble under your 👀."
🛋️ ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/herculaneu...
#archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory
🛋️ ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/herculaneu...
#archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
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NEW Sudan is a diverse country with a rich cultural heritage that is under threat from conflict. In a guest editorial, Habab Idriss Ahmed & Geoff Emberling discuss the brave efforts of the Sudanese antiquities department (NCAM) to protect Sudan's #archaeology 🏺
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
NEW Sudan is a diverse country with a rich cultural heritage that is under threat from conflict. In a guest editorial, Habab Idriss Ahmed & Geoff Emberling discuss the brave efforts of the Sudanese antiquities department (NCAM) to protect Sudan's #archaeology 🏺
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Gave a talk I have given to probably hundreds of students and one of the featured collector’s monograms is part of their research group! A single slide helped solve a provenance mystery! First time we’ve had a discovery happen DURING a talk, v. excited to be part of their provenance community
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Gave a talk I have given to probably hundreds of students and one of the featured collector’s monograms is part of their research group! A single slide helped solve a provenance mystery! First time we’ve had a discovery happen DURING a talk, v. excited to be part of their provenance community
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I have read through the new OCLC blog post about AI in archives (hangingtogether.org/exploring-ai...) and liveblogged my response over on Mastodon.
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Exploring AI uses in archives and special collections: Integration, entities, and addressing need - Hanging Together
Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources.
hangingtogether.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have read through the new OCLC blog post about AI in archives (hangingtogether.org/exploring-ai...) and liveblogged my response over on Mastodon.
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
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Our analysis indicates that several specimens of dubious origin collected by Charles Craven are likely to have originated in Amazonia, not in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco as stated on their original labels with implications for our understanding of historical extinctions 9/10
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our analysis indicates that several specimens of dubious origin collected by Charles Craven are likely to have originated in Amazonia, not in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco as stated on their original labels with implications for our understanding of historical extinctions 9/10
The urge to open an Old Bay-themed food truck in these barren lands is rising
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The urge to open an Old Bay-themed food truck in these barren lands is rising
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How to challenge colonial legacies: Namibian and South African artists use archives to develop alternative memory practices.
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7760-7/
@snf-fns.ch
#MemoryCulture #Colonialism #Namibia #SouthAfrica
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7760-7/
@snf-fns.ch
#MemoryCulture #Colonialism #Namibia #SouthAfrica
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How to challenge colonial legacies: Namibian and South African artists use archives to develop alternative memory practices.
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7760-7/
@snf-fns.ch
#MemoryCulture #Colonialism #Namibia #SouthAfrica
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7760-7/
@snf-fns.ch
#MemoryCulture #Colonialism #Namibia #SouthAfrica
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It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...