Kingston University, London

Faculty Member, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Other Affiliations: Kingston University, London, Faculty of Science

Lecturer

About

Helen Wickstead is an Archaeologist and Lecturer at Kingston University, London. She has a doctorate in Archaeology from University College London and has been elected to the professional Institute for Archaeologists (IFA) at the highest corporate level. She is the author of the book ‘Theorising Tenure’, (an examination of the material co-construction of property and identity), and has written several journal articles investigating historical and contemporary image-making - drawing, mapping and viewing - across disciplines. She is the Director (with Leo Duff) of ‘art+archaeology’, a project which has created over 20 funded art residencies, and numerous art/archaeology events and exhibitions. 

With more than 15 years’ experience of working as an archaeologist in France, Czech Republic, Turkey and the UK, Helen has led numerous campaigns of survey and excavation including the Shovel Down Project and All Saints Kingston Geophysical Survey. She is currently Director of Damerham Archaeology Project; the excavation and survey of an extraordinary complex of over 40 archaeological sites clustered around two newly discovered early Neolithic long barrows.

Helen teaches at Masters level in Heritage and Museum and Gallery Studies, and undergraduate (BSc.) courses in Forensic Archaeology. She also leads an archaeological field school, encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved.

Helen’s work explores materialising processes and practices from prehistory to the present. She is currently researching Cold War practices of remote viewing – including forms of prospection, geophysics and remote sensing. She is working (with Martyn Barber) on publications exploring the history of aerial survey. She continues to explore how visual practices materialize ways of knowing in the arts and sciences.

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