The Future of Prehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social conference is happening online this afternoon! I'll be talking about future prehistory in a post-truth world. I think you can still book tickets: www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-... - ThreadSky

suegreaney.bsky.social • 21 days ago

The Future of Prehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social conference is happening online this afternoon! I'll be talking about future prehistory in a post-truth world. I think you can still book tickets: https://www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-04-05

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chrisdg.bsky.social•21 days ago

10 out of 10 for the conference title and your topic. Made me laugh out loud

arqueoscheinsohn.bsky.social•21 days ago

Not you can't. I was curious about the universality of the conference title. But not a single researcher outside Europe.

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

First up John Schofield shows how his knowledge of methods and theory of prehistoric archaeology informs his approach to contemporary archaeology - following material traces, looking at the world differently.

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

Now Graeme Warren exploring how perceptions of hunter-gatherers as 'other' and showing 'human nature' are problematic but underpin major discussions e.g. climate transition

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

After a quick break, Fabio Silva is highlighting the nuances of alignments at monuments - they are only present at a few, and so they cannot explain everything, but popular perception and pseudo-archaeology foregrounds this aspect completely.

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

And now Jen Wexler and Ben Edge are talking about the rising popularity of 'ancient' folk customs and folklore in Britain, and Ben's artistic response to stone monuments. There is a whole PhD to be written on this (and, personal note, not all of it sits comfortably with me).

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

Seren Griffiths is talking about how radiocarbon dates are not objective truthful facts but depends on a lot of other factors. I took this slide mostly so I can go away and look up all the stuff listed that I don't know about.

hampshirekarin.bsky.social•21 days ago

Surprising!

claireboardman.bsky.social•21 days ago

A great start to a fascinating afternoon! But I cringe every time I hear/see the phrase 'wicked problem' or in its short form the 'wicked' prefix used so out of context.

suegreaney.bsky.social•21 days ago

Do you mean because wicked means evil or morally wrong, or is it bad memories of 1990s slang?

claireboardman.bsky.social•21 days ago

Oh, there's definitely memories of 1990s slang in but also its recent (mis)use in order (over)emphasise.

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