Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share IoI 5: Archaeologist Benoît Robitaille talks pre-electric tattoo technology of the Pacific
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
IoI 5: Archaeologist Benoît Robitaille talks pre-electric tattoo technology of the Pacific
Ben Robitaille is an independent researcher specializing in pre-electric tattooing instruments. He lives in a tiny village in the northern Appalachians with his two kids and absolutely no pets. He studied at the University of Montreal from where he obtained a bachelors degree with a major in Anthropology and a minor in Latin American studies. In the course of his academic training, Ben got sidetracked from a specialization in Mesoamerican studies by a long standing interest in tattooing, which he was given an opportunity to explore further in graduate school under the tutelage of Professor Paul Tolstoy. Ben's thesis ballooned completely out of control and for a variety of reasons he stepped back and became a gardener and eventually the co-owner of an organic vegetable farm, his main occupation to date. The cultural history of tattooing technologies has remained an important hobby for him throughout, and next year he will celebrate 25 years of learning on the subject.
Ben also helps run the very popular @ArchaeologyInk Instagram account with friend and collaborator Aaron Deter-Wolf.
Photo of Ben carrying out a tattooing experiment on pig skin with a reproduction of an Iroquoian bone awl in archaeologist Christian Gates-St.-Pierre's University of Montreal laboratory, which led to the publication "Needles and bodies: A microwear analysis of experimental bone tattooing instruments" (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X17304637).
Contact Benoît Robitaille here: [email protected]
The Inking of Immunity is created by Chris Lynn (executive producer & cohost), Becci Owens (associate producer & cohost), Mike Smetana (associate producer & cohost), & Julia Sponholtz & Patricia Arnett (assistant producers). Subscribe to receive notice of new episodes & follow us on Facebook (Inking.of.Immunity), Twitter (@Inking_Immunity), & Instagram (Inking.of.Immunity).
Transcript for this episode can be found at https://otter.ai/u/IypUG1iwNElNDOwjWuwSq3B5z5Q. Thanks to Lauren Landgraf for help with this transcription.
View all episodes
By Inking of Immunity
5
55 ratings
Ben Robitaille is an independent researcher specializing in pre-electric tattooing instruments. He lives in a tiny village in the northern Appalachians with his two kids and absolutely no pets. He studied at the University of Montreal from where he obtained a bachelors degree with a major in Anthropology and a minor in Latin American studies. In the course of his academic training, Ben got sidetracked from a specialization in Mesoamerican studies by a long standing interest in tattooing, which he was given an opportunity to explore further in graduate school under the tutelage of Professor Paul Tolstoy. Ben's thesis ballooned completely out of control and for a variety of reasons he stepped back and became a gardener and eventually the co-owner of an organic vegetable farm, his main occupation to date. The cultural history of tattooing technologies has remained an important hobby for him throughout, and next year he will celebrate 25 years of learning on the subject.
Ben also helps run the very popular @ArchaeologyInk Instagram account with friend and collaborator Aaron Deter-Wolf.
Photo of Ben carrying out a tattooing experiment on pig skin with a reproduction of an Iroquoian bone awl in archaeologist Christian Gates-St.-Pierre's University of Montreal laboratory, which led to the publication "Needles and bodies: A microwear analysis of experimental bone tattooing instruments" (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X17304637).
Contact Benoît Robitaille here: [email protected]
The Inking of Immunity is created by Chris Lynn (executive producer & cohost), Becci Owens (associate producer & cohost), Mike Smetana (associate producer & cohost), & Julia Sponholtz & Patricia Arnett (assistant producers). Subscribe to receive notice of new episodes & follow us on Facebook (Inking.of.Immunity), Twitter (@Inking_Immunity), & Instagram (Inking.of.Immunity).
Transcript for this episode can be found at https://otter.ai/u/IypUG1iwNElNDOwjWuwSq3B5z5Q. Thanks to Lauren Landgraf for help with this transcription.