This week Meghan talks to Dr. Kisha Supernant and Dr. Natasha Lyons about a heart-centered practice of archaeology and the book they co-edited Archaeologies of the Heart. They examine the ways in which we can make room for care, emotion, and relationality alongside rigour in our work and how the seemingly simple idea of beginning from the heart can radically change the way we practice archaeology.

Dr. Kisha Supernant is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta. You can find Dr. Supernant on twitter @archaeomapper and if you’d like to learn more about the work of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology you can find them on social media @uofa_ipia as well as through their website: www.ualberta.ca/prairie-indigenous-archaeology

Dr. Natasha Lyons is an archaeobotanist and co-owner of Ursus Heritage Consulting as well as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University. To learn more about Dr. Lyons’ work you can check out the Ursus Heritage website: www.ursus-heritage.ca

In this episode Meghan and Daniel discuss the "Freedom Convoy," their use of media and the government's response to the protest in comparison to others.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources

An episode filled with loads of play, laughs, and sapphic yearning, Alejandra and contributor Rhian Lewis discuss Rhian's creation "the Sapphic Date Generator" and how  it explores the possibilities of lesbian love that moves beyond cisheteronormative scripts. 

Special thanks to Kit Mitchell, Diana Nguyen, Kate Bundy, Sarah Wishloff, Daisy Couture, and Angie Sassi for their participation in this episode. 

Check out the Sapphic Date Generator: https://www.galpals.xyz/ 

Works Cited: 

Luiselli, Valeria. Smashing Snow Globes: A Writer On Essays, Novels And Translation. 
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/21/371261474/smashing-snowglobes-a-writer-on-essays-novels-and-translation

Gainza, Carolina: Código, Lenguaje y Estéticas en la Literatura Digital Chilena
https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/perifrasis201910.20.06

Alejandra, Daniel and Meghan discuss the legislation around the right to repair, celebrate the oldest person to graduate from a Masters program at York University,  and the discovery of a 70 million year-old dinosaur embryo.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources

Talking Culture is taking a short break, but don't worry we'll be back soon!

Look for a new In the News on Thursday, January 6th and a new full episode on Thursday January 20th. And in the meantime, come follow us on twitter @talkculturepod and instagram @talkculturepodcast. 

Theme music for Talking Culture is by Justin Cober, cover art by Sophia Melian. Additional sounds in this episode were used under a CC 0 1.0 license. 

In this episode, Meghan and Daniel discuss the recent floods in British Columbia and the vaccination policies of China.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources

In this essay-styled episode, we delve into the history of ethnographic film by looking closely at six iconic films, taking into account their theoretical and stylistic approaches.

Written and produced by Daniel Chiu Castillo, special guest voice and editing by Marianne Lezeau.

Alejandra and Meghan discuss the SB8 abortion ban in Texas and its implications for other legal rights in the United States as well as the COP26 climate action meetings taking place in Scotland.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources

Show your support for abortion access in Texas by donating to:
The Lilith Fund   https://www.lilithfund.org/donate
or at www.payforabortions.com

Alejandra, Daniel, and Meghan host their colleague and friend Adam Fleischmann, an anthropologist, writer, teacher, and currently a PhD candidate at McGill University.  In this episode, Adam explores the idea of possibility by sharing anecdotes from his research and a thoughtful reflection on how we might consider what is possible in the face of a problem like the climate crisis that can often seem insurmountable.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources

Music attribution:
Lee Rosevere (CC BY 3.0), https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-podcasts-the-complete-collection

• Making Connections
• The Past
• We Don't Know How it Ends
• What Happened in the Past Doesn't Stay There

Angelo Guido (CC BY-NC 3.0), https://secretpress.bandcamp.com/album/heimat

• Conca

Meghan and Daniel discuss Quebec's decision to make vaccines mandatory for all health-workers and the appalling statistics of disappearances in Mexico.

Episode sources: https://www.talkingculture.ca/sources