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Marilynn Johnson

@marilynnjohnson.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Philosophy @uofsandiego | Adorning Bodies: Meaning, Evolution, & Beauty in Humans & Animals w/@BloomsburyPhilo | Visiting Prof @ifmparis Fall 2025 https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/adorning-bodies-9781350301306/

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Marilynn Johnson "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"
YouTube video by Centre for Philosophical Studies of History Marilynn Johnson "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"

New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History" that @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social gave last week in our joint research seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTzv....

Happy watching!

31.10.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This week, we welcomed @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social as a visitor. Next to the talk she gave, which will be uploaded to our Youtube Channel soon, the week was filled with discussions on the philosophy of archaeology, historical reenactment, and Taylor Swift, among other things. Good days!

24.10.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History

A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (23.10, 16/17h, Central-European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (Ostrava & Zoom). More info & Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar...

22.10.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's right! Join us today in week (23.10, 16h, Central European time) either in Ostrava or on Zoom for @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". More info below!

16.10.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History

Today in a week (23.10, 16/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....

All welcome!

16.10.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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It was an honor to speak again the Institut FranΓ§ais de la Mode Dresscodes Seminar, this time on The Origins of Fashion #fashion #philosophy #archaeology #adornment

09.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's right! The autumn edition of our joint research seminar begins today in two weeks with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social' talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"πŸ₯³. More information below and all welcome!

09.10.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History

Today in two weeks, the autumn edition of our joint research seminar PHO2 will begin with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....

All welcome!

09.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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I’m looking forward to giving this presentation in a couple weeks on Archaeology as Historical Science @GanglGeorg @CpshOulu in #Ostrava #Czechia

It will also be streamed on zoom β€” DM me for the zoom link & password if interested

07.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Jane Goodall. She was such an inspiration & role model. May her memory be a blessing πŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ #HPS

01.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m looking forward to giving this public lecture on The Origins of Fashion next Wednesday in Paris at Institut FranΓ§ais de la Mode, combining my #fashion & #archaeology research projects

Registration link:
ifmparis.typeform.com/to/RMfo85bT?...

01.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Merci! 🀍

24.09.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to be a Visiting Professor this semester @ifmparis Institut FranΓ§ais de la Mode in Paris

It’s been off to a great start so far sitting in on classes & planning our Nov conference

My first lecture is Monday on archaeology & art

24.09.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Hopefully the book will be out later this year

12.06.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that’s a fun one! Just got word that it shouldn’t contain any lyrics unfortunately

12.06.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this!!

12.06.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s the best chapter title?

1) Embodied Meaning in Taylor Swift's Adorned Bodies

2) The Meaning of Fashion in Taylor Swift's Lyrics & Persona

3) Adorning Bodies in Taylor Swift's Lyrics & Persona: From Girlhood to Womanhood

(For forthcoming OUP book on #TaylorSwift)

12.06.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Walking the Catwalk: From Dressed Body to Dressed Embodiment Studies on the relationship between body and dress have merely scratched the surface of the lived experience and bodily practice of dress. I argue for moving beyond the β€œdressed body” towards β€œdres...

This article seems to be on that topic! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

11.06.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How do garments and fashion systems create and transmit meaning in ways that parallel or diverge from verbal language?

What semiotic, semantic or pragmatic frameworks best capture the particular communicative properties of clothing?

10.06.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Fashion, Language and Meaning International Symposium welcomes papers focusing on the theoretical tools and frameworks that best model the production of clothing signals and their interpretation, studies of the meanings conveyed by a particular class of clothes, etc.

10.06.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#CFP for #Fashion, #Meaning and #Language: International Symposium

To take place in #Paris, this Nov. at top fashion school Institut Francais de la Mode

Welcome submissions from: #Philosophy #HistoryΒ #Sociology #AnthropologyΒ #CogSci #Linguistics etc

philevents.org/event/show/1...

10.06.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where, aside from PhilEvents are philosophers posting CFPs these days?

10.06.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very much looking forward to seeing @petergs.bsky.social at this #Philosophy & #Biology #PaBST conference later this month

06.06.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us next week Tuesday, Apr 29 for our event Evolving Practices: Improving the Curation & Repatriation of Cultural Heritage Materials @uofsandiego

USD’s new #NAGPRA coordinator Aaron Young will outline his vision for the role

Events both in person & online

23.04.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes happy to chat more over zoom or email if you’d like too!

11.04.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing this @alisabokulich.bsky.social!

11.04.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for coming & for your question @drspacejunk.bsky.social!

11.04.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll be giving a zoom presentation on Philosophy of Archaeology in about an hour if anyone wants to join! (7:30 pacific)

Join Zoom Meeting
us02web.zoom.us/j/82984593617

11.04.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m so looking forward to teaching my new Philosophy of Fashion & Bodies course next January in Tokyo!

Beautiful haul of books to course prep just arrived 😍

24.02.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m looking forward to presenting some new work this Friday @fiu.bsky.social #adornment #childhood #grice

What were some items of adornment that held special significance for you in childhood?

15.01.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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