by Emily Besler-Dean | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog
“That sounds kinda sad,” My friend’s mouth twisted. I had just told her that I was going to be participating in a cemetery field school. I got her reaction- death is a lot. But sadness wasn’t top of my mind in July 2023. I was incredibly fortunate last summer to do...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog
Guest post by Virgil F. For novices, cleaning and tending grave markers seems incredibly intimidating. Mistakes are almost all irreversible, and incredibly easy to make. So, for those trying to contribute to their local community by volunteering their time with a...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog
This post contains my thoughts and feelings after spending a day in the VictoriaJewish Cemetery caring for some of the monuments that lie there. Guest post by Hazel W. On July 20th our Anthropology 367 class began work on cleaning some of the headstones in the Jewish...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
In a data-driven world, we need to honour and remember the people that make field experience possible, both the living and dead. Guest post by Jordyn L. *TW*- mentions of death, funerals, World War 2, please read with your wellbeing in mind. Well, we’ve only had two...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog
Guest post by Anna What does it mean to do archaeological work that respects the community you’re working in? I thought about this a lot leading into the first day of class. The first day of a class always makes me nervous, but I was especially nervous going into...
