Interview with Meg Conkey and Ruth Tringham – the questions!





What was your worst field season ever?

Best field season ever?


Best hot tub party? Worst hot tub party?


What are they most proud of achieving?





What debates do they are stagnating the field?

Who and where will the next big ideas come out of?

Favorite cocktail?



What was your most interesting “backstage” moment in archaeology?

When will this become reflected in hiring practices?


Do either of you plan to write memoirs?

Author: colleenmorgan


5 thoughts on “Interview with Meg Conkey and Ruth Tringham – the questions!”

  1. Hi, Colleen, As usual, your ideas are amazing. The film sounds excellent and I look forward to viewing and sharing it. But, reminder, you’ve made the film for the Association “for Feminist Anthropology”, not “of Feminist Anthropologists.” The name is one of acknowledgement of an extensive theoretical and methodological influence within anthropology rather than of individual anthropologists’ identifications. Conversely, if feminisms are also to extend their influence, who–and of what intersectional set of identities–identifies as “feminist,” and under what circumstances, seems incredibly important as well (especially given the exploitation of the label by Sarah Palin et al.). So, I would ask you to include the questions whether Drs. Conkey and Tringham consider themselves feminist, and why/why not–it seems both timely and significant. Best, Jane (Henrici)

  2. I think it would be interesting to ask them what it means to them to be “feminist in archaeology”. What did it mean when they were first starting out and what does it mean now? Is there still a need for feminist archaeology? And if so what form should it take? Were there any particular experiences in their careers that led to them self-identifying as feminist? Is there a necessary connection between being concerned with understanding gender and women in the past, and addressing gender imbalances in the present? What methodologies should be developed and what research goals do they hope to set for the next generation of archaeologists?


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