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That Almost Finished Journal Article
While at the annual conference for the Anthropology Association of America and the Canadian Anthropology Association, I was fortunate to be able to take part in an Article Editing Workshop. I brought a research paper I had written for a class and has been hoping to polish it for journal submission. Overall, this was a…
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Monarch Raising
Being in my second year of Monarch raising, I am by no means an expert. However, having had the opportunity to share my experience with the summer camps at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, I am able to compare sharing this experience with small groups versus large classes. In my first year, I shared the…
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Creating Digital Archaeozoology
At the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, I was able to create new program activities. I get really excited about animal bones. When my supervisor cleaned out the public lab, I found a large amount of bones in the reference collection. The reference collection is objects which are not archaeological artifacts in nature, but are rather…
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Interpretive Writing Workshop
One of the main takeaways of this workshop, and one that I am still struggling to wrap my brain around, is the idea that labels do not need to tell a complete story. There needs to be trust that the readers themselves will finish the story, or will connect the dots themselves. In this way,…
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Museums are not Neutral
In response to a call for action by the Canadian Museum Workers and Scholars for Palestine (CMWSP), many museum professionals voiced outdated views of the purpose of museums. A series of assumptions were shared, that I refute below. The idea that museum’s are neutral institutions that aren’t influenced by modern politics shouldn’t be held by…
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