Archaeologists & historians from all fields are experiencing an increase in online abuse from third parties. My colleagues & I are seeking robust data on the form this abuse takes, the effects of this experience, & organisational responses to this type of abuse 1/3 We hope to gather information that will demonstrate the need for institutional procedures & practical support when online abuse occurs. This survey is currently aimed at people working in the fields of archaeology & history the United Kingdom only 2/3

Some of the videos from the TAG 2019 session organised by myself, @urbanprehisto & @MarkJamesHobbs are now live. Timely arrival to revisit still-current issues. Session was: "Mythical past, dangerous present: Challenging nationalism’s relationships with archaeology and history" First up "God’s Chosen People: dangerous narratives in Early Medieval ‘history’" by @DuroDigDiaries

#Archaeology31: Creativity
Today I'm going to tell you a digital story from Suffolk. Let’s visit another Castle in the Waveney Valley, in the village of Mettingham, just outside the town of Bungay. It’s a Grade II listed building & is in private hands
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-li… This begins during the reign of Edward III. The manor at Mettingham on the Suffolk side of the Waveney were owned by one Sir John of Norwich, a former Admiral of the Fleet & veteran of the Hundred Years War, amongst others. His father had been one of the richest men in Suffolk...

A short thought on archaeology & social media. Digital forms of public participation in archaeology, in the UK at least, started from a place of naivety - that open discussion of archaeological topics would democratise the discipline & encourage greater public participation The use of social media platforms amongst most large archaeological organisation here is UK began often on Facebook or Twitter, or used blogs. Social media have always been undervalued as forms of public communication & not taken that seriously