Professor Karina Croucher,Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
Information about Professor Karina Croucher at the University of Bradford.
- School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences
(Univrersity of Bradford) - Email:
- k.croucher@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 23 5335
Biography
I have been at the University of Bradford since 2012 and enjoy teaching and researching in such a world-leading department. I am interested in inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the past, and the role of the past today, as evidenced in my recent Arts and Humanities Research Council Project, ‘Continuing Bonds: exploring the meaning and legacy of death through past and contemporary practice’, which unites Archaeology with End of Life Care (www.bradford.ac.uk/continuingbonds), and the Dying to Talk Project (www.bradford.ac.uk/Dying-to-talk) which co-produced a resource encouraging young people to discuss death and dying.My research also focuses on Middle Eastern prehistory, particularly funerary archaeology – investigating how people treated their dead in the past. My British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship resulted in the publication of ‘Death and Dying in the Neolithic Near East’ (2012, Oxford University Press).
My current research in Jordan unites the above research strands, focusing on the role that cultural heritage plays in identity, social cohesion, and in providing a sense of place, particularly for displaced and host communities.
I have lectured at Manchester and Liverpool Universities and have worked for the University of Manchester's Widening Participation Team, and for the Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology (based at Liverpool University), where I researched and worked on topics including diversity and inclusivity, fieldwork, employability and enterprise, and sustainability.These prior positions and my current research reflect my interest in methodological issues of interpretation, representation and the portrayal of the past in the present.
Research
Death and Dying: Funerary archaeology and mortuary practices across the world and through time, particularly of the Neolithic of the Middle East/Southwest Asia, investigating themes such as identity, gender and personhood.Archaeology and its relevance today: Communicating the value of archaeology, and pioneering a new approach to encouraging talk about death and dying today, through the use of the past www.bradford.ac.uk/ContinuingBonds and www.bradford.ac.uk/Dying-to-talk. The role of archaeology in using creative media to discuss difficult topics, the topic of Continuing Bonds: Creative Disseminations (due to start Jan 2019) and work allied with the Whitworth Park Project, Manchester.
Role of archaeology and cultural heritage to displaced communities and host communities, particularly in Jordan and the Middle East, as well as highlighting role of cultural heritage in social cohesion.
Archaeological pedagogy (research in teaching and learning in archaeology). Currently co-authoring Assembling Archaeology: A relational approach to teaching, practice and research, Oxford University Press.
Undercutting these research areas is a motivation to promote equality, diversity and inclusivity in research and teaching.
Research projects
| Role | Date | Title/description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Investigator | www.bradford.ac.uk/breathe | |||
| Principle Investigator | 2018-04-01T00:00:00 | AHRC-funded project. www.continuingbonds.live | ||
| Project leader (Principle Investigator) | www.bradford.ac.uk/Dying-to-talk |
Research supervision
Professor Karina Croucher is responsible for the supervision of 3 postgraduate researchers at the University of Bradford.
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Professor Karina Croucher is as follows:
Education
- University of Manchester - PhD in Archaeology
- University of Manchester - MA in Archaeology (with Distinction)
- University of Manchester - BA(Hons) in Archaeology (First Class)
- University of Manchester - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Publications
There are 50 publications involving or that are attributed to Professor Karina Croucher. They are listed as:
- book (3)
- book chapter (25)
- conference publication (2)
- edited book (1)
- other journal (1)
- peer reviewed journal (18)
Book
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death and dying in the Neolithic Near East | 2012 | Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Assembling Archaeology: Teaching, practice and research | 2020 | July 2020 | Cobb, Hannah; Croucher, Karina | 9780198784258 | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| Investigating the role of fieldwork in the undergraduate degree | 2008 | N/A | Croucher, K., H. Cobb and A. Brennan | Carnegie Publishers/Higher Education Academy |
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tactile engagements: the world of the dead in the lives of the living... or 'sharing the dead' | 2010 | Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Wrapped in images: body metaphors, petroglyphs and landscape in the island world of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) | 2014 | Croucher, Karina T.; Richards, C. | |||||||||
| Life and death in late-prehistoric to early historic Mesopotamia | 2015 | Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Feminist Pedagogy: implications and practice | 2014 | Croucher, Karina T.; Cobb, H.; Casella, E. | |||||||||
| Digitised Diseases: Seeing Beyond the Specimen to Understand Disease and Disability in the Past | 2017 | New developments in the bioarcheology of care: further case studies and extended theory | New developments in the bioarcheology of care: further case studies and extended theory | Wilson, A.S., Manchester, K., Buckberry, J., Storm, R.A., Croucher, K.T. | Springer | ||||||
| Living with the dead, past and present: A reinterpretation of Southwest Asia’s Neolithic mortuary practices in light of contemporary theories of bereavement | 2017 | Engaging with the Dead: Exploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human Body | Engaging with the Dead: Exploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human Body | Croucher, Karina | Jennie Bradbury; Chris Scarre | Oxbow | |||||
| Rising, Falling, Assembling: Pedagogy in British Archaeology | 2019 | History and Approaches to Heritage Studies | History and Approaches to Heritage Studies | Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. | Phyllis Mauch Messenger; Susan J. Bender | University Press of Florida | |||||
| Dig! Arts Access Project: Reclaiming Park Spaces | 2019 | Engaging Communities in Archaeology | Engaging Communities in Archaeology | Giles, Melanie and Croucher, Karina | Archaeopress | ||||||
| Afterword: The Public Archaeology of Death: Emotion, Equality and Student Experience | 2019 | The Public Archaeology of Death | The Public Archaeology of Death | K. Croucher | Williams, H. and Osborne, J. M. | Equinox Press | |||||
| Plastered skulls: evidence of grief and mourning | 2019 | Iconography and Symbolic Meaning | Iconography and Symbolic Meaning | K. Croucher | Austrian Academy for Science | ||||||
| Anatolia | 2017 | The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines | The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines | K. Croucher and E. Belcher | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| Decay, temporality & the politics of conservation: An archaeological approach to object studies | 2013 | Objects and Materials, A Routledge Companion | Objects and Materials, A Routledge Companion | Casella, E. and K. Croucher, | Harvey, P., E. Casella, G. Evans, H. Knox, C. McLean, E. Silva, N. Thoburn and K. Woodward | Routledge | |||||
| Bodily identity: a discussion of mortuary practices and bodily treatment in the Upper Mesopotamian Later Neolithic | 2013 | Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia | Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia | K. Croucher | Nieuwenhuyse, O., A. Russell, P. Akkermans and R. Bernbeck | Brepols Publishers | |||||
| Heritage and Education | 2013 | Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology | Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology | K. Croucher | G. S. Smith, K. Croucher, T. Lertcharnrit, I. Lilley and I. Russell | Springer | |||||
| . Field Schools, transferable skills and enhancing employability | 2011 | Global Perspectives on Archaeological Field Schools: Constructions of Knowledge and Experience | Global Perspectives on Archaeological Field Schools: Constructions of Knowledge and Experience | Cobb, H. and K. Croucher | Mytum, H. | Springer | |||||
| The Past in the Present: Issues, perspectives and challenges in teaching & learning archaeology in the UK | 2010 | Heritage Values in Contemporary Society | Heritage Values in Contemporary Society | K. Croucher | Smith, G., P.M. Messenger and H. Soderland | University Press of Florida | |||||
| Bodies in pieces in the Neolithic Near East | 2010 | In Body Parts and Wholes: Changing relations and meanings | In Body Parts and Wholes: Changing relations and meanings | K. Croucher | Hughes, J., Rebay, K. and Sørensen, M.L.S | Oxbow | |||||
| Figuring out Identity: The Body and Identity in the ‘Ubaid | 2010 | The ‘Ubaid and Beyond: Exploring the transmission of culture in the developed prehistoric societies of the Middle East | The ‘Ubaid and Beyond: Exploring the transmission of culture in the developed prehistoric societies of the Middle East | K. Croucher | Carter, R. and G. Phillips | Oriental Institute Publications of the Oriental Institute | |||||
| Ambiguous genders, altered identities: Alternative interpretations of figurine and mortuary evidence from the ‘PPNB’ – ‘Halaf’ periods | 2008 | Gender Through Time in the Ancient Near East | Gender Through Time in the Ancient Near East | K. Croucher | Bolger, D. | Alta Mira Press | |||||
| Prehistoric Anatolia | 2011 | The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion | The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion | K. Croucher | , Insoll, T. and R. Maclean | Oxford University Press | |||||
| Prehistory of Iran: Artificial cranial modification | 2008 | Encyclopaedia Iranica | Encyclopaedia Iranica | Daems, A. and K. Croucher | N/A | ||||||
| Death, Display and Performance: A discussion of the mortuary remains at Çayönü Tepesi, Southeast Turkey | 2006 | Archaeology of Cult and Death | Archaeology of Cult and Death | K. Croucher | Georgiadis, M. and C. Gallou | Archaeolingua Publications | |||||
| Getting Ahead: Exploring meanings of skulls in the Neolithic Near East | 2006 | Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration | Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration | K. Croucher | Bonogofsky, M. | British Archaeological Reports International Series / Archaeopress | |||||
| Daily Negotiations with Materiality: Re–Assembling Halaf Ornamentation | 2023 | STYLE AND SOCIETY IN THE PREHISTORY OF WEST ASIA Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse | STYLE AND SOCIETY IN THE PREHISTORY OF WEST ASIA Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse | Ellen Belcher and Karina Croucher | Bleda S. Düring and Peter M.M.G. Akkermans | Sidestone Press | 10.59641/oel8d7fg | ||||
| Assembling Wellbeing in Archaeological Teaching and Learning | 2022 | Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past | Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past | Hannah Cobb and Karina Croucher | Paul Everill and Karen Burnell | Routledge |
Conference Publication
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Exchanges of Identity in Prehistoric Anatolian Figurines | Exchanges of Identity in Prehistoric Anatolian Figurines | Belcher, E.; Croucher, Karina T. | ||||||||
| 2009 | Dying for a change? Bringing new senses to near eastern neolithic mortuary practice | Dying for a change? Bringing new senses to near eastern neolithic mortuary practice | Croucher, Karina T.; Campbell, S. |
Edited Book
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Cultural Heritage Management’ Section, Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology | 2013 | N/A | Multiple authors | George S. Smith, Karina Croucher(15%), Thanik Lertcharnrit, Ian Lilley, and Ian Russell | Springer |
Other Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranial Modification in Ancient Iran | 2007 | Iranica Antiqua | Iranica Antiqua | 42 | Daems, A. and K. Croucher |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road my body goes: re-creating ancestors from stone at the great moai quarry of Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) | 2011 | Richards, C.; Croucher, Karina T.; Paoa, T.; Parish, T.; Tucki, E.; Welham, K. | |||||||||
| Beyond human: The materiality of personhood | 2011 | Casella, E.; Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Personal, Political, Pedagogic: Challenging the binary bind in archaeological teaching, learning and fieldwork | 2016 | Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice | 2014 | Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Assembling archaeological pedagogy. A theoretical framework for valuing pedagogy in archaeological interpretation and practice | 2014 | Archaeological Dialogues | 21 | 197 - 216 | Cobb H.;Croucher K. | 1380-2038 | 10.1017/S138020381400021X | ||||
| Keeping the dead close: grief and bereavement in the treatment of skulls from the Neolithic Middle East | 2018 | Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| Archaeology and modern reflections on death | 2018 | Dayes, Jennifer E.; Faull, C.; Büster, Lindsey S.; Green, Laura I.; Croucher, Karina T. | |||||||||
| From Plastered Skulls to Palliative Care: What the Past Can Teach Us About Dealing with Death | 2018 | Büster, Lindsey S.; Croucher, Karina T.; Dayes, Jennifer E.; Green, Laura I.; Faull, C. | |||||||||
| Queerying Near Eastern archaeology | 2005 | World Archaeology | 37 | 610 - 620 | Croucher K. | 0043-8243 | 10.1080/00438240500418664 | ||||
| Prioritizing death and society: the archaeology of Chalcolithic and contemporary cemeteries in the Southern Levant | 2015 | Mortality | 20 | Croucher K. | 1357-6275 | 10.1080/13576275.2015.1052381 | |||||
| Archaeology and contemporary death: Using the past to provoke, challenge and engage | 2020 | PLoS ONE | N/A | Karina Croucher, Lindsey Büster, Jennifer Dayes, Laura Green, Justine Raynsford, Louise Comerford Boyes and Christina Faull | |||||||
| Dying to Talk? Co-producing resources with young people to get them talking about bereavement, death and dying | 2020 | Voluntary Sector Review | N/A - fastrack | Booth J, Croucher KT and Bryant EJ | Policy Press | https://doi.org/10.1332/204080520X16014085811284 | |||||
| The Bioarchaeology of Disability: A population-scale approach to investigating disability, physical impairment, and care in archaeological communities | 2022 | International Journal of Paleopathology | 38 | Bohling, S., Croucher, K., Buckberry, J. | |||||||
| An exploration of the changing understandings of physical impairment and disability in early medieval England: a bioarchaeological, funerary, and historical approach | 2022 | Church Archaeology | 22 | Bohling, S, Croucher, K, and Buckberry, J | |||||||
| Understanding Disability and Physical Impairment in Early Medieval England: an Integration of Osteoarchaeological and Funerary Evidence | 2023 | Medieval Archaeology | 67 | Solange Bohling, Karina Croucher & Jo Buckberry | Taylor & Francis | 10.1080/00766097.2023.2204666 | |||||
| Dying 2 Talk: Generating a More Compassion Community for Young People | 2023 | Journal of Applied Youth Studies | 6 | Booth, J., Croucher, K., Walters, E. et al. | Springer | https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-023-00106-x | |||||
| Etiquette in the Context of Death and Dying: Communication and Conversation | 2023 | Omega: Journal of Death and Dying | Jennifer Dayes; Joseph Keenan; Michal Sadza and Karina Croucher | Sage Journals | https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231196623 | ||||||
| Dying to Talk? Co-producing resources with young people to get them talking about bereavement, death and dying | 2020 | Voluntary Sector Review | J Booth, K Croucher, E Bryant |