As an archaeologist, I am interested in long-term change and how it works. Given the current multiple situations around us at the moment, it isn't surprising that I have been increasingly thinking about sudden change in particular, and why it sometimes seems to come out of nowhere. One of the answers is that we live…
Seasonal Stanley Cup Playoffs post: Culture change, and… when did everyone start wearing merch to the games, anyway?
As an archaeologist, I am interested in culture change, and that includes changes in conventions, expectations and practices. Sometimes, these can happen over amazingly short time-spans (archaeologically speaking). One change that I’ve noticed over the past few decades, which is a short time for an archaeologist, is that especially at playoff games, almost the entirety…