Read on Twitter
1) This past week saw the publication of a paper in @ScienceAdvances about the role of female hunters in Late Pleistocene & Holocene Americas by @ForagerLab & my feed was full of tweets from BIPOC (all non-academics/archaeologists) saying THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR AGES
2) It really drove home the point that, contrary to the claims of many archaeologists & anthropologists (especially in EuroAmerica), our disciplines are SO far off from the inclusive & community-centred research agendas that are written into grant proposals and published
3) It made me think of Linda Tuhiwai-Smith's words about difficulties Maori researchers face in creating a space because it has to be "wrested not only from the state, but also from the community of [Western] positivistic scientists whose regard for Maori is not sympathetic"
![3) It made me think of Linda Tuhiwai-Smith's words about difficulties Maori researchers face in creating a space because it has to be "wrested not only from the state, but also from the community of [Western] positivistic scientists whose regard for Maori is not sympathetic"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmOJ7n8W4AEzAg_.jpg "3) It made me think of Linda Tuhiwai-Smith's words about difficulties Maori researchers face in creating a space because it has to be \"wrested not only from the state, but also from the community of [Western] positivistic scientists whose regard for Maori is not sympathetic\"")
4) I found this new paper to have *utilised* positivist research to support the research & knowledge of local communities, despite a lack in acknowledging these specifically in meaningful ways. It has received a lot of coverage which is using this illustration of a paleohunter
5) Honestly, this illustration is beautiful, and I LOVE the fact that it was informed by rock art from the region showing such clothes, hair & such a stance + archaeological evidence for ochre from the toolkit found in the burial of the hunter. It's fantastic!
6) Imagine my surprise then, to find out today that apparently a lot of archaeology twitter has been trashing this illustration & the authors, apparently without having read the paper. Which begs the question, WHY??? https://twitter.com/tinysapien/status/1324999784747446272?s=20
7) A few examples of the outrage over the "sexism" of the hunter wearing pink:
Reading the paper would show that it's pink on the basis of archaeological research. I'd argue it's sexist to associate pink solely with women
https://twitter.com/reillydigs/status/1324464580068868100?s=20
Reading the paper would show that it's pink on the basis of archaeological research. I'd argue it's sexist to associate pink solely with women
https://twitter.com/reillydigs/status/1324464580068868100?s=20
8) Nope, just based on archaeological evidence detailed in the paper https://twitter.com/amandaloganNU/status/1324522572197888001?s=20
12) A v long rant that fails to recognise that (1) quotes in sci journalism are answers to qs. the journalist asks (2) the quotes are a perfect example of how common sexist views about the role of women are in the past (3) archaeological evidence https://twitter.com/ArchyFantasies/status/1324885504173740042?s=20
