Challenges: Arrivals, Departures, Destruction, Debate
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EDITORIAL
Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress ( 2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-020-09407-6
John Carman, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK E-mail: [email protected]
If the world had not faced the challenge of the Covid-19 virus, this issue of Archaeologies would have been celebrating and reflecting upon the ninth World Archaeological Congress, due to be held in Prague, Czech Republic. Instead we must await that deferred pleasure in 2021. But meantime we have a cause for celebration in the appointment of a new Editor for the journal, and a cause for valediction as we say goodbye and thank you to an outgoing Editor.
After several years working on the journal, we say a sad goodbye to Jan Turek as co-Editor. Jan is a prehistorian based in the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and he stands down especially to concentrate on preparations for WAC-9 for which he is Organising Secretary. He also has an article in this issue of Archaeologies. John Carman (continuing co-Editor) writes: I am very sorry to see Jan leave the journal, although he well deserves a break from it to focus on other responsibilities, not least WAC-9. As a colleague and friend he has taught me a lot and provided inestimable support as I grappled on first appointment with the complexities of balancing journal editorship with other academic duties: I hope I can maintain the same level of skill and offer the same amount of support to Jan’s replacement on the team; I shall certainly try! I am very pleased indeed that Jan has agreed to remain with us as a member of the Editorial Board, to which he will be a valuable addition, and as reviewer, and I look forward to continue working with him in those roles. Jan Turek, outgoing co-Editor, writes:
2020 World Archaeological Congress
ARCHAEOLOGIES
Goodbye and Gratitude
KATHRYN WEEDMAN ARTHUR AND JOHN CARMAN
Dear readers, it has been exciting 8 years of my life being co-editor of Archaeologies. Working for the journal became part of my everyday life, wherever I was. Writing editorials while living and excavating in the Sudanese desert or recently editing from the Bohemian Forrest mountain cottage while hiding with my family from the Covid-19 pandemic. When I started my work after the Dead Sea WAC-7 in 2013 the world had just recovered from the financial crisis and the future seemed bright. Soon after that Islamic State (Daesh) started terrorizing the Middle East, destroying people’s lives and heritage. Archaeologies focussed on the dramatic issues of the Aleppo and Palmyra destruction and helped to mediate the discussion of archaeologists worldwide on the painful subject of iconoclasm and world heritage protection. Then Donald Trump came into the White house and world politics got even more complicated. UNESCO started crumbling, being toothless in the protection of world heritage. Even during this uneasy time Archaeologies managed to publish papers emphasizing archaeology as part of social justice and human rights. Most recently the invisible enemy of t
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