S.P.A. (Sean) Desjardins, Dr
Associate Professor of Anthropological ArchaeologyHe/Him
Field/Discipline
Expertise
Long-term human-environment relationships; Indigenous history and archaeology across the circumpolar Arctic; Tuniit (Late Dorset Pre-Inuit) and Inuit culture history; Indigenous knowledge systems; ethnoarchaeology; zooarchaeology; multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research methodologies
Other positions
- Chair, Archaeology BA/MA Programme Committee (RUG);
- Member, Archaeology Research Master (ReMa) Admission Committee (RUG);
- Co-coordinator, Anthropology: What It Means to Be Human, RUG university minor in four-field anthropology (with P. Berger);
- Member, Young Academy Groningen;
- Research Associate (Palaeobiology), Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada;
- Netherlands Representative to the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council;
- Editorial Board Member, Springer Polar Sciences book series;
- Fellow, Sustainable Landscapes and Regions, Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development (RUG)
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