Studio Michael Shanks It is May 2020 as I write this. I finished my first research paper in 1980. Chris Tilley and I ran some heavy duty statistical tests on human remains from megalithic tombs in Sweden and England and established that these weren’t regular burials. Body parts were missing. There was a preference for…
An archaeology Project description 2020 – 2023 Michael Shanks Keywords – deep mapping – critical cartography – temporal topologies – ontological mapping – border studies – post-representation – post-phenomenology Overview and objective Project Borderlands builds on more than two decades of collaborative research (see below – foundations) to deliver an annotated portfolio of texts, imagery…
I have contributed little to this site Since 2016. I have been writing (Greece and Rome: a new model of antiquity [Link]), running experiments in fieldwork (Project Borderlands [Link]), exploring applied archaeology (with a host of organizations and corporations), asking questions of the proper role of the academic, the researcher, the scholar. In this contemporary…
July 2017. While over the last few months I’ve neglected posting my ideas, thoughts, news and commentary here at mshanks.com, I’ve had a fascinating series of encounters with some wonderful people, organizations and businesses. And I am preparing some posts – I greatly value the process of logging this learning journey I am so lucky…
The book on Greece and Rome with Gary (Devore) [Link] is close to being done. We’ve chosen to offer a quite different kind of account of antiquity and we’re delighted with the scope of its underlying model and perspective (archaeological and focused on the topic of membership of body politic). It’s the success of our…
Michael Shanks Some positions and roles 2018 Honorary Doctorate, Roskilde University, for expertise in Experiential Learning and Education Futures – a welcome acknowledgement from this wonderful university of my commitment to radically student-centered learning. 2017-2020 Academic Advisor and Board Member, Historic Vehicle Association of America. 2016- Faculty member, Center for Design Research, School of Engineering,…
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