Over the past couple weeks I have been sending around a survey which comprises part of my PhD data collection (find it here). In response to questions I have received, I’ve put together this handy guide to Frequently Asked Questions. Do I do public archaeology? These are the most common […]
If you have read my project page, you know my plan is to do a multi-faceted analysis of the community-based archaeology movement for my dissertation, focusing on the role of institutions in shaping archaeological thought. Currently I’m working on the social network analysis facet. Although I have some experiences creating […]
Part of my dissertation project involves building a database of community-based archaeology products, anything which resulted from a project where restructuring power relationships in the research encounter was a goal. I started with a database of broader public archaeology references and am now combing systematically through publications, conference proceedings, and the like for […]
An interesting conversation erupted from my in-progress first post on the many terms archaeologists use to describe their work when it involves people outside the discipline. Lorna Richardson, probably the foremost expert on digital public archaeology, asked: does anyone outside our discipline even care what we call it? I have […]
Why do we use so many terms to mean basically the same thing? One of the things that frustrates me about academia is that in search of precise meanings, we create new terms incredibly frequently. We still have to explain in what sense we mean it, so why keep adding to the pile? […]
Follow me on Mendeley (you’ll need an account) if you’d like to follow the progress of both the broad public archaeology bibliography and my other dissertation-related bibliographies. Keep in mind I’m translating all my previous work into this format so it’s not in a state of completion. I welcome feedback […]
I suppose this is when I give up after 3 days trying to avoid committing myself to Academic Writing Month and establish some goals for myself. I can’t resist! (That and I am unlikely to benefit at all from ‘no shave november’ or ‘novel writing month’ since I have neither […]
I’ve recently submitted my Wenner-Gren grant proposal and now am finally returning to normal, including collecting hundreds of articles for my dissertation database, updating this blog, and my duties for various professional organizations. This evening I posted the first in what I hope becomes a series for the World Archaeological Congress’ International […]