Assembling Archaeology: Teaching, practice and research
Cobb, Hannah; Croucher, Karina (2020) Oxford University Press.
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.
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.
www.bradford.ac.uk/breathe
www.bradford.ac.uk/Dying-to-talk
AHRC-funded project. www.continuingbonds.live
Cobb, Hannah; Croucher, Karina (2020) Oxford University Press.
Croucher, Karina T. (2012)
Croucher, K., H. Cobb and A. Brennan (2008) Carnegie Publishers/Higher Education Academy.
Ellen Belcher and Karina Croucher (2023) STYLE AND SOCIETY IN THE PREHISTORY OF WEST ASIA Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse. In Bleda S. Düring and Peter M.M.G. Akkermans editor(s) Sidestone Press.
Hannah Cobb and Karina Croucher (2022) Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past. In Paul Everill and Karen Burnell editor(s) Routledge.
Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. (2019) History and Approaches to Heritage Studies. In Phyllis Mauch Messenger; Susan J. Bender editor(s) University Press of Florida.
Giles, Melanie and Croucher, Karina (2019) Engaging Communities in Archaeology. Archaeopress.
K. Croucher (2019) The Public Archaeology of Death. In Williams, H. and Osborne, J. M. editor(s) Equinox Press.
K. Croucher (2019) Iconography and Symbolic Meaning. Austrian Academy for Science.
Wilson, A.S., Manchester, K., Buckberry, J., Storm, R.A., Croucher, K.T. (2017) New developments in the bioarcheology of care: further case studies and extended theory. Springer.
Croucher, Karina (2017) Engaging with the Dead: Exploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human Body. In Jennie Bradbury; Chris Scarre editor(s) Oxbow.
K. Croucher and E. Belcher (2017) The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines. Oxford University Press.
Croucher, Karina T. (2015)
Croucher, Karina T.; Richards, C. (2014)
Croucher, Karina T.; Cobb, H.; Casella, E. (2014)
K. Croucher (2013) Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia. In Nieuwenhuyse, O., A. Russell, P. Akkermans and R. Bernbeck editor(s) Brepols Publishers.
Casella, E. and K. Croucher, (2013) Objects and Materials, A Routledge Companion. In Harvey, P., E. Casella, G. Evans, H. Knox, C. McLean, E. Silva, N. Thoburn and K. Woodward editor(s) Routledge.
K. Croucher (2013) Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. In G. S. Smith, K. Croucher, T. Lertcharnrit, I. Lilley and I. Russell editor(s) Springer.
Cobb, H. and K. Croucher (2011) Global Perspectives on Archaeological Field Schools: Constructions of Knowledge and Experience. In Mytum, H. editor(s) Springer.
K. Croucher (2011) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. In , Insoll, T. and R. Maclean editor(s) Oxford University Press.
K. Croucher (2010) Heritage Values in Contemporary Society. In Smith, G., P.M. Messenger and H. Soderland editor(s) University Press of Florida.
K. Croucher (2010) In Body Parts and Wholes: Changing relations and meanings. In Hughes, J., Rebay, K. and Sørensen, M.L.S editor(s) Oxbow.
K. Croucher (2010) The ‘Ubaid and Beyond: Exploring the transmission of culture in the developed prehistoric societies of the Middle East. In Carter, R. and G. Phillips editor(s) Oriental Institute Publications of the Oriental Institute.
Croucher, Karina T. (2010)
K. Croucher (2008) Gender Through Time in the Ancient Near East. In Bolger, D. editor(s) Alta Mira Press.
Daems, A. and K. Croucher (2008) Encyclopaedia Iranica. N/A.
K. Croucher (2006) Archaeology of Cult and Death. In Georgiadis, M. and C. Gallou editor(s) Archaeolingua Publications.
K. Croucher (2006) Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration. In Bonogofsky, M. editor(s) British Archaeological Reports International Series / Archaeopress.
Multiple authors (2013) Springer.
Daems, A. and K. Croucher (2007) Iranica Antiqua . 42
Jennifer Dayes; Joseph Keenan; Michal Sadza and Karina Croucher (2023) Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
Solange Bohling, Karina Croucher & Jo Buckberry (2023) Medieval Archaeology. 67
Booth, J., Croucher, K., Walters, E. et al. (2023) Journal of Applied Youth Studies . 6
Bohling, S, Croucher, K, and Buckberry, J (2022) Church Archaeology. 22
Bohling, S., Croucher, K., Buckberry, J. (2022) International Journal of Paleopathology. 38
Karina Croucher, Lindsey Büster, Jennifer Dayes, Laura Green, Justine Raynsford, Louise Comerford Boyes and Christina Faull (2020) PLoS ONE. N/A
Booth J, Croucher KT and Bryant EJ (2020) Voluntary Sector Review. N/A - fastrack
Dayes, Jennifer E.; Faull, C.; Büster, Lindsey S.; Green, Laura I.; Croucher, Karina T. (2018)
Croucher, Karina T. (2018)
Büster, Lindsey S.; Croucher, Karina T.; Dayes, Jennifer E.; Green, Laura I.; Faull, C. (2018)
Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. (2016)
Croucher K. (2015) Mortality. 20
Cobb H.;Croucher K. (2014) Archaeological Dialogues. 21, 197-216.
Cobb, H.; Croucher, Karina T. (2014)
Richards, C.; Croucher, Karina T.; Paoa, T.; Parish, T.; Tucki, E.; Welham, K. (2011)
Casella, E.; Croucher, Karina T. (2011)
Croucher K. (2005) World Archaeology. 37, 610-620.