Weaponised Pasts
Official account for the Leverhulme-funded project Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution of Heritage-based Hostility on Social Media. Learn more at https://www.weaponisedpasts.org
- 🚨 Still time to apply to our post-doc - Deadline 3rd February 📜 You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social, @johnmartindale.bsky.social on the @leverhulme.ac.uk -funded project Weaponised Pasts.
- You will be examining the cultural evolution of heritage-based hostility using transmission chain experiments and natural language processing. Find more info on how to apply here: weaponisedpasts.org/news/job_adv...
- 🚨 We're hiring 🚨 Still a week left to apply for the advertised post-doc position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project Weaponised Pasts! We are looking for an early career researcher with experience in experimental design, programming and statistical analysis.
- You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social and @johnmartindale.bsky.social, and will be using transmission chain experiments, natural language processing and Bayesian analysis to examine the evolution of heritage-based hostility online and in the lab.
- The deadline is the 27th January. More details on the post and how to apply can be found in the attached post and on our website at: weaponisedpasts.org/news/job_adv.... We look forward to hearing from you!
- Welcome to Weaponised Pasts! The website for our investigation into heritage-based hostility is now live at weaponisedpasts.org. Find out more about the project there.
- This novel, interdisciplinary project will investigate how interpretations of the past are routinely weaponised online to frame others as enemies, undermining democratic discourse and promoting offline violence.
- We will examine the spread of this heritage-based hostility using a mixture of real-world social media data and lab experiments, representing the first investigation into this topic that combines public archaeology, cultural evolution and psychological theory.
- This project marks a collaboration between @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social and the University of Trento, and we are especially thankful to our funder @leverhulme.ac.uk