Raksha Dave, BSc Archaeology, –9
What I learnt at the Institute of Archaeology was the importance of community. Almost 28 years ago I arrived as a fresh-faced teenager from Lancashire with no real experience or knowledge of archaeology. When I turned up on the first day of enrolment, I was surrounded by at least other eager students of all age ranges. It was all quite overwhelming, but I remember the atmosphere, there was an excitable buzz from people with a hunger to learn about the past.
The Institute is quite uniquely placed; although it sits as a department within UCL it really is its own little island, a purpose-built building, nestled neatly within the leafy squares of Bloomsbury. Out of all the departments at UCL this is its strength – I remember how jealous other UCL friends were that all archaeology students, undergraduate or graduate, co-existed, socialised and worked together in this melting pot of seven floors located on the northern end of Gordon Square. Others were taken aback by how accessible the teaching staff were and how none of the archaeology students could have ever survived without the calm guiding hand of the irreplaceable Judy Medrington. I now know th
Inside the Mind of&#; Raksha Dave
The latest archaeologist to come under our spotlight is Raksha Dave, another Time Team regular, and member of the team for the current series.
Brief Bio:
Raksha has been a professional archaeologist for 12 years and is currently the Project Manager for Dig Ventures and a Senior Archaeologist and presenter for Time Team. Most of her field experience has been based in the commercial sector in London and has worked on numerous projects such as St Mary Spital and the Blossom’s Inn site, Gresham Street. She is now in her 10th year working for Time Team as a Senior Archaeologist and has excavated and supervised various sites in the UK and abroad.
Raksha has also worked in the public sector in local government focusing on education and communities. Her interests firmly lie in participation, advocacy and education through archaeology.
The 10 Questions:
What sparked your interest in Archaeology?
I was four and was absolutely fascinated by a dinosaur book I saw in a bookshop. I vaguely remember harassing my poor mother into submission and making her buy it for me. I still have it to this day. From this, sprung forth an absolute ob
Raksha Dave
Raksha Dave is a Field Archaeologist, Public Archaeologist and Broadcaster. In , Raksha graduated from the UCL Institute of Archaeology, having already excavated on research projects in the UK, Puerto Rico and Texas. In , she secured her first position as a commercial field archaeologist based in London where she worked predominantly. During this time she also worked on various research projects around the world including the Catalhoyuk Research Project in Turkey. In , Raksha was recruited by Channel Four’s popular archaeology programme ‘Time Team’ – where she was a regular face on the show until its final episode in
In between all of her time excavating Raksha realised her passion for working with communities and the public whilst employed by a local authority in London; commissioning, developing and delivering public services in education and early years as part of a major government funded initiative. This is reflected in her later work when she returned back to the heritage sector. Raksha developed and managed various HLF funded community projects, sat on the board of trustees for the Council for British Archaeology (London) and became an advocate and patr
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રક્ષાબહેન દવેનો જન્મ 21 ફેબ્રુઆરી, ના રોજ મુંબઈમાં થયો. પિતાનું નામ પ્રહ્લાદરાય જ. દવે અને માતાનું નામ શારદાબહેન. તેમને સાહિત્યસર્જન વારસામાં મળ્યું હતું. સૌરાષ્ટ્ર યુનિવર્સિટીમાંથી માં ગુજરાતી ભાષા-સાહિત્યમાં ગોલ્ડ મેડલ સાથે અનુસ્નાતક થયાં અને બી.એડ.ની પરીક્ષામાં બીજા નંબરે આવ્યાં હતાં. માં પ્રિ. તખ્તસિંહ પરમારના માર્ગદર્શન હેઠળ ‘ભક્તિતત્ત્વ અને ગુજરાતી કવિતા’ વિષય પર સંશોધન કરીને ભાવનગર યુનિવર્સિટીમાંથી પીએચ.ડી.ની પદવી પ્રાપ્ત કરી. ભાવનગરની ગાંધી મહિલા કૉલેજમાં ગુજરાતીનાં અધ્યાપક તરીકે જોડાયાં અને બાદમાં વિભાગનાં અધ્યક્ષા પણ થયાં. માં તેમણે સ્વૈચ્છિક રીતે નિવૃત્તિ લીધી. સમગ્ર ગુજરાતમાં ધર્મ-સંસ્કાર-સાહિત્ય પર વ્યાખ્યાનો આપે છે.
રક્ષાબહેન દવેનો પ્રથમ કાવ્યસંગ્રહ ‘સૂરજમુખી’ માં પ્રકાશિત થયો. કાવ્યસંગ્રહની પ્રસ્તાવનામાં કવિ સુન્દરમે તેમને ‘આધુનિક મીરાં’ તરીકે ઓળખાવ્યાં છે. તેમની પાસેથી ભક્તિનાં અનેક પદો-ગીતો મળ્યાં છે. ‘નિશિગંધા’ (), ‘ગુલમોર’ (), ‘અજવાસ’ (), ‘આહ્લાદ’ (), ‘સ્રગ્ધરા’ () અને ‘શારદા’ () તેમના કાવ્યસંગ્રહો છે. ‘ગુલમોર’ને ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ તરફથી ભગિની નિવેદિતા પુરસ્કાર મળ્યો છે.
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