I am the Programme Leader for the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, and Lecturer in Archaeology, based at Orkney College. My research explores Art and Archaeology in its broadest sense, from the interpretation of prehistoric visual culture to the intersections between contemporary art practice and the archaeological imagination. My professional background is in heritage and archaeology, with experience spanning community development and heritage-led regeneration, museum curation, commercial archaeological fieldwork, and higher education teaching.  

Contemporary Art & Archaeology; Visual Culture; Neolithic Art & Architecture; Markmaking and Graffiti; Interdisciplinary Pedagogies; Practice-as-Research; Creative Industries Collaborations; Scotland and the Arctic; Coastal Humanities; Cultural Heritage

Helen Garbett (PhD Creative Practice): “The Human-Limpet Project: An art-based investigation into human and limpet entanglements over time” 

I currently teach on the following modules:

Art and Archaeology: Contemporary Theory and Practice (SCQF 11)*

Contemporary Art and Archaeology in Practice (SCQF 11)*

Cultural Heritage Management (SCQF 11)*

Final Project in Contemporary Art and Archaeology (SCQF 11)*

Art and Environment (SCQF 11)

Sustainability Past and Present (SCQF10)

Archaeology of the Highlands and Islands (SCQF10/11)

* = Module Leader

International Network for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland (INCAScot)