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B Thoreau 🛸<p>I am in the mood for a good, detailed microhistory on some random topic. In the past I have read books on the history of salt, the color blue, Dutch tulips, where do clothing donations actually go, soccer and it's historical relationship to global politics, history of the alphabet, etc.</p><p>So, watcha got for me?</p><p>I need a new book.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/microhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microhistory</span></a></p>
Isabel Richards<p>New paper on the telegraph line is out! It’s a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microhistory</span></a> of Strangways Springs//Pangki Warruna, exploring its evolution from a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pastoral</span></a> property to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telegraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegraph</span></a> station to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>railway</span></a> stop, and how these transitions shaped innovation in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> 🤩📝</p><p>We also highlight the importance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> in creating and sustaining these innovations (as is the case for technologies of today like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> 😉).</p><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10761-025-00788-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s10761-025-00788-4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybernetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybernetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemsthinking</span></a></p>
Cafè Indipendèntzia<p>Le tracce di un patriota sardo, Matteo Luigi Simon, si perdono a Notre-Dame de Paris — S'Indipendente</p><p><a href="https://www.sindipendente.com/blog/le-tracce-di-un-patriota-sardo-matteo-luigi-simon-si-perdono-a-notre-dame-de-paris/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sindipendente.com/blog/le-trac</span><span class="invisible">ce-di-un-patriota-sardo-matteo-luigi-simon-si-perdono-a-notre-dame-de-paris/</span></a></p><p>"Secondo il documento rinvenuto dalla scrivente presso gli Archivi di Notre-Dame de Paris, il corpo del patriota, spentosi il venerdì 10 maggio 1816, fu condotto nella cattedrale di Parigi il sabato 11 maggio 1816 in presenza di testimoni".</p><p><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/ist%C3%B2riasarda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>istòriasarda</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/storiasarda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storiasarda</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/sardinianposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sardinianposting</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/microstoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microstoria</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/MicroHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroHistory</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/sardinia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sardinia</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/Angioy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Angioy</span></a></p>
Lucas Haasis<p>On Monday, 27 January, we welcome Alejandro Salamanca <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.nobigtech.es/@alejandrosalamanca" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alejandrosalamanca</span></a></span> (EUI Florence) for the Prize Papers Talks. </p><p>Paper: Microhistories of Migration - The Agata Galera, a Dutch frigate crossing the Spanish Atlantic.</p><p>Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-papers-talks-tickets-1067307006989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-pap</span><span class="invisible">ers-talks-tickets-1067307006989</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/earlymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymodern</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/maritimehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritimehistory</span></a> @UniOldenburg <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/microhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microhistory</span></a></p>