DU Contemporary Archaeology
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Account for Durham University Contemporary Archaeology module (Year 2, Dept of Archaeology). Managed by @davidpetts1.bsky.social
Mini-social media conference Monday March 3rd 2pm-4pm
Mini-social media conference Monday March 3rd 2pm-4pm
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Salts Mill, Saltaire.
Watercolour, acrylics and black pen, 2019.
Watercolour, acrylics and black pen, 2019.
March 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Salts Mill, Saltaire.
Watercolour, acrylics and black pen, 2019.
Watercolour, acrylics and black pen, 2019.
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We have so much more to learn about the maritime archaeology of Australasia - incredible find in New Zealand www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/03/o...
Ocean Waka: ‘Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology’
What began as a a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology
www.teaonews.co.nz
March 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We have so much more to learn about the maritime archaeology of Australasia - incredible find in New Zealand www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/03/o...
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👉The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change. World Archaeology, 55(3), 268–281. doi.org/10.1080/0043...
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👉The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change. World Archaeology, 55(3), 268–281. doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #unesco #climateheritage
The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change
For archaeology to address adequately the global challenges of climate change, it needs to resolve the Climate Heritage Paradox which consists of two contradictions. Firstly, in contemporary societ...
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March 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This article from received more than 2700 views!
👉The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change. World Archaeology, 55(3), 268–281. doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #unesco #climateheritage
👉The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change. World Archaeology, 55(3), 268–281. doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #unesco #climateheritage
this is great- what other ways might you have tried doing the mapping beyond using Google Earth?
March 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
this is great- what other ways might you have tried doing the mapping beyond using Google Earth?
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Thank you for reading this thread! Feel free to comment with any questions you have about the project or deep mapping in general and I’ll do my best to answer them. [12/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thank you for reading this thread! Feel free to comment with any questions you have about the project or deep mapping in general and I’ll do my best to answer them. [12/12]
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I can see how this technique is very versatile. Examples include a map showing spots relating to a certain history or political stance, or a map showing places of importance to a culture or individual, or even just showing all the best cafes in an area. [11/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I can see how this technique is very versatile. Examples include a map showing spots relating to a certain history or political stance, or a map showing places of importance to a culture or individual, or even just showing all the best cafes in an area. [11/12]
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This project was a very interesting thing to do. Some places (e.g. the Cathedral) would be on any normal map. However, some of them were places that would never usually have been put on a map (e.g. an old car frame in the woods and a tree stump where someone sat for hours studying). [10/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This project was a very interesting thing to do. Some places (e.g. the Cathedral) would be on any normal map. However, some of them were places that would never usually have been put on a map (e.g. an old car frame in the woods and a tree stump where someone sat for hours studying). [10/12]
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I feel as if next time I go past each of these places they will have a new meaning to me as I know they hold memories or feelings for my friends and colleagues. It was nice to be told little personal stories about each place. [9/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I feel as if next time I go past each of these places they will have a new meaning to me as I know they hold memories or feelings for my friends and colleagues. It was nice to be told little personal stories about each place. [9/12]
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I found that there were 3 common types of reasons for a place being meaningful: a specific memory such as their deed poll being signed; a place of a repeated nice memory such as mine which was often taking a walk there with my partner; and then places they frequent often for work or study. [8/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I found that there were 3 common types of reasons for a place being meaningful: a specific memory such as their deed poll being signed; a place of a repeated nice memory such as mine which was often taking a walk there with my partner; and then places they frequent often for work or study. [8/12]
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I named each location on the map, wrote down the stories associated with that spot, and added relevant pictures; some locations had more than one story behind them. [7/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I named each location on the map, wrote down the stories associated with that spot, and added relevant pictures; some locations had more than one story behind them. [7/12]
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Once I had asked everyone I selected 10 locations to highlight in a Google Earth project folder. I had more locations than needed as, when asked, people were eager to talk about a nice memory that otherwise wouldn't have been mentioned, it let me get to know a little more about them. [6/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Once I had asked everyone I selected 10 locations to highlight in a Google Earth project folder. I had more locations than needed as, when asked, people were eager to talk about a nice memory that otherwise wouldn't have been mentioned, it let me get to know a little more about them. [6/12]
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I set about asking my friends and colleagues who I knew in the Durham area for memories they associate with or that took place in Durham. I asked them to provide a location in Durham, a short story, and possibly a picture to go with their contribution. [5/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I set about asking my friends and colleagues who I knew in the Durham area for memories they associate with or that took place in Durham. I asked them to provide a location in Durham, a short story, and possibly a picture to go with their contribution. [5/12]
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In archaeology, deep mapping is usually a collaboration of a community, each sharing memories of important places - either individual or collective, because of this I decided to include memories and places of the people around me within my deep map project for a more collaborative feel to it. [4/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In archaeology, deep mapping is usually a collaboration of a community, each sharing memories of important places - either individual or collective, because of this I decided to include memories and places of the people around me within my deep map project for a more collaborative feel to it. [4/12]
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I undertook a ‘deep-mapping’ project in order to create a map of Durham that showed more than just the layout of streets but gave more information about places that had meaning to certain individuals. [3/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I undertook a ‘deep-mapping’ project in order to create a map of Durham that showed more than just the layout of streets but gave more information about places that had meaning to certain individuals. [3/12]
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Deep mapping emerged as a way of challenging and critiquing traditional mapping techniques that only present the maps in a certain way (often in a top-down cartographic style). Maps are selective in what they show and can be edited to fit the criteria of the maker. [2/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Deep mapping emerged as a way of challenging and critiquing traditional mapping techniques that only present the maps in a certain way (often in a top-down cartographic style). Maps are selective in what they show and can be edited to fit the criteria of the maker. [2/12]
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Hi! This thread will be centred around a project I did for my Contemporary Archaeology module. I have done this thread for a workshop/social media conference today. [1/12]
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hi! This thread will be centred around a project I did for my Contemporary Archaeology module. I have done this thread for a workshop/social media conference today. [1/12]
Great to see @arcdurham.bsky.social Dept of Archaeology, Durham University arriving on Bluesky - give them a follow!
March 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great to see @arcdurham.bsky.social Dept of Archaeology, Durham University arriving on Bluesky - give them a follow!
This is fabulous- how did your dad find the experience of making this? is it what he expected from an archaeology course?
March 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is fabulous- how did your dad find the experience of making this? is it what he expected from an archaeology course?
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Finally, to conclude these posts, I wanted to add a memory from my father, who undertook a small deep-mapping assignment from his perspective. In his youth, he experienced this landscape differently.
You can find the full video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1B9Ju...
You can find the full video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1B9Ju...
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finally, to conclude these posts, I wanted to add a memory from my father, who undertook a small deep-mapping assignment from his perspective. In his youth, he experienced this landscape differently.
You can find the full video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1B9Ju...
You can find the full video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1B9Ju...
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As for psychogeography, after conducting an Algorithmic Derive through Medellin (starting at my old apartment), the most interesting observations were noted. Among these is a feature I have never seen, with a potentially significant contemporary role in the city.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As for psychogeography, after conducting an Algorithmic Derive through Medellin (starting at my old apartment), the most interesting observations were noted. Among these is a feature I have never seen, with a potentially significant contemporary role in the city.
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I remember once a few years ago being invited with my family to a farm in this area (La Siria) by some of my parents' friends. It is not what I expected, since the 'farm' felt more like a luxurious house you would find in a city. Is this part of a new trend of sorts?
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I remember once a few years ago being invited with my family to a farm in this area (La Siria) by some of my parents' friends. It is not what I expected, since the 'farm' felt more like a luxurious house you would find in a city. Is this part of a new trend of sorts?
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Located the furthest from Medellin, I used to stay at my grandfather's farm in the town of Jardin when I was younger. In that time, we would go to this small restaurant nearby, which had delicious seafood and a traditional way of making panela.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Located the furthest from Medellin, I used to stay at my grandfather's farm in the town of Jardin when I was younger. In that time, we would go to this small restaurant nearby, which had delicious seafood and a traditional way of making panela.
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When staying at a farm in the town of Venecia, my family and I would often go on this dirt trail heading up to a settlement called La Mina. In the contemporary past, it was used by miners moving up to La Mina from Venecia when a gold mine was discovered there in the 20th century.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When staying at a farm in the town of Venecia, my family and I would often go on this dirt trail heading up to a settlement called La Mina. In the contemporary past, it was used by miners moving up to La Mina from Venecia when a gold mine was discovered there in the 20th century.
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The fifth and sixth locations are combined to better emphasise the importance of the railway in the contemporary past. I have passed by Los Palomos and Cisneros on the journey to different places and have always admired the legacy left by the railway there.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The fifth and sixth locations are combined to better emphasise the importance of the railway in the contemporary past. I have passed by Los Palomos and Cisneros on the journey to different places and have always admired the legacy left by the railway there.
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The fourth location is based on the extinct (in 1962) Antioquia Railway based out of Medellin. When I went to its Railway Station back in 2022 I was shocked at how empty it was inside. For how much my grandparents reminisce about the railway, it is a sad sight to behold!
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The fourth location is based on the extinct (in 1962) Antioquia Railway based out of Medellin. When I went to its Railway Station back in 2022 I was shocked at how empty it was inside. For how much my grandparents reminisce about the railway, it is a sad sight to behold!