Dr Helen Dawson
@helendawson.bsky.social
Archaeologist and researcher in island cultures, because there's no better place to work than islands #wedoislands
Yay indeed! Your first book was key for my PhD research on the archaeology of island colonisation and abandonment!
March 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yay indeed! Your first book was key for my PhD research on the archaeology of island colonisation and abandonment!
exactly my thoughts, archaeologists should not just dig and then leave, without thinking of the consequences
March 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
exactly my thoughts, archaeologists should not just dig and then leave, without thinking of the consequences
It sounds like a great example of valorising local traditional knowledge, is there a paper?
March 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It sounds like a great example of valorising local traditional knowledge, is there a paper?
Great example... I am getting hungry!
March 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Great example... I am getting hungry!
"scarpetta" in Italian, is there a Maltese word for the mopping up?
March 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"scarpetta" in Italian, is there a Maltese word for the mopping up?
I see you’re using CatGPT ;-)
March 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I see you’re using CatGPT ;-)
I think this is a good example of inclusion: maa.cam.ac.uk/news/decolon...
Decolonising the Archive: Cambridge Anthropology and Torres Strait Island Kastom | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Dr Anita Herle, Senior Curator (Anthropology) A recent collaborative project to publish Recording Kastom: Alfred Haddon’s Journals from the Torres Strait and New Guinea, 1888 and 1898, highlights the ...
maa.cam.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think this is a good example of inclusion: maa.cam.ac.uk/news/decolon...
Thanks! How do you envisage that inclusion in practical terms? I think it could also mean considering the effects of research on local communities (e.g. will uncovering an archaeological site impact tourism and is that good/bad for the locals?) and developing research questions together.
March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks! How do you envisage that inclusion in practical terms? I think it could also mean considering the effects of research on local communities (e.g. will uncovering an archaeological site impact tourism and is that good/bad for the locals?) and developing research questions together.
game tokens maybe?
March 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
game tokens maybe?
Not safe full stop, regardless of skin colout, I'd say. There was another case in the news recently: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Like a horror movie’: Ice detaining German tourist in California indefinitely
Jessica Brösche has spent more than a month in detention center after being denied entry at San Diego from Mexico
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Not safe full stop, regardless of skin colout, I'd say. There was another case in the news recently: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
who needs ChatGPT when you have... CatGPT!
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
who needs ChatGPT when you have... CatGPT!