Explore, Share, Create: the Joy of Museum Archaeology

Explore, Share, Create: The Joy of Museum Archaeology

Annual Conference 2020 to be held virtually Programme Draft Attendance is FREE but we welcome donations to support costs and our wider work.

Tuesday 10 November 2020

#SMACon2020 Share your content with us on Twitter and Facebook @SocMusArch

Workshops Join us for two workshops delivered by Zoom.

Chair: Duncan Brown Host: Amal Khreisheh

11:00am - 12:30am Decolonise Museum Archaeology Laura Hampden (Museum Detox, Historic England, European Society of Black and Allied Archaeologists) Hannah Cobb (CIfA Equality and Diversity Group, University of Manchester)

Chair: Philip Wise Host: Amal Khreisheh

2:00pm - 3:30pm The Pest Partners Project: Supporting Heritage Organisations During the C-19 Lockdown and Beyond Helena Jaeschke (South West Museum Development Partnership)

Wednesday 11 November 2020

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Workshops Join us for two workshops delivered by Zoom.

Chair: Kevin Booth Host: Claire Tsang

11:00am - 12:30am Enabling Access to Archaeology from Digital Archives – The How, What, Why and Where of Digital Data from Archaeological Projects Manda Forster (DigVentures)

Chair: Sian Iles Host: Amal Khreisheh

2:00pm - 3:30pm Community-Based Research During Covid-19: Corbridge Edwardian Photographs Frances McIntosh and Kevin Booth (English Heritage)

Thursday 12 November 2020 AM

#SMACon2020 Share your content with us on Twitter and Facebook @SocMusArch

Twitter Conference Join our speakers as they share their papers on Twitter.

Chair: Gail Boyle Host: Amal Khreisheh

10:00am - 10:20am Making it Personal: Displaying Archaeology Beyond Science and Discovery @archaeoa1 Annelies Van De Ven (Université Catholique de Louvain)

10:20am - 10:40am Exciting Dull Objects @Nickuae Nick Booth (SS Great Britain and Society for Museum Archaeology)

10:40am - 11:00am Roll With It: New Oasis Release in Autumn 2020 @oasis_data Alison James (MSDS Marine) Aisling Nash (Ashtree Heritage)

11:00am - 11:20am The serious side of Museums Showoff: connecting, creating and challenging across the sector @RachelSouhami Dr Rachel Souhami (Museums Showoff)

11:20am - 11:40am There is no Failure, Only Feedback @lizjstewart Liz Stewart (Museum of Liverpool)

11:40am - 12:00am Malmesbury Coin Hoard Project and Working With Volunteers on a Long-term Project That Has Become Even Longer... @Malmesburycoins Maria Marsh (Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury)

12:00am - 12:20am Coin Stories @anja_coin_geek Dr Anja Thompson-Rohde (Bromley House Library / The University of Nottingham Museum)

Thursday 12 November 2020 PM

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Virtual Field Trip, Annual General Meeting and SMA Annual Awards for Excellence 2020

Chair: Duncan Brown Host: Amal Khreisheh

1:45pm - 2:00pm Log into session

2:00pm - 2:45pm Tour of the Didi Museum in Lagos, Nigeria (Zoom) Onyenekwe Chiamaka (Didi Museum)

2:45pm - 3:00pm Questions

3:00pm - 3:20pm Annual General Meeting (Zoom)

3:20pm - 4:30pm Annual Awards for Excellence 2020 (Zoom)

Friday 13 November 2020 AM

#SMACon2020 Share your thoughts with us on Twitter and Facebook @SocMusArch

Zoom Conference Join our speakers as they share their papers on Zoom.

Session One: Technology Chair: Lucy Creighton Host: Amal Khreisheh

9:45am - 10:00am Log into session

10:00am - 11:00am Tour of Corbridge Roman Town Museum, Northumberland, UK Frances McIntosh (English Heritage)

11:00am - 11:30am Simulation to Simulacra: a project to 3D print a lock from Ancient Rome Dr Peter Brugger (University of Southampton)

11:30am - 12:00am Exploring Online Resources: Zooming around, forming Teams, Meshrooming about and Adlibing a new way of curating and teaching. Gemma Lewis, (Museum of Archaeology, Durham University)

12:00am - 12:30am Exploring the Cairo Museum Artifacts Digitally Marwa Abdel Razek Mahmoud (The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt)

Lunch Chair: Benjamina Efua Dadzie Host: TBC

12:30am - 1.30pm Have lunch with the new European Society of Black and Allied Archaeologists

Friday 13 November 2020 PM

#SMACon2020 Share your thoughts with us on Twitter and Facebook @SocMusArch

Zoom Conference Join our speakers as they share their papers on Zoom.

Session Two: Partnerships Chair: Liz Montgomery Host: Amal Khreisheh

1:15pm - 1:30pm Log into session

1:30pm - 2:00pm A Wealth of Knowledge: Unlocking a Decade of Archaeological Research Wil Partridge (The Wiltshire Museum)

2:00pm - 2:30pm Getting SMARTer - improving standards together Gail Boyle (Society for Museum Archaeology, Bristol Culture)

2:30pm - 3:00pm Connected Communities: Northern Prehistory Conference Elsa Price (Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery)

Friday 13 November 2020 PM

#SMACon2020 Share your thoughts with us on Twitter and Facebook @SocMusArch

Zoom Conference Join our speakers as they share their papers on Zoom.

Session Three: Anti-Racism and Decolonisation Chair: Kat Baxter

Host: Michol Stocco

3:45pm - 4:00pm Log into session

4:00pm - 4:30pm Black Lives Matter and Museums in 2020: A Professional and Personal Perspective Jeannette Plummer Sires (The British Museum, European Society of Black and Allied Archaeologists)

4:30pm - 5:00pm Petrie and Edwards: Gateway to the World of Egyptology Anna Garnett and Catriona Wilson (Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, University College London)

Socialising Join us for an evening of socialising via Zoom.

Quizmaster: Duncan Brown Host: Michol Stocco

6:00pm - 8:00pm Quiz People will be put randomly into teams.