Johanna Sigl is a German Egyptologist, specialized in archaeozoology. She works at the German Archaeologic Institute, at the Commission for Archaeology of none-European Cultures, in Bonn, Germany.
Johanna is coordinating the "Entangled Africa" programme from the same Institute and before that she was the Field Director of the Archaeological works at Elephantine Island, in Egypt, starting the project "Realities of Life", focusing on bringing light to the livelihoods of the elephantine population during Ancient Egypt.
Johanna research interests focus on culinary history but also on technical aspects of textile production, due to the scope of her research for her Master thesis on looms of the 1st millennium CE in Egypt.
In this episode, we talk about her journey into Egyptology and Archaeozoology. We will know about her work in Elephantine and her interest to know about people and their livelihoods. She will explain the "Entangled Africa" programme and why she believes this is the perfect moment to create ou MOOC on African Archaeology and Heritage.
Join us and enjoy the interview!
To know more on Johanna's work and research please visit her pages:
https://www.dainst.org/mitarbeiter-detailansicht/-/person-display/johanna.sigl
https://independent.academia.edu/JoSigl
And for the Entangled Africa Programme:
https://www.dainst.blog/entangled-africa/en/project-12-coordinator-project/