Lisa Westcott Wilkins
@lww.bsky.social
Founder and co-CEO @DigVentures. Ashoka Fellow. Clore Leadership Fellow. Archaeologist and social entrepreneur.
Innovation is resistance 💪🏻
Innovation is resistance 💪🏻
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Lisa Westcott Wilkins
@lww.bsky.social
· Dec 13
“Art and art only, can make archaeology beautiful; and the theatric art can use it most directly and most vividly, for it can combine in one exquisite presentation the illusion of actual life with the wonder of the unreal world.” - Oscar Wilde, who definitely knew a few things about Life
Seems like it’s time to invest in some velour track suits
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Seems like it’s time to invest in some velour track suits
I’m in the USA and there is a foot of snow at my brothers and a polar blast forecast for Saturday. Actual heaven
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m in the USA and there is a foot of snow at my brothers and a polar blast forecast for Saturday. Actual heaven
At Heathrow listening to an Asian dad explain what a turducken is and why people eat them to his (10?) year old daughter. My heart is full
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At Heathrow listening to an Asian dad explain what a turducken is and why people eat them to his (10?) year old daughter. My heart is full
Now that I have seen this *actually happen*, I’m not sure what’s left to make me feel anything. Peaked
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Now that I have seen this *actually happen*, I’m not sure what’s left to make me feel anything. Peaked
It’s not all bad news. Plenty of people still care quite a lot about archaeology. They are out there and nothing can stop them. Take heart! Courage 💪🏻
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It’s not all bad news. Plenty of people still care quite a lot about archaeology. They are out there and nothing can stop them. Take heart! Courage 💪🏻
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’m very interested in hearing from any employers/ees who have a Neurodiversity policy as part of their standard package. And also whether this includes both Support (for protected characteristics) as well as Accountability (for agreed performance standards). Pls get in touch!
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m very interested in hearing from any employers/ees who have a Neurodiversity policy as part of their standard package. And also whether this includes both Support (for protected characteristics) as well as Accountability (for agreed performance standards). Pls get in touch!
This looks fun
Such an imaginative lead for heritage in Scotland. I saw similar graphic novel artists used to illustrate the Ad Gefrin Anglo Saxon museum in Northumberland in May. A hugely effective new way to communicate archaeology 👏👏
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
Archaeologists and Game Designers Collaborate to Create “Basically the Best Book on the Picts Ever Written” - Dig It!
Carved in Stone: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts is an illustrated and comprehensive book for anyone interested in Scotland’s past, including those who play tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Fol...
www.digitscotland.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This looks fun
If there’s anything cuter than a sausage dog in hi-vis, I’ve yet to see it
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If there’s anything cuter than a sausage dog in hi-vis, I’ve yet to see it
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
This makes me extremely happy. I was editor of Current Arch at the time of the dig, I knew theppl+process+permissions it had to go thru. The film was a lazy trope about who archaeologists are + how our work happens. It pissed me off and I’m glad to hear Coogan et al are being hit in the wallet.
Oh, this is interesting! A twist on the usual question of ‘historical accuracy’ in movies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man wins 'substantial damages' over portrayal in Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This makes me extremely happy. I was editor of Current Arch at the time of the dig, I knew theppl+process+permissions it had to go thru. The film was a lazy trope about who archaeologists are + how our work happens. It pissed me off and I’m glad to hear Coogan et al are being hit in the wallet.
Started today by putting conditioner on my toothbrush instead of toothpaste, so
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Started today by putting conditioner on my toothbrush instead of toothpaste, so
Transitioning from someone ‘doing’ to ‘leading’ for people like me (not guided through it by a Board or big org hierarchy) is really tough. I’ve had to search hard and be open to constant learning. The biggest lesson so far is constant vigilance against being instantly ‘othered’ is essential.
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Transitioning from someone ‘doing’ to ‘leading’ for people like me (not guided through it by a Board or big org hierarchy) is really tough. I’ve had to search hard and be open to constant learning. The biggest lesson so far is constant vigilance against being instantly ‘othered’ is essential.
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Me and @moudhy.bsky.social.
Talking about this beauty of a book
18 November, 15:00 (it’s for the American release, innit), online, free
See you thereeeeeee
digventures.com/product/arch...
Talking about this beauty of a book
18 November, 15:00 (it’s for the American release, innit), online, free
See you thereeeeeee
digventures.com/product/arch...
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Me and @moudhy.bsky.social.
Talking about this beauty of a book
18 November, 15:00 (it’s for the American release, innit), online, free
See you thereeeeeee
digventures.com/product/arch...
Talking about this beauty of a book
18 November, 15:00 (it’s for the American release, innit), online, free
See you thereeeeeee
digventures.com/product/arch...
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The vast swells of the omnipotent sea; the surging, hollow roar they made
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The vast swells of the omnipotent sea; the surging, hollow roar they made
thank you 2025 I have had ENOUGH
October 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
thank you 2025 I have had ENOUGH
Amuse-bush? Kim Kardashian is putting pubes on Skims
Are you hair for this?
www.dazeddigital.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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God keep me from ever completing anything.
October 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
God keep me from ever completing anything.
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Imagine Crazy Horse as president. Sojourner Truth.
John Brown. Harriet Tubman. Black Elk or Geronimo.
Imagine President Martin Luther King [...]. Imagine President
Malcolm X going after the Klan [...]
as we languish under real estate dealers, killers,
and bad actors.
Alice Walker
John Brown. Harriet Tubman. Black Elk or Geronimo.
Imagine President Martin Luther King [...]. Imagine President
Malcolm X going after the Klan [...]
as we languish under real estate dealers, killers,
and bad actors.
Alice Walker
September 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Imagine Crazy Horse as president. Sojourner Truth.
John Brown. Harriet Tubman. Black Elk or Geronimo.
Imagine President Martin Luther King [...]. Imagine President
Malcolm X going after the Klan [...]
as we languish under real estate dealers, killers,
and bad actors.
Alice Walker
John Brown. Harriet Tubman. Black Elk or Geronimo.
Imagine President Martin Luther King [...]. Imagine President
Malcolm X going after the Klan [...]
as we languish under real estate dealers, killers,
and bad actors.
Alice Walker
Reposted by Lisa Westcott Wilkins
gibbering insanity
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
gibbering insanity
