Anouk Vermeulen
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Anouk Vermeulen
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Romanist, not to be defined by disciplines. Educator and researcher. First-generation scholar. Figuring it out.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
That's a wrap, finally!

Now summarizing everything into a feedback email accompanying the results AND into the course evals. Better teaching = better learning, so some points of improvement for me and my colleagues next year.
April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Still going strong!

x. A site is a sight is a side.

xi. Forget radiocarbon, it's isotopes all the way! Bones, pottery, bronze, ...
April 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
ix. I thought talking about poo and pee a lot was a developmental phase, but apparently it lasts well into university. So many answers discussing fecal matter 😶
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Not sure, it was too common to be a translation thing I think. Neutral pronouns featured too, but not as much as I'd expect, and definitely no female pronouns.
April 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
viii. Radiocarbon dating for EVERYTHING!
April 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is for an archaeology course in The Netherlands, but has many international students as well.
And it clearly gave me marking brain, because the agricultural practitioners were not thát abundant...
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
vi. Farmers are also known as practitioners of agriculture.

vii. Researchers/archaeologists = man & he/him pronouns.
April 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
iv. Don't assume students will answer in English, even if the entire course, all lectures, seminars, readings, communications, and exam questions are in English.
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM