I’ll be speaking in #s105 'Under the Streets and over the Sidewalks: #Archaeology and #Urban Renewal', on Why Archaeology Needed the Big Bang and Actors Weeping into Handkerchiefs: The #1980s Transformation of Archaeological Practice in the #UK Was Driven by the Economics of the #CityofLondon
#SAA is the biggest #archaeology conference in the world, in numbers of attendees and global breadth of content, including
@archaeo-register.bsky.social sponsored #Ethics Bowl - thank you #RPA!
Cultural Resource Management #CRM Career Expo sponsored by #ACRA
bit.ly/4dqjWIP
#PanAf is approaching, and the deadline to submit abstracts for the PanAfrican Archaeological Congress (PanAf 2026) is imminent - 30th March.
The conference will take place in #Maputo, #Mozambique from 26–30 July 2026. Learn more: panaf2026moz.com
#Africa
#archaeology
#heritage
🌪⚠️ In a virtually-unheard of setup, Thursday features a legitimate severe weather/tornado risk in Dubai, the UAE, northern Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Serious flooding – with up to a year's worth of rain – is expected as well.
🔗 My Radar Weather
I'm delighted, and honoured, that the Board of @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social have approved my application to become a Full Member.
I look forward to participating in the #IAI community, and particularly look forward to attending next month's Annual Conference #ireland #archaeology
RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
Not understanding Padraig Post - because it's for weans
If he's 55 now, then he was 15 when the miners strike ended in 1985. There are no 55 year old ex-miners.
Day 2 of
#مؤتمر_التراث_الرقمي
#DigitalHeritageConference
in Riyadh opens with #RaedAlsufyani presenting on the #culturalgateway #nationalmemory project, and the issues of assembling and collating dispersed and variable data sources, making them accessible through one digital platform
2/2 Cultural rights. The remains of the original moa are sensitive and protected as Toanga Tuturu (treasured objects). Should the digital and physical models also be protected?
#DigitalHeritage
1/2 #DanielMcCurdy & #RussellGibb #digitaltwin of an extinct #moa
Scanned moa had previously been articulated incorrectly led to need for physical twin that demonstrated what was scanned and what extrapolated from reference collection. #DigitalHeritage
#MiguelLarranaga
#Heritage and #business in the digital age in depopulated rural Spain, talking about microbusinesses benefitting from heritage setting
#مؤتمر_التراث_الرقمي
#DigitalHeritageConference
#HeadlandArchaeology
#SafderNazir talks about making heritage data #AI ready
#DigitalHeritage
First panel discussion Managing Heritage Data for Generations #RaedAlsufani #MoC, #TomFitton #ChronicleHeritage, #EmilyPerron #ADS, #SafderNazir #Huawei
Digital model - a record
Digital shadow - one direction of information flow
Digital twin - bidirectional, predictive, real time
#DigitalHeritage
#JasilAlherbish CEO #HeritageCommission is delighted to engage with private sector
#DigitalHeritage
#AdamLowe #FactumArte speaks about hi-res data capture and its application at #AlUla #Hegra
#DigitalHeritage
#digitalheritage conference opens impressively
I am honoured to be speaking today at the #DigitalHeritage conference organised by the #HeritageCommission in Riyadh
#مؤتمر_التراث_الرقمي
#DigitalHeritageConference
#HeadlandArchaeology
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
#RSK Group has claimed the number one ranking in the #EnvironmentAnalyst’s UK #Environmental & #Sustainability (E&S) Consulting Market Assessment, confirming its position as the UK’s largest provider of environmental consulting services by revenue.
rskgroup.com/news/rsk-nam...
@Aidan, where did you get that photo of my bookcase ...?
Thank you for writing this and getting it out there. And I hope you can pull together your planned part 2 report, extending this contemporary history up to the present
My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...
There isn't a news story on #SQA site about the withdrawal of the #NVQ in #Archaeological Practice; checking the #waybackmachine, it was still showing as being available on 14/02/2025, but by 22/06/2025 it had been withdrawn
#archaeology #qualifications
web.archive.org/web/20250515...
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#magnifiers and #diminishers
magnified leader will step back and let the team talk
encouraging others to take on leadership training and coaching has very impressive results
Resources
qrfy.io/p/HmVqg0BMCo
this has been the best conference session I have been in for years
#ACRA #CRM
#ACRA
Stepping up: #leadership in #CRM
#NateBoyless
1/2
#Business #Leadership
even #MichaelJordan had a coach
be intentional, be curious, be vulnerable, be empathetic
people will then reach out and are personal in their connection
2/2
Piscitelli's how to become a thought leader
1. identify your niche
2. develop a content plan
3. engage with your audience
4. monitor and adjust
share your knowledge, share your passion
