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Hannah Cobb
FSA FSA Scot MCIfA
AwardsNational Teaching Fellowship (2022)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MA)
University 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
DisciplineArchaeology
Pedagogy
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Websitehannahcobbarchaeology.wordpress.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hannah Cobb FSA FSA Scot MCIfA is an archaeologist at the University of Manchester, noted for her work on pedagogy,[1] post-humanist theory, and diversity and equality in archaeology.[2][3][4]

Education

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Cobb was educated at the University of Edinburgh[5] and the University of Manchester where she was awarded a PhD in 2008.[6]

Career and research

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Cobb is a Professor of Archaeology and Pedagogy at the University of Manchester.[3] 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[citation needed] and Learning Archaeology and Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork.[7] Her work on archaeological pedagogy is strongly influenced by Manuel DeLanda and assemblage theory.[8]

Cobb was the Founder and chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA) Equality & Diversity Group (2015-2021),[9] and founded the EveryDigSexism Project.[10] She also co-directs the Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History project.[11]

Selected publications

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Cobb's publications[2][12] include:

  • Investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherer identities: case studies from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe[13]
  • Straight down the line? A queer consideration of hunter-gatherer studies in north-west Europe[14]
  • 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.
  • Reconsidering archaeological fieldwork: exploring on-site relationships between theory and practice[7]
  • Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice[8]
  • Archaeology: An Introduction[4]
  • Personal, political, pedagogic: challenging the binary bind in archaeological teaching, learning and fieldwork[15]

Awards and honours

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Cobb was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE in 2022.[16][17] She is also a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 2016[18] and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot).[when?] The Ardnamurchan Transitions Project, which Cobb co-directs, was awarded the 2014 Archaeology Training Forum (ATF) Training Award.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Cobb, Hannah (2024). "The Institute of Teaching and Learning - Abstract Booklet". National Teaching Archive. doi:10.25416/NTR.25997314.v3.
  2. ^ a b Hannah Cobb publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Archaeology staff - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - The University of Manchester". alc.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Cobb, Hannah; Greene, Kevin; Moore, Tom (2024). Archaeology: An Introduction (6th ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780367485825. OCLC 1427593157.
  5. ^ Hannah Cobb on LinkedIn Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ Cobb, Hannah (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. manchester.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. doi:10.11141/ia.22.6. OCLC 1404321193. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.528905.
  7. ^ a b 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. [ISBN missing]
  8. ^ a b Hannah Cobb; Karina Croucher (26 November 2014). "Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice". Archaeological Dialogues. 21 (02): 197–216. doi:10.1017/S138020381400021X. ISSN 1380-2038. Wikidata Q57627911.
  9. ^ "Equality and Diversity Group | The Institute for Archaeologists". archaeologists.net. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  10. ^ Cobb, Hannah (17 April 2015). "About". everydigsexism.wordpress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  11. ^ Cobb, Hannah (2023). "Whitworth Parklife". whitworthparklife.wordpress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  12. ^ Hannah Cobb publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  13. ^ Cobb, H et al. 2005. (ed.) Investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherer identities: case studies from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe. Oxford: Archaeopress doi:10.30861/9781841718545
  14. ^ Hannah Cobb (December 2005). "Straight down the line? A queer consideration of hunter-gatherer studies in north-west Europe". World Archaeology. 37 (4): 630–636. doi:10.1080/00438240500395862. ISSN 0043-8243. Wikidata Q57753024.
  15. ^ Hannah Cobb; Karina Croucher (24 August 2016). "Personal, Political, Pedagogic: Challenging the Binary Bind in Archaeological Teaching, Learning and Fieldwork". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 23 (3): 949–969. doi:10.1007/S10816-016-9292-0. ISSN 1072-5369. PMC 5750760. PMID 29368757. Wikidata Q49166100.
  16. ^ "Professor Hannah Cobb". advance-he.ac.uk.
  17. ^ Anon (2022). "Manchester academics awarded National Teaching Fellows". manchester.ac.uk.
  18. ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". sal.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Gold digging - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures". alc.manchester.ac.uk. University of Manchester. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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