Not long now until this talk in Brisbane, for University of Queensland and the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology. If you're in town, do come along! You can also join online if the time difference isn't too extreme. events.humanitix.com/small-wins-h...

Small Wins, High Stakes: Wicked Problems for Contemporary Archaeologists - Professor John Schofield

Contemporary archaeologist John Schofield on how archaeology can deliver 'small wins' on climate, injustice and the world's most urgent problems. Hybrid: 2 July

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'Bloody frigging powerful'. Maybe I can add that as an endorsement to the paperback edition?!

Ritterton here and elsewhere!@ritterton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@johnschofyork.bsky.social I want to share the first chapter of your book with so many of colleagues involved in rural economic development and natural resource policy issues. Bloody frigging powerful!! #WickedProblems

@johnschofyork.bsky.social I want to share the first chapter of your book with so many of colleagues involved in rural economic development and natural resource policy issues. Bloody frigging powerful!! #WickedProblems

Now that's what I'd call an inspiring keynote!🏺 In his "Wicked Perspectives on #Heritage Futures" keynote at the #ArchäologieImDialog conference in Lucerne, @johnschofyork.bsky.social made a fantastic point what #archaeology really is (or should be) about: humility, community, belonging. People.

How is #archaeology helping save the sea lions? #MarineMammalRescueDay 🦭 By using archaeological techniques to identify the origins of plastic waste, we can target the source of the pollution to mitigate this environmental threat. 🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺

Well, that was a fun 90 mins. Really enjoyed talking prehistory again after what feels like millennia!

Graeme Warren@graemewarren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our first Prehistoric Policies Academic Advisory Group meeting today. What a wonderful group of people to have in the same virtual room - loads of good ideas, insights and a really positive tone to the whole discussion. Many thanks to all (too many to name here). Funding @britishacademy.bsky.social

Look out for more microplastics research from @johnschofyork.bsky.social! He has secured funding from UKRI for the new project: 'Challenging the Preservation Paradigm: The Impact of Microplastics on the Integrity of Archaeological Soils and Sediments' www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Ecuador occupied and claimed the Galápagos Islands #OnThisDay in AD 1832. The islands are known for their unique wildlife, now under threat from plastic pollution. Applying archaeological techniques to waste that washed up is mitigating the threat. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

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Voting is now open!

Archaeology @ Uni of York@uoyarchaeology.bsky.social · 8mo ago

!@currentarchaeology.bsky.social's Book of the Year Shortlist is out and both @johnschofyork.bsky.social's Wicked Problems for Archaeologists and Life in the Viking Great Army by @danelawdawn.bsky.social and @juliandrichards.bsky.social are on it! archaeology.co.uk/vote

@johnschofyork.bsky.social and colleagues have a new piece out in The Conversation about this article theconversation.com/plastic-wast... If you find it interesting, you can read more in the original open access article in John's post below

Plastic waste is a toxic legacy – and an important archaeological record

Like the bronze and iron ages, plastic is defining an archaeological era.

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John Schofield@johnschofyork.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New Open Access paper on archaeology and plastics in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics: doi.org/10.1017/plc....

Our new open access paper: how do we understand plastics as a contemporary archaeological record, and what does this mean for how we mitigate their environmental impacts? 🧪 🏺

Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

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New Open Access paper on archaeology and plastics in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics: doi.org/10.1017/plc....

Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

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Analysis of the stomach contents of a sea turtle recovered from Australia reveals it swallowed large quantities of plastic, including some of the millions of tonnes of PPE used during COVID. #WorldSeaTurtleDay 🐢 🏺 🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A few top days of fieldwork in Sydney and Canberra, to get the ARC-funded Nuclear Nation project underway.

Special issue of Public Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Message me if you want a paper but can't access it www.tandfonline.com/toc/ypua20/2...

Public Archaeology

Special issue: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Editor: Gabriel Moshenska. Volume 22, Issue 2-4 of Public Archaeology

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Explore @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social's #BookReview of 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' by @johnschofyork.bsky.social in Antiquity: (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

📕 #BookReview @johnschofyork.bsky.social's 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' seeks to answer the question of how #archaeology can tackle global challenges such as climate change, social justice, conflict and more 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Euphoria as a heritage value! doi.org/10.1080/1352...

‘In the moment’: Euphoria as a heritage value

This paper explores the heritage value of euphoric experiences, where the meaning and significance of places are often established instantly, ‘in the moment’. By convention, heritage assets are ass...

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Really enjoyed the film Becoming Led Zeppelin - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sizy..., so much so, I immediately headed across the road to buy the first two albums, which the film focuses upon. Hugely enjoyable. Immersive. Recommended! Slightly ashamed I didn't own these records already! 🤔

Fancy a funded PhD on heritage, identity, miltarism, and colonial legacies, with the Royal Air Force Museum London and me, at University of York? Details are below, with a link to the advert. More details here: wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects... Please share!

Thank you @johnschofyork.bsky.social for an inspiring talk, emphasing "small wins", specifically in working with communities and the public. Gives me hope about future engagement works #aaa47

I'm transitioning from X to Bluesky. Interested to see how this works out!