In the eighth and concluding episode of SAPIENS Talk Back, we talk with representatives from three new professional organizations that are pushing the discipline in consequential new directions. Prof. Ayana Omilade Flewellen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University…
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In this episode, we continue the discussion that began in episode 7 of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast, a conversation that examines “repatriation” and what it means for archaeology. We are joined by Prof. Rachel Watkins, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at…
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In this episode, we continue the discussion that began in episode 6 of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast, a conversation that examines examines “Slavery, Sustenance, and Resistance”, or what we might think of as “Setting the Table for an Archaeology of Resistance”. We are joined…
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In this episode, we continue the discussion that began in episode 5 of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast, a conversation that examines how archaeologists study sacred sites… and when they don’t. We are joined by Ora Marek-Martinez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University…
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In this episode, we discuss the pressing issues raised by Episode 4 of SAPIENS Season 4. We are joined by Tiffany Fryer, the Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Princeton University Society of Fellows and a lecturer in Princeton’s Department of Anthropology and Sven Haakanson, Professor…
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In this episode, we welcome the featured guests of Episode 3 of SAPIENS Season 4: Kisha Supernant, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta and Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, and Lenora McQueen, an activist who…
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In this episode, we welcome the featured guests of Episode 2 of SAPIENS Season 4, both co-founders of the Society of Black Archaeologists: Justin Dunnavant, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and Ayana Flewellen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside.…
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Last week, the SAPIENS podcast released episode 1 in its new season “Our Past Is the Future”. Now you can also listen to episode 1 of the companion series, SAPIENS Talk Back. In this episode, we welcome Yoli Ngandali, one of the hosts of the…
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SAPIENS Podcast Season 4 begins with Episode 1 on January 19. Listen to the teaser trailer here: SAPIENS Talk Back, the companion series to “Our Past is the Future” begins January 26 with episode 1. Find the full schedule below. SAPIENS Season 4 Episode 1…
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The Archaeology Centers Coalition and RadioCIAMS present “SAPIENS Talks Back”: eight conversations with students and scholars that expand upon the insights of Season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast. In extended discussions, we explore new perspectives on how Black and Indigenous voices are changing how archaeology…
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