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A brief blog on the role of archaeology as a colonial discipline and why we need to address this, urgently. Archaeology in Palestine, as in much of the world, developed as an imperial discipline and it still is. Yet today more than ever, as Gaza faces annihilation, as Palestinians are suffering in a situation that
Today, The British Museum is closed due to strike action. As both an historian of archaeology, who has studied in depth the imperialist archaeology which underpinned the development of the British Museum, its links to empire and colonialism, and as an ex-Front of House employee in a museum, this feels powerful. The British Museum is a
A video of one of my TAG 2019 presentations has been uploaded, it explores the links between colonial power and uses of the past in relation to the Palestine Archaeological Museum.
Chloe Emmott 