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Hannah Cobb
FSA FSA Scot
Born
Hannah C. Cobb
AwardsNational Teaching Fellowship (2022)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Manchester (PhD)
ThesisMedia for movement and making the world : an examination of the Mesolithic experience of the world and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the northern Irish Sea basin (2008)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Websitehannahcobbarchaeology.wordpress.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hannah C. Cobb FSA FSA Scot is an archaeologist at the University of Manchester, noted for her work on pedagogy, post-humanist theory, and diversity and equality in archaeology.[1][2]

Education

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Cobb undertook her PhD research at the University of Manchester, completed in 2008.[3][4]

Career and research

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Cobb is a Professor of Archaeology and Pedagogy at the University of Manchester.[2] Her research focuses on the Mesolithic archaeology of north-west Europe, archaeological pedagogy, and equality and diversity in archaeology. Cobb has co-edited several monographs, including Investigating the Role of Fieldwork in Teaching and Learning Archaeology and Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork. Her work on archaeological pedagogy is strongly influenced by Manuel DeLanda and assemblage theory.[5]

Cobb was the Founder and chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA) Equality & Diversity Group (2015-2021),[6] and founded the EveryDigSexism Project.[7] She also co-directs the Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History project.[8]

Selected publications

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Her publications[1] include:

  • Cobb, H et al. 2005. (ed.) Investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherer identities: case studies from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  • Cobb, H. 2005. Straight down the line? A queer consideration of hunter-gatherer studies in north-west Europe. World Archaeology 37(4), 630–636.
  • Cobb, H.L. 2007. Media for Movement and Making the World: Exploring Materiality and Identity in the Mesolithic of the Northern Irish Sea Basin. Internet Archaeology 22. Mesolithic Archaeology Theme.
  • Croucher, Karina, Hannah L. Cobb, and Ange Brennan. 2008. Investigating the role of fieldwork in teaching and learning archaeology. Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology.
  • Cobb, H., Harris, O. J., Jones, C., & Richardson, P. (eds). 2012. Reconsidering archaeological fieldwork: exploring on-site relationships between theory and practice. Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Cobb, H., & Croucher, K. 2014. Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice. Archaeological Dialogues 21(2): 197–216.
  • Cobb, H., & Croucher, K. 2016. Personal, political, pedagogic: challenging the binary bind in archaeological teaching, learning and fieldwork. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 23(3): 949–969.

Awards and honours

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Cobb was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE in 2022.[9] She is also a member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2016.[10] The Ardnamurchan Transitions Project, which Cobb co-directs, was awarded the 2014 Archaeology Training Forum (ATF) Training Award.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hannah Cobb publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Archaeology staff - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - The University of Manchester". www.alc.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Internet Archaeol. 22. Cobb. Exploring Materials and Identity in the Mesolithic of the Northern Irish Sea Basin. Summary". intarch.ac.uk. 4 June 2007. doi:10.11141/ia.22.6. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cobb, Hannah C. (2008). Media for movement and making the world : an examination of the Mesolithic experience of the world and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the northern Irish Sea basin (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.528905.
  5. ^ Cobb, Hannah; Croucher, Karina (2014). "Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice". Archaeological Dialogues. 21 (2): 197–216. doi:10.1017/S138020381400021X. ISSN 1380-2038. S2CID 145782475.
  6. ^ "Equality and Diversity Group | The Institute for Archaeologists". www.archaeologists.net. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. ^ "About". everyDIGsexism. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Whitworth Parklife". Whitworth Parklife. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Manchester academics awarded National Teaching Fellows 2022". manchester.ac.uk.
  10. ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Gold digging - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - The University of Manchester". www.alc.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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