#Archaeology Why the @SAAorg needs to move to a hybrid or online conference format for 2022 (a thread) 1.) We cannot say #BlackLivesMatter and simultaneously fly over 10,000 people to Chicago and pack them into dense meeting rooms. We will be directly responsible for more death
2.) As archaeologists we should be terrified of the impacts of the climate crisis, especially after reading the IPCC report. We know that the increases in temperature are far beyond that which humanity has known since they first started to domesticate plants and animals.
3.) We cannot simultaneously claim to hold up global voices while cutting them out of our academic conferences because most of the world cannot (and should not for their own safety) travel to this meeting. This is a matter of equity and ethics.
4.) If you agree please R/T and sign this petition to have the conference move online. Currently the organizers do NOT have this in their plans: ipetitions.com/petition/move-…
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