Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation
@a-rfa.bsky.social
An independent project connecting archaeologists, heritage researchers, and members of the public committed to challenging rising misuse and misrepresentation of the past by the far-right. UK-based, ECR-led. https://archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/
Today and forever: there is no world and never has been a world without gender diversity, trans and queer folk
Archaeologists for Trans Liberation | anthro{dendum}
By The Black Trowel Collective To be an archaeologist is to revel in the diversity of human expression through time. Trans perspectives and voices add necessary further dimensions to our…
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I'll be writing to my MP today on this matter, and I encourage everyone to do the same. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Conversion practices draft bill
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I'm very concerned about the language of the UK's draft bill on banning conversion therapy. The wording, as is, permits "conversion practices" to continue by suggesting there are non-abusive practices, when in reality all conversion therapy is abuse. Moreover, I'm particularly concerned...
Really excited to release the recording of Steph Halmhofer's seminar from last year! Steph gives incredible insight on pseudoarchaeology, conspiracy, and what inoculating archaeological research against the far-right can look like. Thanks again @cultarchaeo.bsky.social! 🏺 #AntiExtremistResearch
Manufacturing History: Pseudoarchaeology, Conspiracy, and the Far-Right with Stephanie Halmhofer
At long last, we're able to release the recording of July 2025's seminar with the amazing Steph Halmhofer! Steph is an archaeologist currently working in southern British Columbia researching the use…
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Insightful thread on how framings of the past which work towards decolonial/liberatory ends in colonial contexts (Deep History) might end up implying a continuity that flattens European prehistory and bolsters nationalist and other politicisation.
Catherine Frieman@cjfrieman.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo from my perspective a a European archaeologist who works in Australia, i think we need to consider how and why we are connecting past and present. In Australia, the deep past and present have continuity and moreover insisting in this does key decolonial work 1/
Excited to announce that the recording of this April's seminar with Dr Marco Bernardi is now available! Marco gave a fantastic talk with vital implications for anyone interested in the relationship between education about the past and resistance to fascist narratives🏺 #AntiExtremistResearch
Seminar Recordings
Seminar 3 – Dr Marco Bernardi – ‘La Scuola è Nostra: Teaching Italian Students and Historical Fascism’ 16/04/2026 Our inaugural 2026 seminar was run by Dr Marco Bernardi, an…
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Hello folks! We're sorry to announce we're going to be further postponing our upcoming seminar with Gabriel Bayarri until after summer due to mutual scheduling issues. We're excited to work with Gabriel then! In the meantime, watch this space for more announcements :)
In our first blog post we present a model of how the far right appropriates archaeology and how we can fight it! We use the recent 'looksmaxxing' trend as a case study to explore this. Give it a read and feed back what you think! 🏺 #AntiExtremistResearch
So Hot Right Now: A model of how the far right appropriates archaeology and how to stop it
Daniel Brown and Jacob Blewett Design, editing, and formatting by Melina Katsoulakis At the end of 2025, a trend exploded across far-right and mainstream internet spaces; young men were smacking th…
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Justin Webb now stating as fact that in Northern Ireland - and across the U.K. - for years people ‘have been able to come here and get access to services’ that local people can’t Is there any evidence for this? Why is a presenter on the BBC stating this as fact?
Giving a short paper this after to our Democracy and Activism Research Group about the connections between the extreme Right/Restore/Reform’s “white indigenous English” rhetoric & archaeology/ancient DNA. This paper practically wrote itself over the past few weeks
The abject failure of the political and media classes to oppose far-right extremism have enabled these targeted, racially-motivated pogroms. Please show material solidarity with migrant and racialised communities in Belfast and elsewhere however you can.
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants@jcwi-uk.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur Executive Director, Lavanya Pallapi: "This violence against racialised people, particularly Muslims and migrants, has been fanned by government, media and the state, funded by corporate actors and billionaires." 1/ jcwi.org.uk/updates/9-ju...
Still time to sign up for this! For our primarily archaeological audience, we’re going to be drawing in some of our own research on archaeological motifs and dogwhistles in far-right memes during the discussion - should be an exciting interdisciplinary bonus.
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation@a-rfa.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur upcoming seminar with Dr Gabriel Bayarri has been officially rescheduled! 'Memes, Humour, and Affective Polarisation in Far-Right Digital Cultures in Latin America', 18/06/2026 18:30 CET. Sure to be invaluable for anyone researching the far-right online. archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/
I'm very much over the moon to share this new publication - an anarchist approach to the archaeology of inequality. Huge kudos to my brilliant co-authors @apolitopoulos.bsky.social @leilaar.bsky.social Nika and James
Anarchist Theory and Inequality in Archaeology
This article considers anarchist archaeologies and how an approach to inequality shaped by anarchist values and modes of analysis can help us narrate more complex pasts and build more equal futures. T...
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"The attack on archaeological sites in Palestine is far from being only an erasure of Palestinian history. The intersection of archaeology, land ownership & law, makes it an attack on the very property rights and presence of Palestinians in the land" everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/a...
Archaeology, Heritage Making and Ethnic Cleansing: Making the Occupied West Bank a “Land Without a People”
by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover image: Settlers storm archaeological site in Sebastia (Yemen News Agency) The attack on archaeological sites in Palestine is far from being only an erasure…
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Our upcoming seminar with Dr Gabriel Bayarri has been officially rescheduled! 'Memes, Humour, and Affective Polarisation in Far-Right Digital Cultures in Latin America', 18/06/2026 18:30 CET. Sure to be invaluable for anyone researching the far-right online. archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/
Events
Upcoming Events Date and Time: 18/06/2026, 18:30 CET To Register: About the Speaker: Gabriel Bayarri Toscano is Lecturer at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid). He is an anthropologist working at t…
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We are sorry to announce that we are postponing our upcoming seminar with Dr Gabriel Bayarri, which would have been tomorrow (14/05), due to a lack of capacity in our team. Keep an eye here for news of the rescheduled date!
🚨New Speaker Alert! 🚨 Our next seminar will be with the incredible Dr Gabriel Bayarri on 'Memes, humour and affective polarisation in far-right digital cultures in Latin America' on 14/05/2026, 18:30 CET. Link below for details and to sign up!
Events
Upcoming Events Date and Time: 14/05/2026, 18:30 CET To Register: About the Speaker: Gabriel Bayarri Toscano is Lecturer at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid). He is an anthropologist working at t…
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We're excited to announce the next ARFA seminar by the amazing Dr. Gabriel Bayarri Toscano! Gabriel will be discussing 'Memes, humour and affective polarisation in far-right digital cultures in Latin America' The talk will take place 14th May, 18:30 CET. Sign up below: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
This is a good discussion about how mainstream social media platforms and meme formats are intentionally used to launder and spread far-right messaging, featuring themes where pseudoarchaeology runs rampant.
Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream
The online Agartha trend blends occult pseudoscience with neo-Nazism and weaponised irony to open a doorway to radicalisation.
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Archaeology students at York founding a Restore Britain society is disappointing, but not surprising. There’s no shortage of nationalists looking to co-opt the past, and few narratives that misinterpret the past quite so egregiously as Restore’s racist and spiteful politics.
Folks are rightly alarmed and baffled at Reform's manifesto pledge to ideologically intervene in arms length bodies. Classic of their distraction from the everyday concerns of voters, like paying rent, hearing their homes etc. But this obsession with chronological order is another Tory rehash >
Sue Wilkes@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 4mo agoDon't say you weren't warned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
💫 Last chance to sign up for this folks! 💫
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation@a-rfa.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are excited to announce our first seminar of 2026! Dr Marco Bernardi will reflect on approaches to teaching and historical fascism - vital for anyone negotiating pedagogical approaches to countering the far-right. For more details and to register: archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.
🚨🏺🩸🇱🇧 NEW: "Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon" by Nelly P. Abboud: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/s...
Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon
by Nelly P. Abboud On April 1, 2026, in the context of Israel’s illegal invasion of Lebanon and criminal targeting of the country’s civilian populations and heritage sites, the UNESCO c…
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💫REMINDER💫 This is coming up on the 16th of April! Not to be missed for discussion of the dynamics of educating about and against fascism in the study of the past. Link below to book!
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation@a-rfa.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are excited to announce our first seminar of 2026! Dr Marco Bernardi will reflect on approaches to teaching and historical fascism - vital for anyone negotiating pedagogical approaches to countering the far-right. For more details and to register: archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.
We are excited to announce our first seminar of 2026! Dr Marco Bernardi will reflect on approaches to teaching and historical fascism - vital for anyone negotiating pedagogical approaches to countering the far-right. For more details and to register: archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.
Excited to have shared ongoing research at the 2-3 Feb 'Theorising Fascism' workshop run by AnthroFa and the F-WORD project, highlighting digital ethnographic methods for better understanding the far-right digital co-option of archaeogenetic research through memes, particularly around the Yamna.
🐦🔥 Hello folks! 🐦🔥 We've been busy over the past few months with new research projects and the publication of our first paper (more on that soon!). Checking back in here to let you know that our spring seminar series will be starting up soon, along with some other plans. Solidarity and see you soon.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This Friday, conference in Valencia Spain on Antiquity and the Extreme Right in Europe and the US in the 21st century, hosted by @anihoproject.bsky.social
ANIHO@anihoproject.bsky.social · 10mo agoPróximo evento: este viernes 31 de octubre nos reuniremos para debatir colectivamente sobre un tema de total actualidad: Antigüedad y extrema derecha en Europa y EEUU en el siglo XXI: estrategias, apropiaciones y distorsiones. Online: labur.eus/aniho2025
Read @carantes.bsky.social‘s newsletter for some heartening advice on the spectrum of roles in antifascist organising, further great advice from @invisiblehistories.bsky.social, and an upcoming talk on medieval chivalry and Far Right masculinities by @menysnoweballes.bsky.social. Then follow them!
Carantes@carantes.bsky.social · 10mo agoNeed a late-night read? Or maybe late-afternoon… or mid-morning… Ya know what, time zones are annoying! The latest Carantes newsletter is out on our website! We look forward to Dr Rachel Moss's (@menysnoweballes.bsky.social) talk next month, details in the newsletter! carantes.org/2025/10/15/o...