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#Colonialism in a nutshell!

“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist’s every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled." - Omar El Akkad

c: @keposjaj

#Mexico#US#Borders
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Peter Nimmo

2 contrasting stories about #electricity in #Scotland:
In the #Borders, controversy about where to put new cross border #pylons. As electricity continues to replace fossil fuels and more #renewable sources come online such stories are increasingly common
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80xp
But in #Renfrewshire, the renewal of the National #Grid sees some of the oldest transmission towers (1929) being demolished- a reminder that they've been part of the #landscape for almost a century
bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9djlp85

An electricity pylon against a grey sky
BBC NewsA new route for a cross-border pylons plan - can it appease locals?There is opposition to plans to build huge pylons through the Scottish Borders to take electricity to England.
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JulietJFall

A book! A comic! A hybrid-book-comic-essay thing!
You know how you sometimes only look at the pictures when you buy an academic book? Well here you are ENCOURAGED to! The main arguments are in the comics, the text offers references, methods & background.
Available from EPFLPress & soon internationally via Chicago University Press (pre-order available).

#academicwriting#geography#history
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