Welcome to the Acquisition Disorder podcast, the show where we select a modern board game and use it as a jumping-off point to discuss museum practice, past and present, and colonial histories and legacies. In this first episode of our three-part series, we are digging deep into the popular tropes and (sometimes uncomfortable) realities of the archaeological world.
What happens when you ask two professional archaeologists to play a game about finding ancient Egyptian “treasure\"? Join host Izzy Bartley as she sits down with Kat Baxter, Curator of Archaeology at Leeds Museums and Galleries, and Nura Hassan, a bioarchaeologist specialising in East African pre-colonial history, to critique the hit game Archaeology: The New Expedition.
In this episode, we discuss:
So, grab your trowel and join us as we roll dice, shuffle cards, and geek out over great conversations
References and further reading
You can read a transcript of this conversation here and see the board game Archaeology: The New Expedition here.
Production Credits:
This podcast was supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/R012733/1) through the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities.
This production was supported by Research Podcasts.
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