Catherine J. Frieman

Catherine Frieman

@cjfrieman.bsky.social

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D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Previously Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.

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Catherine J. Frieman is an archaeologist and associate professor at the Australian National University. Her research investigates conservatism and innovation, and she is a specialist in material culture and technology. .. more

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 41m

Thanks Rachel 💙💙

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 44m

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 49m

😊😊thanks!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 49m

Thanks!!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 3h

Fwiw i don't think it's an actual diagnostic criteria but a lot of folks with adhd describe this same thing happening to then and call it "waiting mode"

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 3h

With every cursed drip of this saga, all my brain is doing is looping scenes from the British original version of "House of Cards" (1990)

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 4h

I've written a few, mostly scholarly, but this is probably the most publicly accessible. A short book written to introduce readers to how archaeologists get stories out of dirt, bones, and broken things

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 4h

2025. Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones' phys.org/news/2025-11...

Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones,' new research finds

Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than 3,500 years ago.

phys.org

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 6h

Our upcoming title brings together scholars, practitioners and activists to explore how politics is gendered across Asia and Oceania, using an intersectional lens on gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, ability, migrancy and more.

Register your interest today: doi.org/10.22459/GPR...

ANU Press Coming Soon. Cover image of Gender and Politics Reimagined: Centring Oceanic and Asian Lenses

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks!!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 8h

Also

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Throughout the books ethnic stereotypes and racism are used in place of character development or world building. That doesn't mean the characters themselves were negative or bad, just that she's a lazy writer steeped in anglocentrism

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 8h

Look i don't know what to tell you but the English are really fricking weird about the Irish and Catholics, still to this day. I promise you mom molly with too many poorly clothed ginger kids feeds on this stereotype. There's actually really interesting relevant scholarship

Deconstructing Whiteness: Irish Women in Britain on JSTOR

Mary J. Hickman, Bronwen Walter, Deconstructing Whiteness: Irish Women in Britain, Feminist Review, No. 50, The Irish Issue: The British Question (Summer, 1995), pp. 5-19

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Americans don't get what's going on with the Weasleys: they are a nasty british stereotype of catholic Irish folk - slovenly, too many children for income, etc.

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

"The States" is pretty standard in all the non-US places I've lived

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks Tom!! 💙🎉

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Thaaannnkkkkss!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks Zena!! 💙💙

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

As someone who is actually from Boston and whose family considers dairy a spice and white pepper just on the edge of too spicy... lol

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you!!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 10h

Rephrased: maybe all cowrie shells were actually understood as eyes

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 10h

Fun trivia for anyone who likes vocabulary: putting fat onto a piece of meat before cooking (common with wild fowl like partridge and pheasant because they're quite lean) is called barding. You bard your birds and they come out perfect and juicy.

DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 3d

I also use the bacon method. Although turkey is Christmas dinner where I come from.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 10h

NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪