The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Polish Historians’ Perspectives on the War Next Door! - WB 2nd April 2022 Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup 0:00 Introduction   4:05 Paul Barford Interview 28:44 Alina Nowobilska Interview 1:04:08 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week:   Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/   *** Links: Pipeline April Fools’ Article: CBA, CIfA & FAME LAUNCH JOINT MEDIA OPERATION: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2022/04/01/cba-cifa-fame-launch-joint-media-operation/ Paul Barford: @PortantIssues on Twitter Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/ Alina Nowobilska: @WW2girl1944 on Twitter @hack_history on Twitter Refugees fleeing Ukraine (since 24 February 2022): https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine ‘Black Archaeology’ in Eastern Europe: Metal Detecting, Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects, and ‘Legal Nihilism’: https://www.counteringcrime.org/black-archaeology-in-eastern-europe Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine: https://instytutpileckiego.pl/en/instytut/aktualnosci/centrum-dokumentowania-zbrodni-rosyjskich-w-ukrainie-im The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml At least 53 culturally important sites damaged in Ukraine – Unesco: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/at-least-53-culturally-important-sites-damaged-in-ukraine-unesco Inside the Efforts to Preserve Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-efforts-to-preserve-ukraines-cultural-heritage-180979840/ News about the war from the official Ukrainian perspective: 135 war crimes against cultural heritage recorded in Ukraine: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3446115-135-war-crimes-against-cultural-heritage-recorded-in-ukraine.html