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Archaeologists! Politicians and sections of the British media are attempting to pillory a timely, excellent and much-needed report exploring the connections of colonialism and historic slavery to National Trust properties. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/addressing-the-histories-of-slavery-and-colonialism-at-the-national-trust @ColonialCountr1
Archaeologists & cognate disciplines have worked hard & long over recent decades to critique colonial legacies of our discipline and colonialism & its legacies on a global scale from prehistory to the present. Yet much still needs to be done and this is a crucial juncture.
So please RT & support for @nationaltrust and the @ColonialCountr1 project. Archaeologists must stand against this growing & seemingly orchestrated attack on important work exploring historic properties & landscapes' many connections with colonialism & historic slavery.
Colonialism & historic slavery are connected directly or indirectly with so much of what we study in our historic landscapes + pervades archaeology's disciplinary past & present. It is not 'one-sided' to make this a priority theme in our work.
For me, the report speaks to my early medieval & cross-period research on frontiers & borderlands + death & memory. I wholeheartedly welcome it & hope it leads to concrete transformations of the ways NT properties engage and educate visitors about our shared past & present
This was just shared with me and should be added to this thread as it makes a lot of sense: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/11/national-trust-under-fire-crime-it-didn-t-commit
This thread isn't about me. Still, for those interested, here is a short blog-post I composed about British landscapes and memorials in the wake of #BlackLivesMatter 
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/defend-the-memorials-or-topple-the-racists/
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/defend-the-memorials-or-topple-the-racists/
