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Inauguration of the traveling exhibition ‘Archaeosexism’.

The ICAC-CERCA, in collaboration with the Equality Unit of the URV, has launched an awareness project in which, for the first time in Catalonia, they have brought the traveling exhibition ‘Archaosexism’, created in France by the Archéo-Éthique Association and the Paye ta Truelle project in 2019.

On Tuesday, December 12, the exhibition kicked off at the CRAI campus Catalunya of the URV, with the participation of the director of ICAC-CERCA, Josep Maria Palet, and representatives from the Equality Unit, CRAI, and the Department of History of the URV, who collaborate in the project.

After visiting the CRAI at Campus Catalunya, the ‘Archaeosexism’ exhibition will move to the CRAI locations at Campus Sescelades, Campus Terres de l’Ebre, Medicine and Health Sciences Campus, Campus Bellisens, Campus Vila-seca, and Baix Penedès one.

Later on, the Equality Committee of ICAC-CERCA, the driving force behind this initiative, plans to take the exhibition to the headquarters of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Tarragona, to the CERCA Institution in Barcelona, and various Catalan universities. The first location will be the University of Lleida.

 

 

The presentation included a talk titled “From Invisibility to Impunity: (De)ciphering Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in Archaeology,” given by Ariadna Nieto Espinet (Ramón y Cajal researcher in the ARQHISTEC-GIP research group at the University of Lleida). A large group of students from the URV’s Degree in Art History and Archaeology attended.

 

Afterward, students and attendees were able to take a guided tour of the exhibition, which features panels combining texts (translated into Catalan) and illustrations by different artists to showcase real testimonies from archaeologists who share their experiences and perspectives on the issue of sexism in archaeology, especially in the field.

 

The exhibition opened at the Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie (Nanterre, France) in 2019 and has since traveled to various institutions in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the United States.

Now, thanks to the collaboration between ICAC-CERCA and the URV (through the Equality Unit, CRAI, and the Department of History and Art History), it has arrived in Catalonia for the first time.

 

• CRAI campus Catalunya (Tarragona): 05/12/2023 – 15/01/2024
• CRAI campus Sescelades (Tarragona): 19/02/2024 – 08/02/2024
• CRAI campus Terres de l’Ebre (Tortosa): 19/02/2024 – 29/02/2024
• CRAI Medicina i Ciències de la Salut (Reus): 11/03/2024 – 21/03/2024
• CRAI campus Bellissens (Reus): 08/04/2024 – 18/04/2024
• CRAI campus Vila-seca (Vila-seca): 29/04/2024 – 09/05/2024
• CRAI Seu Baix Penedès (coma-ruga, El Vendrell): 20/05/2024 – 30/05/2024

 

On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#11F2023), the researchers of the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) have conducted an awareness campaign to raise the visibility of their female archaeologists. In this list you will find the videos that have been posted on social networks (Instagram and Twitter) during the month of February and until March 8.

Language is not neutral or secondary. Language is a reflection of the society that uses it and at the same time influences the attitudes, behaviors and social perceptions of the people who integrate it. Language conveys our thought, organizes and structures it, incorporating beliefs, values, prejudices and stereotypes. The discriminatory practice that involves the sexist use of language is a reflection of sexism in our society.   

As in other fields, the sexist language used in the world of research not only contributes to the maintenance of traditional gender stereotypes and roles and makes the presence of women invisible, but also favors discrimination and inequality of opportunities between women and men.   

Achieving full gender equality in the workplace implies making changes at many levels, including language. Our linguistic choices and the use we make of language are also a reflection of our position in relation to equality between women and men.   

The ICAC’s commitment to equality between women and men is reflected in its I Equality Plan, the creation of the Committee dedicated to ensuring real and effective gender equality in all areas of the Institute and the constitution of the Negotiating Commission for the Carrying out a qualitative and quantitative diagnosis internally.   

We continue working on equality and this 8M we want to celebrate it by presenting the «Inclusive and non-sexist communication guide» created by the Institute of Marine Sciences, to which we have formally adhered, and which is part of the application of the planned measures in the II Equality Plan (2023-2026).  

The Guide aims to be an instrument that contributes to the use of terms and expressions free of sexism, overcoming a non-inclusive use of language that makes women invisible and discriminates.   

The Guide is structured in six chapters:   

1. Language and gender equality 
2. Resources for non-sexist use of language 
3. Inclusive and non-sexist communication at the ICM 
4. Oral communication 
5. Visual communication 
6. Glossary of terms and guide to alternatives for the inclusive and non-sexist use of language   

Here you can consult it:  

• Inclusive and non-sexist communication guide. Institute of Marine Sciences, 2022.https://doi.org/10.20350%2FdigitalCSIC%2F14525  

On the other hand, we recommend that you consult the guide of the Center for Genomic Regulation, which contemplates a multilingual context and has specifications for the use of English. 

• Gender-incluive language. Centre de Regulació Genòmica, 2021. Disponible a: https://www.crg.eu/sites/default/files/crg/man-com-003_gender-inclusive_language.pdf 

For yet another year, the Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology (ICAC) joins the awareness campaign for Working Women’s Day on March 8.

International Women’s Day or Working Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 of each year and is recognized by the United Nations (UN). It is a day traditionally used to claim feminism by denouncing sexism. This day commemorates the struggle of women for their participation, along with men, in the workplace and, therefore, for the right to economic independence (Viquipèdia).

From the ICAC we adhere to the 8M Manifesto of the Department of Equality and Feminisms of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

On the other hand, next Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 p.m., we will hold an informative talk on archaeology of women, by Dr Marga Sánchez (University of Granada), member of the Past Women project.

We continue working on equality and this 8M we want to celebrate it by presenting the “Inclusive and non-sexist communication guide” created by the Institute of Marine Sciences, to which we have formally adhered, and which is part of the application of the planned measures in the II Equality Plan (2023-2026).

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Finally, today, March 8, we share the list of videos resulting from the awareness campaign that we started on 11F and that helps us spread the message that the fight for equality and the visibility of women in science is a commitment to keep in mind throughout the year.

With the #LesNostresReferents campaign, the ICAC Communication Service has produced fifteen videos starring members of the Institute in which they present pioneering archaeologists and benchmarks for their scientific contributions.

From January to May 2022, staff and students from 46 research organisations and universities in Europe participated in the UniSAFE survey addressing gender-based violence in academia. It is the largest survey conducted so far in the European Research Area, with over 42,000 responses.

A comprehensive understanding of gender-based violence

A unique feature of this survey is its holistic approach to investigating gender-based violence. The survey focused on capturing gendered experiences of violence, whether physical, sexual, psychological, or economic, – and online forms of gender-based violence. The survey also looked into intersections with respondents’ individual situation, such as their sexual orientation, age, ethnic minority status, disability, and international mobility among others. The consequences of such experiences were investigated for respondents’ well-being, career and studies.

Two in three respondents have experienced gender-based violence

Overall, results show that 62% of the survey respondents have experienced at least one form of gender-based violence since they started working or studying at their institution.

Women (66%) and non-binary people (74%) were more likely than men to experience all forms of gender-based violence, except for physical violence which more non-binary people and men indicated.

Moreover, respondents who identify as LGBQ+ (68%), who reported a disability or chronic illness (72%), and those belonging to an ethnic minority group (69%) were more likely to have experienced at least one incident of gender-based violence, compared to those who do not identify with these characteristics.

One in three respondents have experienced sexual harassment

Psychological violence is reported as the most prevalent form of violence (57%). Moreover, almost one in three students and staff say they have experienced sexual harassment within their institution (31%), whereas 6% of respondents have experienced physical violence, and 3% sexual violence. One in ten respondents reported that their work or studies have been harmed by economic violence.

Low reporting of gender-based violence incidents

Among respondents who had experienced gender-based violence, only 13% reported it. Almost half of the victims (47%) explained that they felt uncertain whether the behaviour was serious enough to be disclosed. Another frequent reason indicated by 31% of the victims is that at the time of the incident they did not identify the behaviour as an act of violence.

Download the full report: https://unisafe-gbv.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UniSAFE-survey_prevalence-results_2022.pdf

Gender biases in R+D+I is a video produced by the Women and Science Unit, which aims to break down the visible and invisible barriers faced by female researchers.

Its goal is to show that there are unconscious gender biases that can harm them in access, promotion and evaluation.

Through this project, it seeks to promote egalitarian, diverse and inclusive environments in all institutions where science and research is done.

Interview with Marta Flórez in the radio program Toquem Pedra (16/02/2022) where she explains in detail the ICAC’s proposal for the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11), the City Council of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona) and the ICAC Committee for Gender Equality organized different dissemination actions.

This forum-debate addressed the topic of the scientific imaginary and how to make more visible the female researchers working in disciplines sometimes considered “unscientific”, such as the Humanities. This activity took place February 14 and was attended by the folllowing participants:

• Dra. Lídia Colomines (ICAC), archaeozoology research.
• Dra. Ana Pastor (GAPP-UB), research in social archaeology and cultural heritage.
• Paloma Zarzuela (GAPP-UB), research on the role of women in Spanish archaeology.
• Moderators: Óscar Esteban (City Council Santa Perpètua de Mogoda) y la Dra. Marta Flórez (researcher ICAC).

On the occasion of the celebration of March 8, International Women’s Day, from the ICAC Gender Equality Committee have organized an informative talk, by the GRAP (UB) researcher Margarita Díaz-Andreu-

• “The ArqueólogAs project: a historical view of gender inequality in the archaeological profession”.
• Wednesday, March 9, at 12 noon (online)
• Link to the session (no registration required)

This presentation will offer some of the results obtained in the ArqueólogAs project (ref. PID2019-110748GB-I00, UB) in relation to the origins of gender inequality that women in the archaeological profession still experience today.

Margarita Díaz-Andreu (Ramón Menéndez Pidal National Award 2021) is ICREA Professor at the University of Barcelona. Since her first publications (in the 1990s), she has focused her scientific production on the gender perspective and has also been interested in the history of women in archaeology.

Currently, she is the leading researcher of the Arqueólogas project, from which she is organizing a website with a section called “pioneers”, a compilation of biographies of women born in or before 1950 who played a relevant role in the field of archaeology. Within the framework of the Arqueólogas project, the team is also working on a dissemination publication (featured by 2022) based on the history of women in Spanish archeology.

This is an initiative within the framework of the ICAC Gender Equality Plan and the HRS4R strategy.

The new Gender Equality Committee members are (since February 2022):

• Lydia M. Gil González (documentalist)
• Lídia Colominas Barberà (researcher)
• Alfredo Mayoral Pascual (researcher)

The updated Gender Equality Committee will keep on working for the implementation of the Action Plan for gender equality at the ICAC, within the framework of the ICAC HRS4R strategy, and the follow-up of the Protocol against sexual harassment and violence.

We want to highlight and thank the dedication and work done by former members of the Committee: Jesús Carruesco and Maura Lerga.