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Southeastern #Archaeology Conference Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault #metoo #stopharassment

[Dr. Sara L. Gonzalez @potatokitty]

An apology without more concrete steps and/or changes is not enough. And yet another committee with only advisory power is not the change @SAAorg needs or that members are asking for. 1. Apologize to the women@directly. 2. Adopt @AmericanAnthro policy of removing known harassers

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Please consider signing this open letter to @SAAorg the Society for American Archaeology in response to their inaction against serial sexual predator David Yesner #SAA2019 https://t.co/BmXAG5fZCU

[Takami (TAH-kah-mee)貴美 @tsd1888]

This thread is what every North Atlantic #anthropology dept needs to delve into all day everyday.

“Why are we still training our students as if they are Malinowski?” — esp. when Malnowski himself is the very colonial enterprise.

[Dani @danihpayne]

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Have you taken part in archaeological or anthropological fieldwork? Please take the time to fill out the survey below, which will inform my thesis on fieldwork safety in these disciplines! Please RT & share widely!

https://t.co/YzBrVHLqsJ

[SEAC @SEACArchaeology]

Call for papers for the symposium Architectures of Slavery: Ruins & Reconstructions, October 24-26, 2019, Charleston, South Carolina https://t.co/cZC3pZreRv

[Fatima Tassadiq @fatimatassadiq]

Ordinary troll: #MeToo⁠ ⁠ is making boys terrified of dating.
Academic troll: “we risk becoming sucked in a quicksand that will culminate in the annihilation of desire “ 😂 #MaaSadqay #hautalk

[MeTooAnthro @MeTooAnthro]

The MeTooAnthro team are collectively shocked and disturbed by the arguments put forward in the HAU ‘Short Cuts’ section of Volume 8, Issue 3, which add little to our scholarly understanding of #MeToo, or to a feminist praxis #HauTalk

[Brea McCauley @brea_mccauley]

As an archaeologist who is now 4.5 years sober, this article is very poignant. The words “you’re not a real archaeologist if you don’t drink” have been said to me too many times to count.

Alcoholism shouldn’t be a cornerstone of academia.

https://t.co/S2gqNO2zxe

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Cultural contexts/issues that make people feel it's okay to harass? Think about informal changes and please join the SEAC mentorship program.

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Offenders outside of the Southeast? We've backed away from such a list due to legal counsel, such a resource may have to be independent of SEAC. Consider asking @SAAorg and others to do more to #stopharassment They are thinking though the same issues!

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Communicating with other #archaeology orgs? Share sanctions? As written, no, but good suggestion we would like to pursue, we will look into legal issues.

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When keeping records, can they be used to show patterns against 1 person for example? We hope so! Would be part of ethics committee's charge. Good to have database from start, ala RPA.

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Advice from Meyers: keep records of dates and times to show patterns.

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Burden of proof? Beyond a reasonable doubt, for example? No standards of evidence as of yet. We would like to encourage reporting and will spell this out with legal counsel.

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Is there a procedure to ban people from meetings? Not as written but we may revise it accordingly!

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What happens to evidence after decision is made? As written, strictest confidentiality enforced until conclusion, at which gag is lifted. Complaint to SEAC cannot be anonymous. May offer non-public option but we do want to hold people accountable.

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SEACs ability to be aware of what non-members do? Can we ban attendance and publication for non-members? As written now, no, and legal liabilities exist but we hope to tap into such information and make use of it, if possible.

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How does RPA train their grievance coordinators? They get 2 years to come up to speed under supervision rather than any specific training.

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False accusations? Statistically rare. But yes, evidence will be presented and such accusations will ideally be ferreted out. Appeals possible with new evidence as well.

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What can we do to combat stigma/retaliation? Great question, but we're not sure what that would look like yet. We welcome advice.