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Sirio Canós-Donnay

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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Gent de València! El dimecres estaré xerrant de les meues coses a la UV, per si a algú li interessa!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Como pueblo altamente sofisticado que somos, disponemos tanto de policia de la paella (versión actual) como de historiadores de la paella (s.XVII-XX). Ambos grupos se desprecian mutuamente pero comparten el purismo y las ganas de comer.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Here's a clearer version:
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Apparently the ExecBoard has chosen to not implement them and instead delegate on an unspecified 'taskforce' with no timeline. We need action now if we're to rescue the EAA from the authoritarian clique that has hijacked the Board and bullied anyone who attempted to dissent.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Since the #EAA has buried the voting results deep in an email attachment, here they are:
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The African Chronometric Dating Fund has for years been doing an amazing job supporting early career African archaeologists with dating their sites but they are struggling atm with fundraising, please do chip in if you can!
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Donate to Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF), organized by Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou
Africa is the cradle of humankind, where our species first ev… Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou needs your support for Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF)
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GEA-UAM @gea-uam.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Descubre cómo #ÁfricaSubsahariana ha sido y sigue siendo clave en la historia global en el curso “#ÁfricaEnMovimiento: hoy y siempre”. 📍 Madrid | 🗓️ 3–26 feb 2026 | 10 sesiones @lacasaencendida.bsky.social ✍🏽 Inscríbete 👉 t.co/Imj1m0TQmR
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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
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Itziar Ruiz-Giménez Arrieta @itziarrga.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📢 NUEVO CURSO GEA "África en movimiento: hoy y siempre” 👩🏽‍🏫 10 sesiones 🗓️ 3-26 de febrero '26 Objetivo: visibilizar y reflexionar sobre el protagonismo de las sociedades del África subsahariana en la historia global. ✍🏽 lacasaencendida.es/sociedad/africa-en-movimiento-hoy-y-siempre?eventId=3535
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Africa En Movimiento Hoy Y Siempre | La Casa Encendida
La Casa Encendida es un centro social y cultural de la Fundación Montemadrid, un espacio abierto y dinámico, para todos los públicos, donde conviven algunas de las expresiones artísticas más vanguardi...
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Naukas.com @naukas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Cuando los europeos somos los exóticos y extraños... Estupenda charla de Sirio Canós en Naukas Palma 2025
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
And here's the new one: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/QInTdoHZ . Please keep sharing, we're *super* close now!
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Enketo Express for KoboToolbox
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Google has decided to close the form because 'it violates its terms of service' (i.e somebody who is not too much into internal democracy has reported it). BUT all the signatures are saved AND a new form will be up and running soon!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Calling all #EAA past and present members! Let's try to redress the horrid events of the past week, democratise this institution, and stop the complicity with the ongoing genocide. Please sign and share!
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Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza. Archaeologists: Cancel membership | Speak up | Share Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b... #EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
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CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Gràcies!
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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology
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DEADLINE:
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NEW DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURES: FRIDAY 15TH OF AUGUST. THIS IS TO GIVE EVERYONE THE CHANCE  TO SIGN, SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE AND TALK ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND HOW ARCHAEOLOGY CAN NO LONGER BE COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL’S CRIMES.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
En quin apartat de la seu electrònica caldria presentar l'al·legació? Gràcies!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📣 Would you like to know more about what archaeology can tell us about colonialism in southern Senegal? Then you're in luck, Thierry Balde and I have just published an article about it! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Kings, warriors and shifting towns: the struggle for power in the Upper Casamance (Senegal), 1830–1960
The history of colonialism in the Kolda (or Upper Casamance) Region of southern Senegal is a complex one that is still only partially understood. Like most places in Sub-Saharan Africa, its histori...
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If you're an academic working at an EU institution, please take a minute to sign this: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Stop European Funding for Israeli Institutions, Stop Complicity in Occupation, Apartheid and GenocideU
*For researchers, science professionals, university staff and students based in Europe, Horizon Europe partner countries or affiliated to an EU institution* French/version française Spanish/versión es...
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
hay un par de equipos que han estado por la zona en los últimos meses (aprovechando que ahora te secuestran menos) volviendo a investigar esto, así que promete la cosa!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Pero de nou generalitzar no ajuda, jo sóc outsider absoluta que no ha fet un curset inutil en la vida i aci estic. Es pot (i deu) ser critic amb l'acadèmia sense caure en generalitzacions, insults ni simplificacions.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
No estava diguent que els criteris nous foren ideals, sino que extingixen el model del que no fa res. La gent treballa i prou, a més. Després coincidisc que se'ns ha anat la mà amb els punts i els cursets i que sovint es perd de vista el realment important a l'hora de triar al personal.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
És a dir, crec que en el fons estem d'acord, però discrepem tant en els diagnòstics com en les formes.'Els que no fan res' s'estan extingint poc a poc amb els canvis als sistemes de contractació. Però si no aprofitem per repensar el sistema els reemplaçaran postdocs precaris i consolidats cremats.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Ni tan sols, crec que és viable (que no desitjable) trobar solucions parcials als problemes causats per la IA sense modificar les qüestions de fons. Per això és essencial evitar acusacions infundades i generalitzacions banals que sols enterboleixen el debat.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
En esta situació, dir que aquells que estem intentant repensar com gestionar açò ho fem perquè 'no currem una merda' i la IA ens fica en evidència, em pareix òbviament insultant, però sobretot igual de improductiu i de reaccionari que el pànic moral que inicialment critiques.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Ara bé, estic d'acord en que hi ha molt de pànic inútil amb el tema de la IA i que part del problema és que ha ficat en evidència deficiències existents. Però també ha generat problemes nous que requereixen de ferramentes i marcs dels que no disposem ara mateix.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Crec que la situació deu variar prou entre assignatures/universitats. Jo fins ara he tingut la sort de no donar-ne cap que caracteritzara com 'treballs al pes', de fet sempre he pogut ajustar l'avaluació a càrregues amb sentit pedagògic. Potser haja tingut sort, però el que descrius no és universal.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Açò com a generalització no és cert i em pareix profundament injust. Duc una dècada llarga treballant a universitats vàries i la majoria de companys/es dediquem temps i esforç a corregir i donar comentaris.A més els detectors de plagi serveixen més bé de poc, particularment en llengües minoritàries.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Kansala Project on NPR!
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A vanished kingdom comes alive in the songs of griots and a new archaeological dig
The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired archaeologists to excavate the kingdom's capital.
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The Kansala Project featured in Voice of America!
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Archaeologists use song to herald findings in Guinea-Bissau dig
Researchers say role of West Africa’s oral history should be taken more seriously within global academic record
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GEA-UAM @gea-uam.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
2025 trae una nueva edición del #CIRA Curso de Introducción a la Realidad Africana #CIRA2025 Los y las mejores expertas para debatir juntas sobre #política #economía #historia #RRII #cultura #Africa 👩‍🏫 60h · 20 sesiones · formato mixto 📆 21/01 - 05/03 🎁 ¡Regalazo para las navidades! 🔗 lc.cx/yp9eyM
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
I'm so very happy to finally share the *sung* version of the Kansala 2024 excavation report, composed and performed by the amazing Nino Galissa. Subtitles on (unless you speak Mandinka)!
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KANSALA KUMO: Kansala Archaeological Project sung report 2024
YouTube video by Sirio Canós Donnay
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Have just been given an Amílcar Cabral pano de pinto and hat today in acknowledgement for our work in Kansala. Honoured beyond words. May as well retire now, cannot trump this!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Recording today the sung version of the Kansala excavation report with the amazing Nino Galissa, never thought an archaeological report could sound so beautiful!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
This is the wonderful team currently excavating Kansala, last capital of the Kingdom of Kaabu, currently in Guinea-Bissau. Archaeologists from Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-B, and Spain, working together to document this amazing site. More news on finds shortly!
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Sirio Canós-Donnay @siriocd.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Last month we spent two amazing weeks in Guinea-Bissau preparing the January excavations at Kansala, the last capital of the Kingdom of Kaabu. Thanks to Thierry Balde, Eric Garcia Moral and Iaia Biai for making it possible and to INEP for hosting us. Can't wait for January!
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