Irina Manea

Timidly diving into some captivating bits of prehistory!
youtu.be/9vM4nG3Rj78

Thinking about the age of AI and how we're being forced out of intellectual existence by the tech psychopaths.

Conferência 3: Northern Chaos Gods: Eddas and Sagas in Heavy Metal Music YouTube video by NEVE: Núcleo de Estudos Vikings e Escandinavos

Public lecture about Viking metal! Many thanks to the Universidade Federal de Paraiba!
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My study “The Monstrous agency: the social life of the Icelandic restless dead” has been published!
First academic article in four years sadly, perhaps one of the reasons I like these Icelandic characters so much, very much feeling like a revenant myself. periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/sc...

Glad to see Old Norse studies represented elsewhere than Western/Northern Europe or the States. As an Eastern European who developed a passion for this field late and was unable to secure a permanent position, I often feel like the odd one out.

Portuguese event about the reception of Old Norse literature, organized by Nucleo de Estudos Vikings e Escandinavos (Paraiba, Brazil)! The topic of my PhD (Norse myth in extreme metal) has gotten a second life in a way, although today I feel quite disconnected from it.

I absolutely love this discovery!

This is smth I heard from AI scientists - we are no longer in control, it's simply developing much faster than we can fully understand it.

The beacon system in medieval Norway: youtu.be/gwXpPTwTNC0 #vikingsky #medievalsky

On the contrary, it’s gonna get much worse because of the massive data centres drying out the environment and driving people into poverty because of the electricity bills.

We are being owned by a bunch of digital overlords completely controlling the cloud everyone is heavily reliant on and has to pay subscriptions for, with little change in sight.

We’re digital peasants. We don’t own anything, and our landlords want us toiling in the digital field. You can’t just opt out and go live like a hermit (enticing though). You depend on the banking app, the public transportation app, all kinds of apps your employer requires and so on.

Substack essay shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-true-o... #monsters

Decoding ancient funerals (Halloween special) with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
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Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

YouTube video by Archaeodeath Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age

Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDg4... @shieldofskuld.bsky.social

Just good business.

Exciting stuff with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social at the Halloween Bash!
I'll be taking part in the "Banquet for the dead" panel exploring how offerings link the dead and the living and holding a masterclass on the fantastic and fantastical Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Let's get spooky! #medievalsky

Love it 😇💖

Great book!

Mange takk! 😇

Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM

Whetstones!
shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/grinding-i...
#vikingsky #medievalsky

Hoping to be able to run this class in November!
If you know anyone interested in pre-Christian religions, please do share :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...

shameless profiteers

In the past few weeks, I received notifications about AI audio summaries of my work. Red flags everywhere.

Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia

YouTube video by Shield of Skuld What Did Viking Music Really Sound Like?

Had the pleasure of chatting about Viking music with Jens, a reenactor at the Ribe Viking centre who crafted some lovely pieces based on archaeological finds. #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/jTrILHMjRyE

Stamped for power: the golden bracteates of the North How Roman-inspired gold pendants shaped a new political identity in the Migration Age

The marvellous objects made manifest a new elite, one that mediated between gods, ancestors, and living communities. Traditionally, they’ve been called amulets, but they may equally have served as regalia, diplomatic gifts, or even flashy status symbols. shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/stamped-fo...

YouTube video by Shield of Skuld Massive Viking Silver Hoard Reveals Far-Reaching Trade Links

New methods such as lead isotope analysis are now being deployed to figure out where Viking age silver came from. Made an explanatory video about the results of the study done on the Bedale hoard (Yorkshire). youtu.be/UJ8nSwLZzbQ