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Middle School Intersession 2025
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Tuesday, January 7
 

8:30am PST

Ancient Legends, Modern Myths
Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PST
A lot of our current beliefs about the past are not based in science. For instance, a lot of people think that aliens built the pyramids, or that people practiced human sacrifice at Stonehenge. Both of these are popular myths because they make a much more exciting story than the truth! How can archaeologists help people understand more about the ancient world so that we can figure out what’s true?
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PST
EC113
  5-6 Grade

9:50am PST

Bioarchaeology: Exploring Skeletons and Mummies
Tuesday January 7, 2025 9:50am - 11:05am PST
Why are humans remains important in archaeology? How can we use the bodies of ancient people to tell us more about their lives - and how can looking at living people today help us understand the way we used to live before technologies like computers and plastic?
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Tuesday January 7, 2025 9:50am - 11:05am PST
EC113
  7-8 Grade

12:05pm PST

Ancient Legends, Modern Myths
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:05pm - 1:20pm PST
A lot of our current beliefs about the past are not based in science. For instance, a lot of people think that aliens built the pyramids, or that people practiced human sacrifice at Stonehenge. Both of these are popular myths because they make a much more exciting story than the truth! How can archaeologists help people understand more about the ancient world so that we can figure out what’s true?
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:05pm - 1:20pm PST
EC113
  7-8 Grade

1:25pm PST

Bioarchaeology: Exploring Skeletons and Mummies
Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:25pm - 2:40pm PST
Why are humans remains important in archaeology? How can we use the bodies of ancient people to tell us more about their lives - and how can looking at living people today help us understand the way we used to live before technologies like computers and plastic?
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:25pm - 2:40pm PST
EC113
  5-6 Grade
 
Wednesday, January 8
 

8:30am PST

Consent and Treatment of the Dead in Museums
Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:30am - 11:05am PST
Museums curate and display human remains in order to research the past and to educate the public. But it has come to light that many of the individuals on display might not have considered the museum to be their ideal final resting place. Adding in individual and indigenous voices problematises the concept of curation of human remains, but many archaeologists see us on a path we can’t retreat from without radically changing the field. Museum visitors also expect to see skeletons, and most find it part of their education - and often inspires them to go into research of medicine. Additionally, ancient cultures and modern society have radically different views of the afterlife, consent, and burial practices that are often at odds with each other. In this session we’ll learn about and debate these differing views.

Key questions: How can we as curators and archaeologists balance these different value systems? Do the dead have a voice, and what would they argue for? What are some of the arguments for and against keeping human remains on a case-by-case basis? How can we develop more complex arguments than "I wouldn't want that to happen to my body" when all of our ideas of our bodies are different?
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:30am - 11:05am PST
EC113

12:05pm PST

Archaeological Sites And Their Importance Around The World
Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:05pm - 2:40pm PST
Did you know the pyramids are visible from downtown Cairo? But Stonehenge is in a protected countryisde area? And that people still live in Angkor Wat? We will look at ancient archaeological sites - who built them, how they have been interpreted, and how modern people use these monuments.
Facilitators
avatar for Stacy Hackner

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →
Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:05pm - 2:40pm PST
EC113
  5-6 Grade
 
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