Good point, will do!

For the past two years, the final project in my pseudoarchaeology class (ANT2290) was to craft a zine on an archaeological site, that presents both the actual evidence and a fanciful interpretation of it based on pseudoscientific practices covered in class. This year's crop was outstanding!

One has a 3D pop-up pyramid in it :) Last year, I had a pop-up Wall of Jericho, it was amazing!

MSU Department of Anthropology < ANTHROPOLOGY • Follow 2h • 0 ... The Department of Anthropology is saddened to announce that former anthropology department chair Lynne Goldstein passed away yesterday. Goldstein (PhD Northwestern 1976) moved to MSU from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She served as MSU department chair from fall 1996 through summer 2006 and retired in August 2018. Lynne was founding director of the Campus Archaeology Program (CAP), which was named one of the winners of the 2017 Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation in recognition of people and organizations who have preserved Michigan's vital historic and cultural resources. She served as the editor of American Antiquity, the journal published by the Society for American Archaeology, and received numerous awards from that organization, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Lynne was also a 1992 recipient of a President's Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession by the American Anthropological Association. She is best known for her contributions to mortuary studies, as well as her work in Illinois, Wisconsin and in the Great Lakes region, particularly at the Aztalan site. The department sends its heartfelt condolences to Lynne's family and those who knew her best.

Photo of Lynne Goldstein

This is sad. Lynne Goldstein was an amazing archaeologist and formidable mentor. RIP 🏺🧪

One has a 3D pop-up pyramid in it :) Last year, I had a pop-up Wall of Jericho, it was amazing!

Thanks, I'm bowled over by their creativity! The one with the bone is a pretend logbook of a trip to Writing-on-Stone National Park in Alberta, Canada, where the student reinterprets the petroglyphs as having been made by sasquatch... as 'demonstrated' by the attached claw recovered below a panel!

A comic strip showing the “Omino coi baffi” (little guy with a mustache) making coffee in a moka pot

In 1953, cartoonist and animator Paul Campani invented the iconic “Omino coi baffi” (little guy with a mustache) for the equally iconic Bialetti Moka pot. The character is a caricature of Renato Bialetti, son of founder Alfredo Bialetti

The students really outdid themselves this year. I'll post some more pics in a bit, it's worth showing them off!

Thanks! They really outdid themselves this year. I should post some of their greatest hits, cause the inside is even more impressive!

Thanks much! I really love this assignment, the students always surprise me with their creativity which really shines through.

This student project was inspired by my colleague @julietalbot.bsky.social's student project in her Biogeography class. It has completely reinvigorated my approach to evaluating students in my own class, and the students, working in groups of up to three, really dig (ha!) the exercise!

For the past two years, the final project in my pseudoarchaeology class (ANT2290) was to craft a zine on an archaeological site, that presents both the actual evidence and a fanciful interpretation of it based on pseudoscientific practices covered in class. This year's crop was outstanding!

In case anyone is still wondering why the social sciences and humanities have been systematically defunded and marginalized over the past generation. Seems like a basic knowledge of anthropology would be useful right about now.

This 🔽 but read the entire thread.

Fair.

basic knowledge of anthropology would be great, Julien, but you're asking that of people who lack basic knowledge of Lord of the Rings, a book they might have read

The problem with Canada’s plan to buy scientific prestige The government’s plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community?

I say "have been" but these forces are still actively at work, what with the recent elimination of the SBE directorate at NSF and the emphasis on pretty-much-anything-but-social sciences in the current Impact+ chair competition in Canada.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In case anyone is still wondering why the social sciences and humanities have been systematically defunded and marginalized over the past generation. Seems like a basic knowledge of anthropology would be useful right about now.

This 🔽 but read the entire thread.

Uni managers gain 'headroom' by fucking everything up. University bosses claim legitimacy from the work others do. And then they make it impossible for them to do it.

"...university bosses treat staff - especially academic staff - as a problem to be managed, rather than as colleagues in pursuit of a shared goal."

Shared with no comment but 100% agreement.

hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/uni-manage...

The Conversation Us Inc - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

In 2024 The Conversation had 8.3M in revenue and 7.8M in expenses and paid $0 to writers. Is that really ok with you?

projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Woah!

I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /

me every single day

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Submitting my abstract tonight or tomorrow morning!

If you're thinking of attending the Canadian Archaeological Association 2026 in Canmore, and you've got something to say about pseudoarchaeology and anti-intellectualism, come join the conversation! 🏺

We've already got some interesting abstracts listed and more on the way!

Deadline is tomorrow!

Aliens didn't build the fucking pyramids. C'mon.

Good HE is really simple: quality time spent with subject experts who know and care about their students. My university and many others are deliberately abandoning this truth in favour of financial and organisational efficiency.

Aliens didn't build the fucking pyramids. C'mon.