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  1. 22/07/2022

    Contested History, Identity, Culture & Heritage in Times of War & Peace - WB 22nd April 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. 0:00 Introduction 1:53 Links of the Week 2:51 News to Keep an Eye On 10:48 James Madison’s Montpelier Row 15:39 The Nature of the Conversation & Claims 20:45 People are Passionate about the Past! 21:40 History is ALWAYS Contested 24:33 Stroud Council to Remove ‘Racist’ Clock 26:26 Considering Context & Stakeholders 31:59 People are Allowed to Choose! 37:52 Contested Heritage in War 41:49 Check your Sources! 43:35 UNESCO’s Perspective 44:57 Attempts at Erasure 45:25 Antiquities Coalition Recommendations 53:45 Conclusions Link of the Week: Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/ Links: 18 April 2022 | Heritage and Climate: https://www.icomos.org/en/focus/18-april-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites/104836-18-april-2022-heritage-and-climate World Heritage Day 2022: History, theme and significance; here's all you need to know: https://www.firstpost.com/world/world-heritage-day-2022-history-theme-and-significance-heres-all-you-need-to-know-10562651.html CBA: Festival of Archaeology: https://www.archaeologyuk.org/festival.html Government blocks Oxford Street M&S demolition until plans can be scrutinised: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/government-set-block-oxford-street-153417571.html M&S Oxford St demolition scheme halted by Gove: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-oxford-st-demolition-scheme-halted-by-gove Gove blocks plans to demolish Oxford Street M&S: https://www.building.co.uk/news/gove-blocks-plans-to-demolish-oxford-street-mands/5117103.article Highways: A303 Stonehenge: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/a303-stonehenge/ James Madison’s Montpelier: https://www.montpelier.org/ Montpelier says it's open to parity with slave descendants. Descendants call foul: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093673939/montpeliers-fight-with-descendants-of-the-enslaved-brings-employee-firings SAA Issues Statement on Action by Montpelier Foundation Board of Directors: https://www.saa.org/quick-nav/saa-media-room/saa-news/2022/04/13/saa-issues-statement-on-action-by-montpelier-foundation-board-of-directors Is there really a ‘woke war’ at the National Trust?

  2. 22/07/2022

    Statement on Ukraine from CBA & Government 'unlawful' on planning AGAIN! - WB 15.04.2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup   ***   0:00 Introduction   1:44 UK Arch Response to Ukraine 2:35 Letters from Ukraine & Russia 8:43 Statement from Neil Redfern 12:13 Open Letter to UNESCO WHC 16:15 Problems with ‘Homes for Ukraine’ 26:09 Context of Holocaust Memorial 32:39 Government ‘Unlawful’ 43:37 Closing Comments *** Link of the Week: Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/ *** Links: Letters: War in Europe: - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022: https://archaeologyuk.org/asset/12DE3F33-2F10-405C-8D6F86A90A63EFFD/ Neil Redfern Letter (photograph courtesy of a viewer) - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022: https://twitter.com/Archaeos0up/status/1512709194192982020 Open letter to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee-7-april-2022/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee Damaged Cultural Sites in Ukraine Verified by UNESCO: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/damaged-cultural-sites-ukraine-verified-unesco Homes for Ukraine scheme: ‘I design Government systems for a living and it took me days’ to apply for visa: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-e2-80-98i-design-government-systems-for-a-living-and-it-took-me-days-e2-80-99-to-apply-for-visa/ar-AAW6teP Ukraine war: Minister who took in refugee says friendship will 'last lifetime' - but there are issues with scheme: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-minister-who-took-in-refugee-says-friendship-will-last-lifetime-but-there-are-issues-with-scheme-12584754 Just 1,200 Ukrainian refugees in UK homes under sponsorship scheme as 71% of applicants still waiting: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-uk-arrivals-b2053862.html Displaced Ukrainian students to receive free tuition in Scotland: h

  3. 18/06/2022

    The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Polish Historians' Perspectives on the War Next Door! - WB 2nd April 2022

    The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Polish Historians’ Perspectives on the War Next Door! - WB 2nd April 2022 Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup 0:00 Introduction   4:05 Paul Barford Interview 28:44 Alina Nowobilska Interview 1:04:08 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week:   Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/   *** Links: Pipeline April Fools’ Article: CBA, CIfA & FAME LAUNCH JOINT MEDIA OPERATION: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2022/04/01/cba-cifa-fame-launch-joint-media-operation/ Paul Barford: @PortantIssues on Twitter Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/ Alina Nowobilska: @WW2girl1944 on Twitter @hack_history on Twitter Refugees fleeing Ukraine (since 24 February 2022): https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine ‘Black Archaeology’ in Eastern Europe: Metal Detecting, Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects, and ‘Legal Nihilism’: https://www.counteringcrime.org/black-archaeology-in-eastern-europe Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine: https://instytutpileckiego.pl/en/instytut/aktualnosci/centrum-dokumentowania-zbrodni-rosyjskich-w-ukrainie-im The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml At least 53 culturally important sites damaged in Ukraine – Unesco: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/at-least-53-culturally-important-sites-damaged-in-ukraine-unesco Inside the Efforts to Preserve Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-efforts-to-preserve-ukraines-cultural-heritage-180979840/ News about the war from the official Ukrainian perspective: 135 war crimes against cultural heritage recorded in Ukraine: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3446115-135-war-crimes-against-cultural-heritage-recorded-in-ukraine.html

  4. 18/06/2022

    Ukraine in Flames, UK Archaeology Inert? - WB 25th March 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction 2:08 Recap of ArchUK4Ukraine 9:26 Reactions 11:08 CIfA’s Response 14:41 CBA’s Response 15:52 Comparison to Other Responses 16:46 Homes for Ukraine Scheme 18:38 FAME’s Response (Blocking Us) 21:56 Accidentally Global? Heritage Alliance 24:50 Why is it SO Hard for Them? 31:26 Ways Forward – Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week: Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/ *** Links: 6 Things UK Archaeology Can do to Support Ukraine NOW! : https://youtu.be/bfQqzuWsUJ8 Call to Action Card, share freely and widely - No copyright claimed by PipeLine, Archaeosoup or Watching Brief: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U6Ar_gnLj_dYa1jaf6Z3zFMJmV9Uem6S?usp=sharing CIfA’s Response: https://twitter.com/InstituteArch/status/1506329326509244417?s=20&t=fR8ddrQHYeuHZjudimJ0hw The Threat to Ukraine’s Heritage – An Open Letter: https://www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/blog/the-threat-to-ukraines-heritage-joint-letter/ “DON’T MENTION THE WAR” A Week of Fawlty Comms from CIfA, CBA & FAME: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2022/03/27/dont-mention-the-war-a-week-of-fawlty-comms-from-cifa-cba-fame/

  5. 20/02/2022

    Youngkin's Virginia Mansion Row! (Full Marx in the Culture War) - WB 11th Feb 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup   *** 0:00 Introduction 1:56 CIfA Salary Recommendations 6:59 Inflation & Archaeology 13:42 Gov. Youngkin Whitewashing History? 23:00 NOT Erasing History! 26:58 Finding Common Vocabulary? 30:05 Whither the ‘Culture War’? 41:02 Dr Neil Faulkner RIP (The Power of Archaeology) 53:59 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week: Neil Faulkner: Obituary: https://tinyurl.com/2fc6k8wm *** Links: CIFA - Current salary recommendations: https://www.archaeologists.net/practices/salary Youngkin's promise of education reform on race, critics fear a whitewash: https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/in-youngkins-promise-of-education-reform-on-race-critics-fear-a-whitewash/article_771f1db2-4d9b-5386-8ab1-10abc84a76e9.html Youngkin’s win may spell changes for project highlighting history of enslaved: https://vpm.org/news/articles/29396/youngkins-win-may-spell-changes-for-project-highlighting-history-of-enslaved Munira Mirza is not a household name, but her exit is deeply damaging for Boris Johnson: https://inews.co.uk/news/analysis/munira-mirza-is-not-a-household-name-but-her-exit-is-deeply-damaging-for-boris-johnson-1442275 ‘Boris stopped listening’: How freezing out trusted advisers such as Munira Mirza left PM struggling to reset No 10: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/e2-80-98boris-stopped-listening-e2-80-99-how-freezing-out-trusted-advisers-such-as-munira-mirza-left-pm-struggling-to-reset-no-10/ar-AATtnQe *** Neil Faulkner, archaeologist, historian and ‘revolutionary socialist’ activist – obituary: [£]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/02/07/neil-faulkner-archaeologist-historian-revolutionary-socialist/ Neil Faulkner: obituary: https://www.archaeologyworldwide.com/post/neil-faulkner-obituary Obituary: Neil Faulkner, historian, archaeologist and revolutionary (1958-2022): https://www.theleftberlin.com/obituary-neil-faulkner-historian-archaeologist-and-revolutionary-1958-2022/

  6. 05/02/2022

    "Crisis? What Crisis?" The Canaries Down the Coal Mine of UK Archaeology - WB 4th Feb 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction  1:40 Such Thing as a Good Rally? 17:15 Crisis? What Crisis? 32:31 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week: LGBT+ History Month: https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/ *** Links: Metal detecting teen's top tips to find treasure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-60218383 IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS A GOOD RALLY? The Searcher Prof Michael Lewis Head of Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://tinyurl.com/urvdf7xc *** Crisis? What crisis? Archaeology under pressure in the United Kingdom, Archäologische Informationen 44, Early View Paul Belford, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust: https://dguf.de/fileadmin/AI/archinf-ev_belford.pdf Has Groupthink & Gatekeeping Choked Public Archaeology Campaigning? - WB 30th Nov 2021: https://youtu.be/8JJF9jQT6hA

  7. 05/02/2022

    A Right Jersey Royal Mess! (Why Shouldn't Archaeologists Sell Valuable Finds?) – WB 28th Jan 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction  3:18 Climate Change & UK Archaeology 7:49 Stoke Museums to Cut Curators! 18:27 Le Câtillon II Coin Hoard, Jersey 27:27 Negotiating a Price! 41:30 Effect on Local Museums 42:58 Shouldn’t We Also Sell Stuff? 1:00:27 How Can We Bring People ‘In’? 1:04:40 Why Don’t We Just Buy Archaeology? 1:06:02 Conclusions *** Link of the Week: Climate Change threatening Buried UK Treasures: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60091485 *** Links: Stoke ditches curators for museums to become film locations: https://www.artsindustry.co.uk/news/2762-stoke-turns-its-back-on-pottery-heritage-with-curator-redundancies Statement: Stoke-on-Trent Museums: https://www.stoke.gov.uk/news/article/994/statement_-_stoke-on-trent_museums How to respond to the consultation The full budget proposals are at: www.stoke.gov.uk/budget2022 People can give their views in the following ways:  budgetconsultation@stoke.gov.uk, twitter.com/sotcitycouncil facebook.com/sotcitycouncil  Or write to us at Budget 2022, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH. *** Fears Jersey Award Could Lead to Inflated Valuations Under Treasures Act: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2021/12/24/fears-jersey-award-could-lead-to-inflated-valuations-under-treasure-act/ Jersey: Did we just invent “Casino Metal Detecting”? : https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode/947418 Experts in the UK tasked with valuing the record-breaking 2,000 year old Le Câtillon Coin Hoard… : https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/insight-how-coin-hoard-payment-was-decided/ Ministers ‘frustrated’ by coin hoard payment delay: https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/ministers-frustrated-coin-hoard-payment-delay/ Gov refuses to confirm payment to Coin Hoard finders: https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/gov-refuses-confirm-coin-hoard-payment/ Valuation battles frustrates coin hoard sale: https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/more-one-valuation-coin-hoard/ Gov overrules Jersey Heritage and top official with £4.25m coin hoard fee: https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/concerns-raised-after-government-agrees-425m-coin-hoard/

  8. 09/01/2022

    Colston 4 Acquitted: Is Something Wrong with Our Jury System? - WB 7th Jan 2022

    Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup   *** 0:00 Introduction 1:36 A Brief History 9:29 Protest, Trial, Aquittal 18:32 An Archaeological Perspective 24:44 A Legal Precedent? 35:17 Final Comments *** Link of the Week: Secret Barrister Commentary: https://tinyurl.com/4uzukn3m *** Links: A Knee on His Neck: George Floyd’s America: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/policing/ Edward Colston Statue Toppling and Colston Timeline of Events: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/edward-colston-statue-toppling-timeline-6444863 Bristol’s Slavery ‘Cancer’ was ‘Surgically Removed’ by Colston Four, Says Historian David Olusoga: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/bristols-slavery-cancer-was-surgically-removed-by-colston-four/ The Secret Barrister: Do the Verdicts in the Trial of the Colston 4 Signal Something Wrong with Our Jury System? 10 Things You Should Know: https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/01/06/do-the-verdicts-in-the-trial-of-the-colston-4-signal-something-wrong-with-our-jury-system-10-things-you-should-know/ Discussing the Toppling of Edward Colston Statue in Bristol - Live Stream: https://youtu.be/zNexB4vVFpI Outrage as 'Space Archaeologist' Sarah Parcak Advises How to Topple Statues!? - WB June 2020 https://youtu.be/I7rXhuPT7I0 Muppets of the Month: Thugs 'Defend' Statues from No One & Fight the Police! - WB June 2020 https://youtu.be/2ZOQJv5WfSc Statue Wars, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, Age of Samurai: Media Picks - WB 2nd July 2021 https://youtu.be/HTGoG2RIz98

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