Sirio Canós-Donnay

And here's the new one: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/QInTdoHZ . Please keep sharing, we're *super* close now!

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!

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...

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!

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…

📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats

Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.

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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

En quin apartat de la seu electrònica caldria presentar l'al·legació? Gràcies!

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...

📣 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....

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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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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Kansala Project on NPR!

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

The Kansala Project featured in Voice of America!

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YouTube video by Sirio Canós Donnay KANSALA KUMO: Kansala Archaeological Project sung report 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)!

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!

Recording today the sung version of the Kansala excavation report with the amazing Nino Galissa, never thought an archaeological report could sound so beautiful!

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!

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!