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Christine Johnston

@archaeologuest.bsky.social

Archaeologist of bronze age people and pots and environment 🏺public history and pedagogy with Peopling the Past

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Seth L. Sanders@nabalkattu.bsky.social · last wk.

Film criticism aside, Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey concerned me because it misrepresents Late Bronze Age history and reinforces an old Eurocentric pattern of dismissing the experiences--and reality--of ancient peoples other than the Greeks.

Nolan’s other major addition to Homer’s narrative is the repeated reference to threats to ‘our civilisation’ from ‘the sea peoples’ – a now debunked 19th-century theory about maritime tribes who were thought to have attacked Egypt around 1200 BCE and to have also been responsible for the roughly coeval collapse of Mycenaean Greek culture. ‘Our civilisation is under attack,’ Penelope wails. Odysseus comforts her by saying that ‘Bronze Age civilisation’, including literacy, will rise again from the ashes. The current consensus, as Nolan clearly knows, is that there was no such thing as ‘the sea peoples’, and that the Greek-speaking world’s shift away from the more centralised, literate palace culture of the Mycenaeans in the 11th century BCE towards the fragmented social formations of the early Greek Iron Age was caused by a range of factors, including climate change, earthquakes and internal unrest. Nolan uses these competing historical theories to create a characteristic narrative twist about the identity of ‘the sea peoples’, which I will not spoil, though you can probably guess it.
Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · last mo.

More disgusting complicity by Zionist ASOR, w receipts spanning from the 1940s to last week's Zionist conference on "Judea & Samaria" ( = occupied West Bank). Thanks, @archagainstaparth.bsky.social for yet another well researched, & ethically solid, essay #boycottasor 🔗 tinyurl.com/3p2mxjt5

Archaeology, Zionism & ‘Apolitical Neutrality’ or More Reasons to Boycott ASOR

The hosting of Huckabee at archaeological events—including those hosted by ASOR and its overseas research center—marks a glaring divergence from ASOR’s supposed apolitical nature.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Almost a decade ago, I was very Special Interested in mushrooms and developed an organizing training framework based on mycelium. The core teaching was, people think the above-ground part (the mushroom) is the body of the organism, but that isn't the case. So too with movement. (cont)

Christine Johnston @archaeologuest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's heartbreaking and enraging that this was written almost two years ago, and since then, the genocidal violence has not only been allowed to continue in Palestine, but also to expand into Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, with global impacts #EOPalestine

Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 Indigenous and Colonist: What Do They Mean? by @archaeologuest.bsky.social This is the second piece of our multi-authored #EOPalestine primer on ancient and medieval Palestine. 🧵1/ everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/09/17/i...

Melanie Walsh@mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This looks awesome! A data viz course from the authors of Data Feminism, @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social. So excited to teach with these materials! openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data...

A screenshot of one of the course pages from the Data Feminism for Data Visualization course. The text reads: "Course: Data Feminism for Data Visualization Authors: Lauren Klein Catherine D'Ignazio To get a certificate of completion, sign in to track your progress Content updated in October 2025 This course draws from the award-winning book Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2020), challenging students to consider how examining questions of gender, power, and justice can transform the way we visualize data. Drawing from the rich history of feminist activism and critical thought, we will learn to recognize and counter biases in conventional visualization practices while developing skills to create more ethical, inclusive, and socially responsible visualizations of our own. The course brings real-world examples of data visualization in conversation with theoretical frameworks that question whose perspectives are included (or not) in data science and data communication, illustrating the need for approaches that employ visualization to amplify minoritized perspectives and draw attention to issues of equity and justice. Chapters Introduction Introduction Chapter 1: Core Concepts & Foundational Principles Motivation and Definitions of Feminism Definitions of Power and Race Definitions of Gender Examine Power Challenge Power - Part A Challenge Power - Part B Quiz Test Your Knowledge Chapter 2: Data Feminism Principles & Examples Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part A Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part B Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part C Rethink Binaries and Hierarchies Embrace Pluralism - Part A Embrace Pluralism - Part B Consider Context Make Labor Visible Quiz Test Your Knowledge Chapter 3: Applying the Principles Challenging Deficit Perspectives Inclusive Language and Ordering Data Who is Missing? Who is Erased? Colors, Icons, Shapes, and People What’s Wrong With This Viz? Quiz Test Your Knowledge 3.4 Colors, Icons, Shapes, and People"
Alberto Cairo@albertocairo.com · 2mo ago

BIG NEWS in the Open Visualization Academy: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/data-femin... We're launching 'Data Feminism for Data Visualization' by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social #dataViz #infographics #dataVisualization #dataJournalism

Rita L. Portela@westernspinster.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1st review date 6/2 Indigenous friends - PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY. Heard through the grapevine that there are very few applicants. $240K-266K The University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) is committed to the timely repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items...

Rita L. Portela@westernspinster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UC system: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR NAGPRA Job ID85839 Oakland, hybrid We need a highly qualified INDIGENOUS person in this position, who understands the complexities of NAGPRA & is respectful of tribal govts & Indigenous people High level position jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu/site/advance...

Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 Biblical archaeologists' study of an ancient children mass grave in the ethnically cleansed village of Zakariyya enables the Nakba through the same dehumanizing tropes as the 2023 burnt babies hoax - MUST READ by @archagainstaparth.bsky.social everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/a...

Ancient Children Mass Graves and the Dehumanization of Palestinians: The Case of Zakariyya

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid cover picture: “Tell Zachariah”, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Zakariyya was a Palestinian village located 25 k…

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide@archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Interesting to see (+ have confirmed) that at the same time editors are resigning from @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social due to the org’s support for israeli war & heritage crimes, the same thing is happening at @asor-research.bsky.social Solidarity with our colleagues who have a conscience! 🇵🇸

ASOR@asor-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ASOR’s Committee on Publications announces a call for Editor(s) of the Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR). The new Editor(s) will serve a 3-year term starting January 2027. All applications received by September 1, 2026 will receive full consideration. Learn more about this opportunity: buff.ly/NAJiq3e

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FLAG: The Trump Justice Department is now acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection — calling the information about the prosecutions "partisan propaganda" (it is not).

Trump's Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants

The Department of Justice is acknowledging it's removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ve said it before and will say it a few more times. When Trump 2.0 came for accreditation I knew we had crossed into a different era of white reclamation. Precise, focused, stealth. Anyway, you probably don’t want these reforms.

AAUP@aaup.org · 3mo ago

The US Department of Education is currently overhauling federal accreditation rules for colleges & universities. The April 6, 2026, Proposed Changes to Initial Draft Regulations unacceptably seek to narrow & control what can be taught, learned, & researched on college & university campuses. 🧵 1