The Transect

Prince Rupert in the house! Jay is an anthropologist who works for a First Nation and is an expert in Environmental Assessments (EA) and Cumulative Effects. Sean, Kody, and Ian try to wrap their feeble brains around the EA process in British Columbia. Discussion touches on how it works, the players, and how First Nations interests are thought about and incorporated in the EA process for major developmental projects.

In late March 2017, a cloud of tweed settled on Vancouver for a five-day archaeological extravaganza. This week, Kody, Ian, and Sean get into the news, fashion, and themes of the 2017 Society for American Archaeology conference.

Guest: Aviva Finkelstein, BA, Project Manager – Vancouver

Time to break up the sausage party.  This week, tune in as Sean, Ian, and Kody welcome Aviva Finkelstein whose no-horse-shit approach to CRM archaeology brings all the girls and boys to the yard. We discuss feminism, ’bro-culture’, and ways to build a more equitable and inclusive archaeological practice for all peoples.

The first episode of the Transect discusses where archaeologists come from. Are they born in dark cinemas while adventure films play? Or do they emerge out of small town rural American bottle pits? Or maybe it's a long twisting path that ends in the click of an enrol button on a university website?

This week Sean, Ian, and Kody get into how they came to be archaeologists.