ihember

@ihember@mstdn.ca

Public servant. Accidental mentor. Recovering archaeologist. Bad cook. Worse mixologist. Occasional photographer. Secret musician.

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ihember, to France

This adorable #goat and I hope you're having a delightful day. And if not, hopefully a photo of a smiling goat will make you smile, too.

France, September 2019.

#SilentSunday
#France
#Photography
#Photographie

chad, to edmonton

Stewart Beatch composed one of the most rewarding climaxes I've ever sang in his four part composition of "Chosen Family"

It was a privilege and an honour to premier this work back in January with @chronosvocalensemble and the poet, John Barton, in attendance from Victoria, BC.

@classicalmusic

video/mp4

ihember,

@chad @classicalmusic @chronosvocalensemble That's gorgeous!

ihember, to Archaeology

Job Alert!

The Ontario government is hiring Archaeology Review Officers. If you or someone you know works in archaeology in Ontario and is interested in a career as a regulator, this is a great opportunity.

This posting is open, so please spread the word!

This was my first job in the Ontario Public Service, so I'm happy to answer questions.

https://www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx?Language=English&JobID=211275






ihember, to photography

I know many people have basically this same photo, but I still enjoyed taking it. San Francisco, 2017.



ihember, to Toronto

I went for a long walk with his majesty and ended up at the corner of Oakmount Road, Oakmount Road and Oakmount Road.

I'm amazed I found my way back home, frankly.


CultureDesk, (edited ) to history
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

Amelia Earhart's twin-tailed monoplane, which vanished during her flight around the world in 1937, may have been found. Deep Sea Vision, a company owned by former pilot Tony Romeo, started searching for the plane last year using a $9 million underwater drone, and on reviewing sonar data, saw the fuzzy outline of what resembles a plane. Next, they will take a camera underwater to examine the object. Romeo says his goal would be to raise the plane and solve the mystery of what happened, however international standards for underwater archaeology suggest the aircraft remain where it is and be examined in situ. Here's the full story from the AP. What do you think should happen if this really is Earhart's plane?

https://flip.it/jroxFt
@histodons

ihember,

@CultureDesk @histodons It's a LOT more difficult to raise a sunken vessel and stabilize it than you might think. It's not a fast, cheap or surefire process. It will have reached a sort of equilibrium with its surroundings. Changing its environment will subject it to decay and collapse in complicated ways. I saw the wheel of HMS Breadalbane, still carefully stored so it wouldn't decay, impossible to display, some 25 years after it was raised.

mrundkvist, to academia
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social avatar

This is a career-defining moment: holding the current issue of the top journal in your discipline, where a study you're first author on is the cover story.

I'm happy, but please know that this does not mean I am home safe as a productive research scholar. I'm still on an associate professor contract with a time limit, and there is no guarantee that my next contract will have any research time in it at all.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/goldfoil-figures-and-human-skulls-in-the-royal-hall-at-aska-hagebyhoga-ostergotland/4F9445E4613A00E8D773B7B3FCD7C05A

ihember,

@mrundkvist Congratulations!!!

ihember, to Archaeology

News of my impending change in employment went out to all the archaeologists in Ontario, and I am fielding too many emails to answer them all.

Effective February 5, I'll be taking over as Registrar of Burials for a year.

How am I celebrating, you ask? Well, by doing the most celebratory thing I can think of.

Cranking Boney M's Nightflight to Venus and Rasputin on vinyl, of course.🙂


ihember,

@mrundkvist Thanks! And sort of. It's mostly about accidentally or unexpectedly discovered burials outside of formal cemeteries, but there are elements of cemetery work too. About 80% are Indigenous, and hundreds of years old or more. Some of these are formal burials but don't fit the current colonial legal definition of cemetery. Some burials, especially the Euro-Canadian ones, represent old formal cemeteries that were forgotten. It's very much a mixed bag, but it's rewarding, meaningful work.

ihember,

@mrundkvist Not quite. All the Euro-Canadian and other settler / colonial burials are from the past few hundred years. Indigenous burials may be fairly recent but may also be many hundreds of years old, even thousands of years old. The further back in time, the fewer burials that survive, as you'd expect.

Our limit is "officialness" if that makes sense. Administering official cemeteries is someone else's job. Found a burial that's not in an official cemetery? That's us.

ihember,

@mrundkvist It's interesting to see how jurisdictions differ. In Ontario, we have categories for burial sites that include "not a deliberate burial or one that's been badly disturbed and moved and we don't know where it originated" vs "deliberate burial that wasn't documented or was forgotten" vs "deliberate burial of an Indigenous person." The fate of every newly found burial is that the remains become a cemetery or move to a cemetery. But that doesn't mean an operational cemetery. /n

ihember,

@mrundkvist We don't have the same "lastingly deserted" distinction, if I understand correctly how that's used. Here, a cemetery can be licensed (i.e., legally protected, known to government, landowner and descendants and will stay cemetery if sold) but will be either Active (accepting new burials) or Inactive. It sounds as though the Swedish equivalent to Ontario's Inactive is similar but has a meaning of "this is now an archaeological site, not really a cemetery." Have I got that right?

ihember,

@mrundkvist In Ontario, we also face a challenge where Euro-Canadian cemeteries were thought of as inviolate, sacred spaces but Indigenous burials, even formal burials, were barriers to development, or were scientific resources that Euro-Canadian archaeologists could dig up and study without even letting the Indigenous community know.

The laws are changing, for the better, but building trust with Indigenous partners is tough after generations of the government ignoring their rights.

ihember,

@mrundkvist Our heritage legislation hasn't been updated in decades, so it's stale, sadly. I'd love for it to be modernized.

I know little about the Sámi. Have pre-Christian Sámi burials been found? How do they view their ancestors' burials? Does the law treat them respectfully?

Ontario has 130+ First Nations, as well as Inuit and Métis. Their burial customs evolved, and they lived in different places at different times, so we have burials from many different cultures in the same place.

ihember,

@mrundkvist It's good to learn that the rates of higher education among the Sámi are similar to the general population. That's sadly not true here. 29% of non-Indigenous Ontarians are university educated, but only 11% of Indigenous people.

I think the oldest know burial in Ontario is about 4000 years old. Burials that old are very rare here. Geography and climate affect preservation, but there were also far fewer people here that far back. Archaeological sites that age are not common.

ihember,

@mrundkvist Because of the number of Indigenous peoples, there is conflict and misrepresentation. Media interviewed a local Indigenous man about a recent burial found in Toronto. But he wasn't from a First Nation with a Treaty or traditional territory here, and those Nations weren't interviewed so their views on their ancestor weren't communicated.

My fear with media attention about burials is that someone will falsely claim to speak for the dead, drowning out the voices of actual descendants.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Since I'm stuck inside again, tell me a podcast I should listen to.

There can be only one! You get one choice, don't give me a list of 5, I can't do it.

Give me an episode that you think best represents the podcast.

ihember,

@RickiTarr Have you listened to The Endless Knot? Etymology, classics, mediaevalism, history, weird connections between things, nerdy and fascinating interviews. It's a lot of fun! And they usually start with a cocktail.🙂

Bonus: they're on Mastodon as @AllEndlessKnot

Here's an episode I quite like about the weirdness of spelling:

https://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2023/03/28/episode-114-the-abcs-of-spelling

ihember, to random

I have ten kinds of in my house at this very moment.

This is, I believe, what they meant when they said "live your best life."

ihember, to random

In my part of the world, is drawing to a close. It's been quiet: just us and the dog.

It's a hard time of year for many, and this year in particular has been a brute for a lot of people for a lot of reasons.

I decided to let my life be guided by this graffiti in a nearby park. Maybe it'll resonate with you, too.

I can't solve all the world's problems. But I can do this. And when the world is at its darkest, this is powerful.

Be merry.

Spread joy.

Kick at the darkness.

erin, to random

I’ve been told if I eat 12 grapes on New Year’s Eve I will meet my soulmate sometime in 2024.

I wonder if 12 glasses of wine would speed up the process.. 🍷

ihember,

@erin @Catelli The gift the world needs this Christmas is a portrait of Erin drinking a few bottles of wine under a table.🙂

stephanie, to random
@stephanie@ottawa.place avatar

Getting ready for my first Christmas!! We can do this 💜💜

ihember,

@stephanie You can do it!

If you ever find the Gingerbread Spice herbal tea from Celestial Seasonings, it's a great alternative, hot or cold. I use it to make alcoholic cocktails and sober drinks, too.

And if anyone gives you a hard time for keeping sober, remember: they're the one with the problem. Not you.🙂

ihember,

@stephanie I can't remember if I've asked if you've ever made a "shrub?" I LOVE them, and they're amazing in drinks or in .

Equal weights chopped fruit and sugar in a clean, covered, non-metal container in the fridge. Stir daily. Eventually, the fruit will shrink and you'll have a syrup. Strain and mix the syrup with any vinegar.

Shelf stable and delicious mixed with sparkling water or ginger ale, etc.

I make several every year with different fruit and always enjoy them.

stephanie, to random
@stephanie@ottawa.place avatar

😱

ihember,

@stephanie Oof. This brings back some memories that were definitely best left forgotten!🤢

ihember,

@stephanie I thought to myself just now, "how do jello, cottage cheese, mayonnaise and seafood salad go together?"

My brain immediately responded with "THEY DON'T"😅

ihember,

@Dianora @stephanie I had neighbours and relatives who would always bring some jello "salad" to every potluck. Usually with the tiny multicoloured marshmallows, along with cabbage and grapes.

It's like an entire generation was gastronomically punishing themselves.

Have either of you seen the "recipe" @paulisci found for Prune and Cream Cheese Donut Salad?

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