This is a special episode of Conferences Podcast with special guest Matilda Siebrecht, a PhD researcher at the University of Gronigen, Netherlands. 

She recently attending the online virtual EAA2020 conference and we discuss the benefits and challenges that such a format presents. Including the in session chat feature and moderation, moving between different sessions and what new conference etiquette we may need to learn. 

EAA used https://hopin.to/ in order to run the conference. 

Links:

Matlida's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ArchaeoTilly

Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/stone_age_monkey/

These are selections of conversations recorded at the EAA2019 conference in Bern, Switzerland. 

Tristan of the APN spoke to Mark Spanjer about the state of archaeology today.

Mark Spanjer talks about the relations that archaeologists have with one another and how we can make the profession better.

https://twitter.com/Aranadan

Tristan of the APN spoke to Francesco Ripanti about his public archaeology work.

Francesco Ripanti has a PhD in public archaeology from the University of Pisa, with a project focusing on participation in Italian community archaeology. Graduated with a Master’s thesis in archaeological methods at the University of Siena, his research covers several themes related to public archaeology, heritage and museum studies. Greatly interested in archaeological storytelling and communication, he has tried out his skills authoring short videos set at the Roman site of Vignale (Italy), short stories about 25 objects exhibited at Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) and for a digital storytelling prototype at the Ancient Agora of Athens (Greece).

http://archeovideo.wordpress.com.

https://pisa.academia.edu/FrancescoRipanti/CurriculumVitae

Tristan of the APN talks to Kate Geary at EAA2019 about development of training and pathways into the proffession.

Kate Geary is the Head of Professional Development and Practice at Chartered Institute for Archaeologists

https://www.archaeologists.net/

At the EAA2019 conference in Bern, Tristan of the APN had a chance to sit down and talk to Dr. Chester Liwosz of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project based in New Mexico.

The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project (MPPP), a tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1999, seeks to preserve petroglyphs on Mesa Prieta through education of the local community and others, and recording what may be well over 100,000 rock images on the mesa.

https://www.mesaprietapetroglyphs.org

These are selections of conversations recorded at the EAA2019 conference in Bern, Switzerland.

Dr. Alexander Gramsch works at the Römisch-Germanische Kommission in Frankfuhrt. Tristan spoke to him at the RGK table in the upstarirs section of the University of Bern, the Kuppelraum. Dr. Gramsch explains the work of the RGK and talks about the benefits and challenges of using digital microscopes.

To find out more info please check out :https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/germania/index

Mark Spanjer is an archaeologist, lecturer and speaker and one of the session organisers of Reconnecting Archaeology. In this interview he talks about finding the fun in archaeology, how to deal with alternative archaeology and what conferences represent. 

Links

Twitter - @Aranadan

Another interview with great insight into the archaeology sector in the UK. Towergate Insurance has been providing its services to archaeologists for over 20 years and they have gained a great understanding of archaeologists and the industry as a whole.

Links

Towergate Insurance

Rob Lennox is the policy advisor to the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) and in this interview we discuss the challenges for archaeology as a profession and the ways in which conferences such as CIFA held in Brighton this year can bring people inside and outside the industry together to work together. 

This is a short interview conducted at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists conference in Brighton. Dr. Andy Holland is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Bradford, specialising in Forensic Archaeology. We discuss how forensics archaeologists work with law enforcement, and how conferences bring both commercial and academic archaeologists together.

Links

https://www.bradford.ac.uk/life-sciences/arch-sci/our-staff/andy-holland-.php