Dr Alicia Colson

Another substack post - and some musings entitled "What's in a label: Pictographs as “Art”?" #rockart #pictographs #CanadianShield #PrecambrianShield #Canada #archaeology #anthropology #art #anishinaabe #Alongonquian #Cree #Ojicree #Ontario

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Another substack post! Let's unpack a grey drawing by Maitland.....not this one of the seashore - which one? Check out my substack post: aliciajmcolson.substack.com/p/what-can-o... #drawing #Indianact #arthistory #art #janeausten

Attention! Uwaga! Uzmanību! Meet the cactus-man. We’re launching Issue Nine on 4 September. Blue, this time with a layer of aquamarine.

Right now it’s still at the printer’s. We will not dare rob you of that first-look moment — more soon.

Yikes

Some thoughts on images by Banksy.. "or the power of the image" I've borrowed the title from an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London. Is Banksy seeking to make us collectively reflex, check our ethics and go into a foetal coil?

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Some thoughts on Banksy's work... if you're wondering why this post....it's the precursor to my next substack post on the label "Palaeolithic art" #art #images #banksy #label #archaeology #anthropology #worldview #power

Petroglyphs of pecked footprints at Umm Huwaiwitat.

Do these petroglyphs, from Umm Huwaiwitat near #Petra 🇯🇴 depict footprints? 👣

They likely date long before the #Nabataean and #Roman periods, displaying the importance of examining under-investigated periods at famous sites 🏺

🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

This is grim news if AI is being given preference over homes. AI uses a lot of electricity!

We are turning Earth into a unlivable Hot House Earth
Earth was about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.47 degrees Celsius) warmer in 2024 than in the late 19th-century (1850-1900) preindustrial average.

The 10 most recent years are the warmest on record.
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A clash of worldviews, values and lifestyles? Mining, money, carbon and biodiversity

Wrote a new substack post: A clash of worldviews, values and lifestyles? Mining, money, carbon and biodiversity
#mining #animism #carbon #biodiversity #money #Cree #JamesBaylowlands #Canada

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Listening to the Land In researching the LAC records related to the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, early photographs of different areas show the various features of the land and water.

In the second post in our series on the 50th anniversary of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, edited by Mark Stoller, Elizabeth Montour shares photo highlights from the inquiry's records, which are held at Library and Archives Canada.

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#envhist #cdnhist

Turtle Mutual Aid:

Persistence works! And 16 journals later! And all I wanted to do was to get an article published....

What a relief to get this published!.... it's taken some time. Read the link to read more about this 'journey'. #journalarticle #archaeology #rockpaintings #pictographs #lakeofthewoods #canada #ontario aliciajmcolson.substack.com/p/persistenc...

Why are some people give away their IPR (information) when others (authors, writers and other creatives) are losing it to Big Tech companies? #AI #IPR #generativeAI #meme #authors #creativity #information

“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

The Great Quake and the Great Drowning | Hakai Magazine Mega-quakes have periodically rocked North America’s Pacific Northwest. Indigenous people told terrifying stories about the devastation but refused to leave.

It is #TsunamiPreparednessWeek in British Columbia - a great time to learn more about the past and prepare for the future, starting with stories and lessons passed down from those who have lived on this coast for 1000’s of years 🧪⚒️🌊
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Article from @hakai.org magazine

Well, Natasha Billson, from "Behind the Trowel" asked more questions (www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/btt/0) so I answered them: "Ethnohistory...and it's relationship with archaeology" aliciajmcolson.substack.com/p/ethnohisto...

Just published a post on my #substack!
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I was asked it by Natasha Billson, from "Behind the Trowel" www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/btt/0 about an article which I co-authored wtih my colleague Eduard-Claudiu Gloss. #culturalheritage #AI #heritage #trowel

Great view, I'd say!

Goddamn man he absolutely nailed it. It is entirely possible.

Just uploaded another post, to my substack. #worldviews. #archaeology #anthropology #ethnohistory

Looks interesting! I look forward to finding out more about this.

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Every time you share a "The Conversation" post I want to remind you that they have a multi-million dollar annual budget and pay writers zero dollars, including adjuncts and grad students. We cannot rely on exploited labor to achieve a better public humanities.

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