The Guardian hosted a live chat earlier today on "Academic blogging: the power and the pitfalls – live chat". I added a few comments to the discussion and was interested to see issues surrounding the citation of blogs. It is clear that academics are grasping the power of Web 2.0 technologies to share their research with a wider audience.
For an earlier reflection on "Does blogging matter?" (written in 2009) see here.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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The Afrati Armour in Harvard
Source: Harvard Art Museums The repatriation of the Afrati armour from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has implications for other ...
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Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
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Detail of the Sophilos dinos © David Gill The Sophilos dinos in the British Museum has been reconstructed from approximately 50 fragments. I...
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Source: Hellenic Consulate General in New York In September 2025 a number of antiquities were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of ...
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We are the first "intermediary" between the often esoteric world of academic research that we inhabit and the wider implications of this research in the public sphere. Especially regarding a topic like the antiquities trade, in which cases crop up without warning and the legal landscape is always shifting, we will always be necessary...
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