Still from the film In the midst of rich meadows, it was perfectly clear, I walked with company by Lara Band
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate

‘Creative archaeological research’ – graduate’s journal article available

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Lara Band, a graduate of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, has had a paper published as part of the latest Livingmaps Review journal.
Still from the film In the midst of rich meadows, it was perfectly clear, I walked with company by Lara Band
Still from the film In the midst of rich meadows, it was perfectly clear, I walked with company by Lara Band.

Lara Band, who recently graduated from the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology with Distinction, has had a paper published as part of the latest Livingmaps Review journal.

Her piece discusses a six-minute film she made with Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve in Hackney, London, UK and explores ways to work with and not on sites, to acknowledge the deeply entangled more-than-human world we all live in. 

The accompanying essay,  In the midst of rich meadows, it was perfectly clear, I walked with company: Creative Archaeological Research for the Anthropocene discusses the research and practice underpinning the film, which arose from coursework during the MA.

Issue 18 of Livingmaps Review is a conference special edition with contributions from participants in the Livingmaps Network‘s more-than-human mapping conference which was held in 2025.

You can watch the film, and access the paper here.

  • Dr Antonia Thomas, the programme leader of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, features in the latest edition of Archaeology Scotland magazine (Issue 54, Winter 2025/26). The article, Art and Archaeology at UHI Orkney, includes work by recent graduates Iain Davidson, Lara Band and Harry Payne, among others.