Will Corwin

Karen Holmberg: Archaeology in an Emergency

In Part Two of this two-part conversation, Karen Holmberg discusses the seemingly intractable problem of convincing people that they are in danger, or helping them to see that the world is changing around them and encouraging them to mitigate, or prepare for, those changes.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
August 18, 2021
Credit:
Interview / Will Corwin

Yohannes Haile-Selassie: Ancient & Unexpected Neighbors

The conversation touches on the evolutionary uses of creativity, raising problematic questions about why we are creative: is it only to get ahead and create more viable offspring, or is there something more?

Type:
Interviews
Source:
November 20, 2019
Location:
Afar desert, Ethiopia
Credit:
Interview / Will Corwin

Gender and Artistic Practice in the Ice Age

Keeper of antiquities and curator of the blockbuster 2013 exhibition “Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind,” Jill Cook explains the idea of spiritual landscapes, the surreal continuity between ancient and modern artistic practice, and gender equality in the Paleolithic.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
September 19, 2018
Location:
The British Museum, London, England
Credit:
Interview / Will Corwin