What is Contemporary Archaeology?
Rachael Kiddey
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“Contemporary Archaeology! Isn’t that an oxymoron?” This is the most familiar response when I tell people that I am an...
Like a Rolling Stone
Rachael Kiddey
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It is August and we are in Torquay, Devon. We are on a family outing and it’s pouring with rain...
Anxieties of a Post-PhD
Rachael Kiddey
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I count myself among a social group that is rapidly rising across the world. We are a nervous bunch who...
Cartoon in Journal of Contemporary Archaeology (vol 2.2)
Rachael Kiddey
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Journeys in the City: homeless archaeologists or archaeologies of homelessness – open access PDF
ACHS, Montreal 2016
Rachael Kiddey
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I am really sorry not to be at the Association of Critical Heritage Studies third annual conference which is taking...
SHA Washington, 6-9th January 2016
Rachael Kiddey
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This year I was happy to attend the Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual conference in Washington D.C., having been invited...
Archaeology, the public and the recent past
Rachael Kiddey
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Click the link below to access a free to download PDF archaeology-the-public-and-the-recent-past_kiddey
Awarded British Academy postdoctoral fellowship, ‘Migrant Materialities’
Rachael Kiddey
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I was both delighted and astonished to be awarded a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship. My project is called ‘Migrant Materialities’. The...
Winner of the Society of Historical Archaeology's 2019 James Deetz Book Award
Rachael Kiddey
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On the first day of my MA Historical Archaeology (University of Bristol, 2003/4), I started reading a gem of a book called 'In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life', by James Deetz (1930-2000).
Studying Human Migration in Long-Term Perspective (CfAS workshop), Arizona, 2019
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Sometimes, I find myself in situations and wonder how on Earth I got there. This was the case recently as...
Knowledge Exchange Fellowship enables co-designed project with Plymouth (U.K.) based refugees
Rachael Kiddey
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According to the most recent UNHCR statistics, there are currently a record 70.8 million people living in situations of forced...
In the Kitchen at Parties…with Carolyn Cross on Edge Radio
Rachael Kiddey
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When I asked these insecurely housed kids, ‘Where is home?’ They drew pictures of flags and boats and specific people...
