SAPIENS Talk Back E8: Looking Forward/Looking Back 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E7: Repatriation & Archaeology 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E6: Setting the Table 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E5: Studying (& Not Studying) Sacred Sites 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E4: Decolonizing Heritage and Curation 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E3: Archaeology and Social Justice 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E2: Breaking Archaeology’s Boundaries 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…
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SAPIENS Talk Back E1: Changing Archaeology’s Stories, and Who Tells Them In this episode, we welcome Yoli Ngandali, one of the hosts of the SAPIENS series and a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, for a conversation on how…
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In the Spring of 2021, the ACC undertook an online survey, distributed in partnership with the discipline’s major professional organizations (including the SAA), in order to assess financial roadblocks to broad participation in archaeological field schools. Field schools play a key role in shaping the…
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February 23, 2023 The ACC The Archaeology Centers Coalition was established in order to encourage departments, centers, institutes and individual scholars to take action in advancing social justice, inclusivity, and diversity in archaeology and allied disciplines. This document seeks to advise tenure and promotion committees,…
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