Performance Archaeology - BAJR - 17th June 2013
I am getting well into performing archaeology - a born show (off) man I am dancing the medieval and singing the 19th century wash-house.
best kept away from public consumption. But in a way it makes people smile and opens up the archaeology to serious discussion. once you have done the washerwomans song to the the tune Oklahoma... anything has got to be better.
I have found this... http://www.sciencemag.org/content/319/5865/905.2.full#sec-3 the first video :
which is imho brilliant... but anyone else like to provide examples or suggestions?
Performance Archaeology - barkingdigger - 17th June 2013
Fascinating use of interpretive dance! But they left out his earlier Undergrad piece, where a grubby and shameful lap-dance (using the same loincloth) symbolised the exploitation, poorly regulated working conditions, and desperate financial prospects of the average archaeologist...
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