Liv Nilsson Stutz
@livnstutz.bsky.social
Professor of Archaeology. Interested in ritual practice, death, the body, the ethics and politics of human remains, hunter-gatherers, pop culture, politics, art, and aesthetics. More of my work on ethics&human remains: https://ethicalentanglements.online/
From June 25-27, Liv Nilsson Stutz collaborated with Audrey Horning & Sarah Tarlow on a workshop on Ethics in Archaeology for "Dialogues with the Past". The workshop was organized in Derry/Londonderry where students engaged with the local colonial history & disputed post conflict cultural heritage.
We've had some great session proposals submitted already, keep 'em coming! 🤩 #NordicTAG2026 @livnstutz.bsky.social
Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group@nordicarchtag.bsky.social · last yr.Hey 🏺 archaeologists on bluesky! Bookmark your calendars for 6-9 May at Linnaeus University in Kalmar 🇸🇪 & submit your session proposal for #NordicTAG2026 - deadline 31 May Don't miss our keynote speakers, inc. @yannisham.bsky.social & @evamol.bsky.social! More info: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
A bit late to the party but I finally got my hands on my very own copy of the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe today! I am so proud to be a part of this, the list of contributors is staggering! Congratulations (again) to @livnstutz.bsky.social, Rita and Mari on such an important piece of work.
A white Apartheid dead-ender gutting the most successful humanitarian effort of the century, because it was saving too many Africans from AIDS, would have once been thought of as too "on the nose."
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · last yr.If there's an argument that what Musk/Trump have done to PEPFAR isn't a crime against humanity, I'm not really interested in hearing it. www.kff.org/global-healt...
Let's discuss activism in research and in museums at the yearly conference for Kulturarvsakademin April 24. Spoiler! I am in favor. www.gu.se/evenemang/ku...
Kulturarvskademins vårkonferens: aktivismens roll i museer och forskning
Aktivism inom museisektorn och akademisk forskning är ett ämne som väcker starka känslor. Denna konferens syftar till att utforska aktivismens mångfacetterade natur, undersöka dess definition, konsekv...
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How about Gender Equality in Academia? Join us to watch the documentary Picture of a Scientist and for the following panel discussion. May 6, 3 pm, Fullriggaren, Campus Kalmar. lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Gender Equality in Academia: Picture a Scientist Film Screening and Panel
Join us for a special evening of film and discussion on the issues of Gender Equality and Equal Rights in Academia
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Tomorrow! Welcome to ‘Arctic Futures’, a seminar with Prof. Maria Lindgren Leavenworth (Umeå University). 13:15-15:00 (CET) on 2 April. To register for zoom, email rebecca.duncan@lnu.se
So grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research on ethics and human remains in museums and research with museum professionals from a range of institutions, and thinkers from across the Netherlands this week. We are never done with ethics, but we are doing the work. #EthicalEntanglements
Concurrences at Linnaeus University@lnuccon.bsky.social · last yr.Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social gave a lecture about her research project Ethical Entanglements at a workshop for museum professionals at the University Medical Center in Amsterdam on March 27. The project explores the ethics of care for human remains in museums and research.
I am honored to give the 2025 Gordon Childe Lecture at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in May, on the challenges and possibilities of making sense of the archaeological remains of how people in the past dealt with the great challenge, mystery, and crisis that is death. www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...
UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture 2025
This year's UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture, to be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden), will take place on 14 May 2025.
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We are very happy to welcome PhD candidate Nicole Crescenzi back to #Concurrences, visiting from the IMT School of Advanced Studies in Lucca & hosted by @livnstutz.bsky.social Nicole’s research investigates the ethical implications of exhibiting human remains in museums from different backgrounds.
Important read! Open letter from Prof. Raphael Greenberg at Tel Aviv University calling out the archaeologists participating in a conference devoted to the archaeology of "Judea and Samaria" on the occupied West Bank, taking place right now in East Jerusalem. This is courage!
Out today: The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe with contributions by brilliant mesolithic specialists from across Europe. Solid and inspired research. The beautiful cover by Tom Björklund captures the human scale of the past - a fundamental theme for the book. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Great piece that reminds us of the impact of good Ph.D thesis advisors - of the responsibility it entails, and of how hard and important this work (that we rarely talk about) is.
Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲@ethnographer.bsky.social · 2y agoA grad student's supervisor is the launchpad of a career. While the few, bad supervisors grab the limelight, the spotlight on the new PhD elides the years & years of investment by good supervisors (the majority). Yet there is no "Q" in HQP without them. #Academicsky www.ualberta.ca/en/social-sc...
Small acts of resistance. Let's hear it for the seats in the back! youtu.be/3qnYEBqARSg?...
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YouTube video by Harry Belafonte - Topic
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Nordic TAG 2026 will explore the potential for archaeology as a practice - from the contract archaeology trenches to the university lecture halls - to be an active and engaged partner in building just futures. Join us! Call for papers open March 1!
Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group@nordicarchtag.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 Nordic TAG 2026 will be hosted by Linnaeus University in Kalmar! Save the date: 6-9 May, 2026 Call for papers opens 1 March. Organised by: @livnstutz.bsky.social, @emilyhanscam.bsky.social, Terje Östigård, Gustav Wollentz & co from @linneuni.bsky.social archaeology #NordicTAG26
Ellinor Sabels nya avhandling från Linnéuniversitetet belyser möjligheterna att inkludera allmänheten i den arkeologiska processen och vad forskningen vinner på att sänka trösklarna för deltagande. lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
Många vinster när allmänheten deltar i arkeologiska utgrävningar
Ökade kunskaper om Sveriges förhistoria och fler utgrävda platser. Dessutom en möjlighet för fler att ägna sig åt sitt arkeologiintresse. Det är exempel på positiva effekter som uppstår när allmänhete...
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Recent paper in Current Anth examines the ethics of aDNA sampling. It is an important discussion, but as we point out in our published comment, the study lacks in interdisciplinary literacy and both overestimates and underestimates the challenges ahead. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Petrous Fever : The Gap between Ideal and Actual Practice in Ancient DNA Research | Current Anthropology
This article explores how the competitive quest for bone samples used in genomic analyses of ancient DNA (aDNA) creates a pressing concern for anthropological research. It investigates the premises an...
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A recently published analysis of a 17th century painting reminds us of how misogyny, racism, and xenophobia are mobilized in times of insecurity. Well, old habits die hard. That sounds uncomfortably familiar. news.artnet.com/art-world/ra...
Rare Painting of Black Woman Reveals Historical Attitudes | Artnet News
A highly unusual 17th-century painting featuring a Black sitter and a white sitter side by side is on rare public view.
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What most guys seem to think sexism and sexual harassment and violence against women works, vs how it really works. And, yes, by now most women probably know this:
Are you interested in problematizing the use of copies in museums? What challenges does it pose in terms of ethics? Join our session at the EAA Annual Meeting 2025 in Belgrade. Call for papers is now open! For more info: www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
Charina Knutsson defends her important PhD thesis "Indigenous Archaeology in Sweden. Aligning Contract Archaeology with National and International Policies on Indigenous Archaeology" at LNU. In it she discusses the potential of integrating Sámi perspectives into the Swedish cultural heritage system.
Förhandlingarna på krisande Bohusläns museum har avslutats i oenighet med samtliga fackförbund. ”Det blev mycket värre än vi trodde”, säger DIK:s lokalfackliga ombud. magasink.se/2024/12/aaro...
Flera fast anställda sägs upp på museet: "Hårt och riskfyllt" | Magasin K
Förhandlingarna på krisande Bohusläns museum har avslutats i oenighet. ”Det blev mycket värre än vi trodde”, säger Aaron Stutz.
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Call for papers open now International and Transdisciplinary Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality in Stockholm, Sweden on November 25–27, 2025. museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...
Conference - Sveriges museum om Förintelsen
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Karin Nykvist skriver en lysande text i HD som obarmhärtigt blottlägger den pinsamma internaliserade misogynin i debatterna om årets (och gångna års) nobelpris i litteratur. Läs och begrunda: www.hd.se/2024-12-09/n...
Nobelpris som inte delas ut till vita män värderas lägre
Det finns en misogyn och xenofobisk ryggradsreflex i den svenska kritiken.
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Rhetorical question: Why does the information never include the obvious: "the item was most likely stolen from a grave that was looted and an archaeological site that was destroyed in the process"? When will this nonsense stop? When do we start boycotting auction houses that sell grave loot?
The outrage machine is real and is fueled by emotion and publicity far greater than anything we do Respond or don't. Document it or don't Doesn't matter. These beliefs are tied up in identity and passions and habitus. They will target us Support and solidarity /End
Some pseudoarchaeologists present forged or looted antiquities from a legally gray market fueled by illegal plundering They often break the law. Hancock brags about bribing guards at Giza so he could climb pyramids. YouTubers get wealthy by publishing drone footage they got from trespassing /5
