The Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women in Archaeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Numerous studies have demonstrated the most immediate impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic upon the sciences have fallen on younger women and women with young children. These studies highlight how social crises, such as global pandemics, exacerbate existing disparities in social, political, and economic structures. To date no study has yet identified its immediate impacts upon women within the field of archaeology. Here, we describe the results of a survey of archaeologists working in various professions associated with archaeology (academia, CRM, museums, government, other) to identify the economic, workplace, personal, and mental health impacts of the pandemic over its first nine months. This survey will be used as a baseline for the impacts of the global pandemic on working archaeologists (of all genders, but highlighting the impacts on women) into the future, highlighting recommendations that institutions and workplaces can implement to mitigate the long-term impacts of the pandemic for at-risk groups.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33547