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I have a new article out in the Journal Of The American Academy Of Religion: TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN THE AGE OF WASTE doi.org/10.1093/jaarel…

@dEstInEdnOmAd @PaulaKolata It was lovely to have you here!

what a day/ of excess feasting// thanks @PaulaKolata @BroxTrine “green meal” time//

Vi er klar med et program til konferencen WASTE & VALUE på ToRS, Københavns Universitet #waste #CCBS ccrs.ku.dk/research/centr…

Call for applications: PhD-course WASTE: CULTURAL IMAGINARIES AND MATERIALITY, University of Copenhagen, 22-24 April 2024 Registration: phdcourses.dk/Course/110216 #DiscardStudies #Waste #Buddhism #ToRS #UniCopenhagen #PhDcourse

PhD-course studying waste from a humanities perspective! WASTE: CULTURAL IMAGINARIES AND MATERIALITY Place: University of Copenhagen Time: 22-24 April 2024 Registration: Please register no later than 1 February 2024: phdcourses.dk/Course/110216 #Waste #Buddhism

People often ask where we find the Lego from the 1997 spill. We frequently find it among the nurdles and tiny plastic fragments littering the strandline, particularly after winter storms and high spring tides. We found this Lego speargun earlier today while picking up plastic after #StormCiaran.

It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 black Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus from the spill shortly afterwards but didn’t find another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay

Call for papers WASTE & VALUE Conference, University of Copenhagen, 25-26 April 2024. Send an abstract to ccbs@hum.ku.dk no later than 1 February 2024: ccrs.ku.dk/research/centr… Organised by @ccbs_studies with @SaskiaAbrahmsK @PaulaKolata @BroxTrine #DiscardStudies #Waste

Pebble-patterned vinyl flooring washed up on a pebble-strewn beach. Found during a beach clean today.

CFP WASTE & VALUE Conference, University of Copenhagen, 25-26 April 2024. Send an abstract to ccbs@hum.ku.dk no later than 1 February 2024: ccrs.ku.dk/research/centr… Organised by @ccbs_studies with @SaskiaAbrahmsK and @PaulaKolata #DiscardStudies #Waste #MaterialCulture #Value

The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis Public talk by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies @koebenhavns_uni   asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calend…

New post alert! R Madhumitha reviews @angrant_1's Concrete Plateau! "Despite contending w/ a state-led process that marginalizes ethnic expression, Tibetans articulate a unique regional modernity, distinctly delineated from the Chinese dream" Read here: tibetscapes.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/r-m…

Read abt an apparently insignificant, mundane object: the wear pad of a Tibetan prayer wheel. This article shows how it can have interesting and diverse trajectories even after it has become useless as a wear pad. New article by @BroxTrine Kirsten Vang, Heng Peng #THObjectLessons

Today marks World Refugee Day. I entered into exile when I was six years old, crossing the treacherous Himalayan ranges. Initially, we were a group of nearly 40 Tibetan refugees, but when we finally reached Nepal, only 20 of us remained alive.

Herbarium for the Plastic Age. Fake foliage gathered from Cornish beaches. #oceanplastic #anthropocene

Even manmade objects can become miniature coral reefs. This Lego door frame has been lying at the bottom of the sea for 26 years and has a tiny Devonshire cup coral growing inside one of its studs. It's one of over 18,000 lost from the cargo ship Tokio Express in 1997.

The book Buddhism and Waste: The Excess, Discard, and Afterlife of Buddhist Consumption, edited by @BroxTrine and @elizawillo is now available as paper back. Order your copy now at £26 : bloomsbury.com/uk/buddhism-an…

More weird and not so wonderful beach finds picked from Cornish shores recently. With grateful thanks to everyone who identified Kronk... #oceanplastic #beachcombing

On the left, late Roman drinking cup, glass, 4th century. Copyright British Museum. On the right, McDonald's Ice Age drinking cup, plastic, 2009, found on a beach in Cornwall.

The beach today.