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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

From June 25-27, Liv Nilsson Stutz collaborated with Audrey Horning & Sarah Tarlow on a workshop on Ethics in Archaeology for "Dialogues with the Past". The workshop was organized in Derry/Londonderry where students engaged with the local colonial history & disputed post conflict cultural heritage.

A series of photos showing Derry/Londonderry

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Dr Emily Hanscam @emilyhanscam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We've had some great session proposals submitted already, keep 'em coming! 🤩 #NordicTAG2026 @livnstutz.bsky.social

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Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

A bit late to the party but I finally got my hands on my very own copy of the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe today! I am so proud to be a part of this, the list of contributors is staggering! Congratulations (again) to @livnstutz.bsky.social, Rita and Mari on such an important piece of work.

Cover of the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe, edited by Liv Nilsson Stutz, Rita Peyroteo and Mari Torv. Cover image by Tom Björklund.

Chapter 33: Sensory Experiences by Ben Elliott

Chapter 56: Metamorphosis by Chantal Conneller and Ben Elliott

List of contributors to the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A white Apartheid dead-ender gutting the most successful humanitarian effort of the century, because it was saving too many Africans from AIDS, would have once been thought of as too "on the nose."

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

How about Gender Equality in Academia? Join us to watch the documentary Picture of a Scientist and for the following panel discussion. May 6, 3 pm, Fullriggaren, Campus Kalmar. lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

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Gender Equality in Academia: Picture a Scientist Film Screening and Panel

Join us for a special evening of film and discussion on the issues of Gender Equality and Equal Rights in Academia

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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Tomorrow! Welcome to ‘Arctic Futures’, a seminar with Prof. Maria Lindgren Leavenworth (Umeå University). 13:15-15:00 (CET) on 2 April. To register for zoom, email rebecca.duncan@lnu.se

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

So grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research on ethics and human remains in museums and research with museum professionals from a range of institutions, and thinkers from across the Netherlands this week. We are never done with ethics, but we are doing the work. #EthicalEntanglements

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I am honored to give the 2025 Gordon Childe Lecture at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in May, on the challenges and possibilities of making sense of the archaeological remains of how people in the past dealt with the great challenge, mystery, and crisis that is death. www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

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UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture 2025

This year's UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture, to be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden), will take place on 14 May 2025.

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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We are very happy to welcome PhD candidate Nicole Crescenzi back to #Concurrences, visiting from the IMT School of Advanced Studies in Lucca & hosted by @livnstutz.bsky.social Nicole’s research investigates the ethical implications of exhibiting human remains in museums from different backgrounds.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Important read! Open letter from Prof. Raphael Greenberg at Tel Aviv University calling out the archaeologists participating in a conference devoted to the archaeology of "Judea and Samaria" on the occupied West Bank, taking place right now in East Jerusalem. This is courage!

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Out today: The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe with contributions by brilliant mesolithic specialists from across Europe. Solid and inspired research. The beautiful cover by Tom Björklund captures the human scale of the past - a fundamental theme for the book. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Great piece that reminds us of the impact of good Ph.D thesis advisors - of the responsibility it entails, and of how hard and important this work (that we rarely talk about) is.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Small acts of resistance. Let's hear it for the seats in the back! youtu.be/3qnYEBqARSg?...

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Round the Bay of Mexico

YouTube video by Harry Belafonte - Topic

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Nordic TAG 2026 will explore the potential for archaeology as a practice - from the contract archaeology trenches to the university lecture halls - to be an active and engaged partner in building just futures. Join us! Call for papers open March 1!

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Ellinor Sabels nya avhandling från Linnéuniversitetet belyser möjligheterna att inkludera allmänheten i den arkeologiska processen och vad forskningen vinner på att sänka trösklarna för deltagande. lnu.se/mot-linneuni...

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Många vinster när allmänheten deltar i arkeologiska utgrävningar

Ökade kunskaper om Sveriges förhistoria och fler utgrävda platser. Dessutom en möjlighet för fler att ägna sig åt sitt arkeologiintresse. Det är exempel på positiva effekter som uppstår när allmänhete...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Recent paper in Current Anth examines the ethics of aDNA sampling. It is an important discussion, but as we point out in our published comment, the study lacks in interdisciplinary literacy and both overestimates and underestimates the challenges ahead. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Petrous Fever : The Gap between Ideal and Actual Practice in Ancient DNA Research | Current Anthropology

This article explores how the competitive quest for bone samples used in genomic analyses of ancient DNA (aDNA) creates a pressing concern for anthropological research. It investigates the premises an...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A recently published analysis of a 17th century painting reminds us of how misogyny, racism, and xenophobia are mobilized in times of insecurity. Well, old habits die hard. That sounds uncomfortably familiar. news.artnet.com/art-world/ra...

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Rare Painting of Black Woman Reveals Historical Attitudes | Artnet News

A highly unusual 17th-century painting featuring a Black sitter and a white sitter side by side is on rare public view.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

What most guys seem to think sexism and sexual harassment and violence against women works, vs how it really works. And, yes, by now most women probably know this:

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Note 2, yikes

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Are you interested in problematizing the use of copies in museums? What challenges does it pose in terms of ethics? Join our session at the EAA Annual Meeting 2025 in Belgrade. Call for papers is now open! For more info: www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Charina Knutsson defends her important PhD thesis "Indigenous Archaeology in Sweden. Aligning Contract Archaeology with National and International Policies on Indigenous Archaeology" at LNU. In it she discusses the potential of integrating Sámi perspectives into the Swedish cultural heritage system.

Ph D candidate Charina Knutsson and the opponent Jonas Nordin discuss her thesis at the public defense.

The cover of the PhD thesis "Indigenous Archaeology in Sweden: Aligning Contract Archaeology with National and International Policies on Indigenous Heritage." The book is published open access here: https://lnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1915872&dswid=2379

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Magasin K @magasink.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Förhandlingarna på krisande Bohusläns museum har avslutats i oenighet med samtliga fackförbund. ”Det blev mycket värre än vi trodde”, säger DIK:s lokalfackliga ombud. magasink.se/2024/12/aaro...

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Flera fast anställda sägs upp på museet: "Hårt och riskfyllt" | Magasin K

Förhandlingarna på krisande Bohusläns museum har avslutats i oenighet. ”Det blev mycket värre än vi trodde”, säger Aaron Stutz.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Call for papers open now International and Transdisciplinary Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality in Stockholm, Sweden on November 25–27, 2025. museumforintelsen.se/en/about-the...

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Conference - Sveriges museum om Förintelsen

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Karin Nykvist skriver en lysande text i HD som obarmhärtigt blottlägger den pinsamma internaliserade misogynin i debatterna om årets (och gångna års) nobelpris i litteratur. Läs och begrunda: www.hd.se/2024-12-09/n...

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Nobelpris som inte delas ut till vita män värderas lägre

Det finns en misogyn och xenofobisk ryggradsreflex i den svenska kritiken.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Rhetorical question: Why does the information never include the obvious: "the item was most likely stolen from a grave that was looted and an archaeological site that was destroyed in the process"? When will this nonsense stop? When do we start boycotting auction houses that sell grave loot?

A gold arm ring shaped like a snake. A text informs us that it is 6,2 cm in diameter and weighs 31 grams. It is dated to ca 2000 BC and "probably Hellenistic."

A screen shot of the auction catalogue text. It describes the private collector but contains no information about the provenance of the artefact. The catalogue also informs us that the starting price is set around 2000-3000 Euros.

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The outrage machine is real and is fueled by emotion and publicity far greater than anything we do Respond or don't. Document it or don't Doesn't matter. These beliefs are tied up in identity and passions and habitus. They will target us Support and solidarity /End

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Some pseudoarchaeologists present forged or looted antiquities from a legally gray market fueled by illegal plundering They often break the law. Hancock brags about bribing guards at Giza so he could climb pyramids. YouTubers get wealthy by publishing drone footage they got from trespassing /5

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Places like Egypt and iconic monuments like native mound sites have been targeted for over a century. Plundered And their caretakers and stakeholders too The stories of these sites are twisted in a way that diminished the accomplishment of those responsible /4

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Jimmy Corsetti claimed I "faked my cancer" and told his followers to call my uni to have me fired The Gobekli Tepe team have been swarmed by pseudoarchaeology fans for over a decade. Just ask @jensnotroff.com or other people who have worked there /3

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

They flooded @archaeologytube.bsky.social with fake reviews on rate my prof and calls to have him fired Hancock published the email of a staff member for Ohio History Connection at Serpent Mound because they'd rejected a filming request /2

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The anti-science/conspiracy theory/I do my own research crowd are now full on attacking archaeology in part due to Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse nonsense. Now - buckle up! We will need to stand up and defend the complexity of our interdisciplinary field, and our colleagues. We ride at dawn!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/11/2024

Lawmakers in Britain voted on Friday in favor of a proposal to legalize assisted dying for some terminally ill patients in England and Wales. It was the first time in nearly a decade that British lawmakers voted on assisted dying. Here’s what to know.

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British Lawmakers Voted to Legalize Assisted Dying. Here’s What to Know.

The House of Commons voted in favor of a bill that would legalize assisted dying for the terminally ill, under strict conditions. A similar proposal was rejected in 2015.

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Ulf Bjereld @ulfbjereld.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

När jag tänker på Donald Trump och Vladimir Putin som presidenter i USA och Ryssland kommer ett citat av Bertolt Brecht osökt över mig: "Stora män skriver icke-angreppspakter. Lille man, skriv ditt testamente."

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I am standing there with you-in absence, but with my mind and heart. "on Friday—the day after her late husband’s birthday—Ms.Tarlow plans to stand outside Parliament to demonstrate in favor of assisted dying. “I still get upset and angry that he had to die on his own when I should have been there.”

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sarah Tarlow on the need to reconsider the right to assisted dying as a matter of compassion and dignity: "Keeping assisted dying out of reach doesn’t stop people trying to end their lives. It just forces people to die bleak and derelict deaths. Dying people deserve better. They deserve choice."

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Surprise perhaps to some - yes, we still need laws to prevent trade in human remains. And don't take my word for it. For expert content, check out the scholarship by @damienhuffer.bsky.social

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In the museum world we have discussed the ethics of collections of human remains for decades. But what about their place in the art world? For an exploration of the intersections, join this seminar on Dec 5 at the Royal Academy of Arts [Sthlm]: konstakademien.se/en/events/ko...

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The Academy of Arts and the remains - The Academy of Arts

December 5, 13–17, auditorium What is a dignified handling of human remains in a historical collection? How can we understand the legacy of the history of anatomical teaching and its impact today? The...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Sexism and sexual harassment in archaeology is pervasive. This French poster exhibition (inaugurated last night at UPF, Barcelona) reminds us of this ongoing problem, but also of the fact that the tide has turned, and that we refuse to be quiet. We will keep fighting for change. #metoo

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Finally a university that takes sexism and sexual harassment seriously. Posters in public spaces at Universitat Pompeu Farba, Barcelona.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Conference on sensory archaeology and the archaeology of ritual at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona today. Starting out with a presentation by Robin Skeates.

Conference poster Illustrated with archaeological images.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Any other lamplighters out there? Read this piece whether you are a Generative AI afficionado or a lamplighter like myself. And please - if you disagree, talk to me, advice me, convince me we are not doomed

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Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This story from the news this week is quite baffling in how it entangles nationalism, colonialism, global politics, diplomacy, symbolic gift giving, archaeology, virtual authenticity, religion, and....let's be honest, straight out lunacy! www.christianpost.com/news/biden-g...

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Biden gifted with 'Joseph' artifact from Temple Mount, urged to defend Israel from 'evil' empire

President Joe Biden received an artifact from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as a gift from Israeli President Isaac Herzog after the two leaders met at the White House this week

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

An analysis of laws, guidelines, and the practices of handling human remains in collections, leads to the conclusion that what we need is not an "ethics check list, but a shared professional process that recognises the complexity of old human remains. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Between objects of science and lived lives. The legal liminality of old human remains in museums and research

Collections of old human remains in museums are currently under increased scrutiny and pressure. On the one hand they are problematised from a post-colonial and human rights point of view as the ma...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Beautiful and thoughtful piece by Annalisa Bolin that reflects her thoughts and work on genocide through the contemplation of Gerhard Richter's Birkenau suite.

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Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️ @bridgetmcgann.medsky.social · 16/11/2024

I was surprised yesterday that @laurahelmuth.bsky.social left SciAm, but didn’t know the context til today, and…Either SciAm fired her or fascists bullied her out. Both of these I find upsetting. Are we not allowed to have feelings about fascists (which they ARE)? www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n... 🧪

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Scientific American editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral

Laura Helmuth announced her resignation from the long-running magazine after her statements on election night regarding Trump sparked outrage among conservatives.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The market for human remains is still a thing. That is bad. But, just a thought...could journals and media that want to probematize this fact please consider refraining from using photos of crania as click bait. Thank you for being consistent!

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

For those intersted in the recent developments at the Penn Museum, and the human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombings in Philadelphia, here is a brief recap from 2021, the last time this scandal made the global news: ethicalentanglements.online/2021/05/03/r...

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Real Bones. The Scandalous Case of the Remains of Katricia Africa.

Last week Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania both released apologies for their “insensitive, unprofessional and unacceptable” treatment of the bones belonging to an…

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