R̷øb̷i̷n̷ energising heritage x communities

@01CuriousGeorge @TRobinsonNewEra Jumping to conclusions aren't you.

Starmer's regime send what appears to be sharia police to threaten to take a lady's daughter into custody if she doesn't hand over her phone. The child's "crime"? Looking at a social media post! This is England 2025.

Was Shakespeare a single person or equivalent to a Banksy collective of artists? I'd like to think so. Looking forward to checking out Macbeth @PerthMuseumUK

Every town should have one! ;) rocknrollpl.com

Wish I was so much better at my game. youtube.com/watch?v=MsWkTn…

Well done @BarneyDBlack! One of the best projects I've supported and hope it leads to inspire other communities to do the same

@BarneyDBlack @Theecamilleri31 @TippermuirBooks @Detroit67Book @colinmccredie @BTagoe17 @Vince_CPK @CPKArchives @BBCScotland Get in!

We weren’t expecting a front page 😎 youtu.be/iEgsW-bMj0A?si… @Theecamilleri31 @TippermuirBooks @Detroit67Book @colinmccredie @BTagoe17 @Robin_Ergadia @Vince_CPK @CPKArchives @BBCScotland

The biggest buzz you can get researching history is reconnecting a lost object with its place of origin. In this case a tile stripped from a tomb in Pakistan that made its way to Perth. Loved this project.

@theohonohan @DSM888 @smithmuseum I'm also keen to see how we assess accepted sources of secondary sources including encyclopedias as being authentic. Our efforts towards decolonisation embrace this. All because it's old and printed doesn't make it fact. It needs verified by primary sources.

@theohonohan @DSM888 @smithmuseum It's an interesting debate, for sure. The original point was about using Google Lens to help identify a photo. I think this is pretty useful, and will help curators. There are ethics and concerns, and these need to be embedded into practice.

currently digitising some glass plate negatives from the collections of @smithmuseum - assume this is #Edinburgh - can anyone tell me where ?

@clownworld That's freedom of speech for you. Hypocrites.

@theohonohan @DSM888 @smithmuseum A lot to unpack there. Technology is simply a tool, it depends on how it's used. The argument was used against the internet and Wikipedia. Google search is completely AI driven (always was); are we suggesting the death of the search engine? Or do we recognise appropriate uses?

@Robin_Ergadia @DSM888 @smithmuseum I don't know... Technology can degrade knowledge and cause it to be lost. You can't accuse the first encyclopedias of doing that. ChatGPT is not "just another layer" and a lot of bad things are going to happen because of unreliable AI. Not all technical development is equivalent.

@theohonohan @DSM888 @smithmuseum True. The same can be said about Wikipedia, and before that Encarta, and before that encyclopedias. None of these sources were ever absolute truths, but merely signposts to ideas. This is just another layer.

@Robin_Ergadia @DSM888 @smithmuseum I think you're right about this. When it works, it's very convenient. But I can also see some people being indignant about knowledge being in this digital form, with no human expert being involved, and also worrying about the gradual devaluation of collections that aren't online.

And the wheels on the bus go..

I am delighted to have written the blog ‘A Century of the Scottish Colourists’ for @NatGalleriesSco marking 100 years since Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter & Peploe 1st showed together in London. Read it here: bit.ly/40RK4p6 Image: Peploe’s Still Life, c.1913 in NGS collection

@Tairmuir Fantastic. I was there a few times when it was being built.

@Robin_Ergadia stonespecialist.com/news/stone-pro…

Why doesn't the Church of Scotland rack out their churches with niches and use them as crypts for local people’s ashes? There is a new Long Barrow near me that is being built for this purpose.

@Tairmuir Also. That is a good idea actually.

@Bruce_Fummey - enjoy!

Discover the story of Muirton, one of Scotland's earliest post-war housing schemes. Much of the original Muirton no longer exists, but its memory is preserved through stories. Join Barney and Duncs as they rediscover the community they grew up in. youtu.be/iEgsW-bMj0A?si…