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Tales from the trenches – Philomena the digging doll
Recently, I was reading The Archaeology of Time Travel. And I was reflecting on the idea that people who visit historic sites experience them in a more ‘real’ way when they’re presented as living history or re-enactments or historical role play. … Continue reading
Tales from the trenches – the wee tree
The image below records, from a bird’s eye view, the excavation at Baker’s Flat in April this year. Look to the top left and you can see our four work vehicles lined up. To their right the trench – Trench F … Continue reading
Posted in Baker's Flat, Excavation, Field work, Research, hmmm, South Australia
Tagged Baker's Flat, ephemera, heritage, pepper tree, tales from the trenches, wee tree
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Unearthed: an exhibition inspired by Baker’s Flat
Unearthed is an exhibition of paintings by Lynn Mack, inspired by some of the ceramic and glass artefacts excavated at Baker’s Flat. It’s part of South Australia’s History Festival, and you can find it at the entrance to the Central Library at Flinders University. … Continue reading
Posted in Art and archaeology, Baker's Flat, Material culture, Migration, South Australia
Tagged archaeology, art, Baker's Flat, Flinders University, Lynn Mack, paintings, Unearthed
Me and Pangur Bán
On my first day at my first university—1980, UCD, Belfield campus—I made lifelong friends and was very taken by the sculpture of a monk and his white cat, Pangur Bán. I’d heard of ancient monks of course – round towers, Book … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Eavan Boland, Frank O'Connor, Imogen Stuart, Michael Quirke, Pangur Bán, poetry, UCD, woodcarver, Writing
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A reflective moment on the entangled world of research
‘Take a sharp needle,’ he said, ‘and stick it in under the collar of your coat, and not one of them will be able to have power on you.’ This is from a story that John Millington Synge recorded on … Continue reading
