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An “EC50 – Fifty People Changing the World” award recipient, archaeologist and ethnohistorian working with computing scientists Dr Alicia Colson FRGS FSA collaborates with indigenous peoples, NGOs and governments in Canada, UK, US, and Antigua to understand our pasts.  Expeditions in Namibia and Iceland encouraged her to practice citizen science. As a Wiley Digital Archive Fellow her passion to explain to the widest audiences led her to produce an ESRI StoryMap of the Ilhas de Santa Catarina, Brazil, her childhood home. Co-founder of Exploration Revealed, the Scientific Exploration Society’s digital hybrid publication with Briony Turner showcases advances in knowledge and peer-to-peer support for those engaged with scientific exploration and adventure-led expedition.

Recent Publications

Colson, Alicia J. M. ‘Rock Paintings in the “Wilderness” – “Savaged and Shared”’. (2025) Anthropos: International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics 120 (1) : 157–82. https://doi.org/10.5771/0257-9774-2025-1-157.

Colson, Alicia J. M., and Eduard-Claudiu Gloss. (19 December 2024) ‘The Algorithmic Art: Exploring the Intersection of Human Imagination and AI Technology’. Ekphrasis (2067-631X) 32 (2): 48–72. https://doi.org/10.24193/ekphrasis.32.3.

Alicia Colson 2022 H-Net Review by Alicia Colson of Susan M. Kooiman. Ancient Pottery, Cuisine, and Society at the Northern Great Lakes. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press,. H-Net Reviews H-Environment. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57395.

Alicia Colson, January 2019 An Instruction Manual Would Be Perfect! An Analysis of the Images of Four Birchbark Scrolls from Central North America Anthropos, Volume 114 (1): 37 – 56, ISSN: 0257-9774, ISSN online: 0257-9774, https://doi.org/10.5771/0257-9774-2019-1-37

Alicia J. M. Colson 2018  The Perpetual Dilemma of a Pictograph Site. VISUAL PAST A Journal for the Study of Past Visual Cultures 5: Special Issue “Bildsinne/Image Senses”: 75—98. http://visualpast.de/archive/content4.html

Bradley G. Hyslop & Alicia J. M. Colson September 2017 It’s about time: Investigations into the interior of Canada’s Boreal Forest. Lac Seul. North American Archaeologist 38 (4): 299–326 https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/naa/38/4

Publications for the general public:

Colson, Alicia (April 2025) ‘What!! Has My IPR Been Stolen?: AI Training, Content, IP Infringement, Authors and the Creative Industries’. The Tech Magazine – ISSN: 2753 9024: 6 (1): 14-16

Colson, Alicia J. M., and George ‘Choch’ Kenny. 2024 ‘Colorizing Historical Photographs: Ethical Dilemmas of a New Digital Technique’. First American Art Magazine, 42 (Spring): 102 – 104

Colson, Alicia J. M., Michael Makwa Auksi, and George ‘Choch’ Kenny. 25 June 2024 ‘On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge’. Sapiens,  https://www.sapiens.org/culture/on-the-tracks-to-translating-indigenous-knowledge/.

Colson, Alicia (Winter 2024) ‘NFTs, AI, Ethics and Indigenous Peoples’. The Tech Magazine – ISSN: 2753 9024: 5: 17.

Colson, Alicia J. M. May 2024. ‘Colonisation or Carelessness? Whisper, OpenAI and Indigenous Rights’. The Tech Magazine,  5(1): 32-34

Colson, Alicia 30 October 2023 ‘What Is a Heritage River?’ Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l’environnement. NiCHE. https://niche-canada.org/2023/10/30/what-is-a-heritage-river/.

Colson, Alicia. June 2023 ‘AI Generated Images, Photography and Visual Documentary Evidence as Sources: Thoughts on Boris Eldagsen’s Image, Well “Photograph”.’ The Tech Magazine – ISSN: 2753 9024, 4 (1): 38-39

Alicia Colson  April 1. 2022 Our Olives, Ourselves. Whetstone W Magazine, https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/journal/our-olives-ourselves.

Alicia J. M. Colson September 2021 “Banishment to Cool” A Chairborne Exploration of a ‘Forgotten Archipelago’ – Santa Catarina, Brazil. EsriStoryMap. Wiley Digital Research Fellow, Royal Geographical Society and IBG. https://arcg.is/0e8nPC.

Alicia J. M. Colson Winter 2020 “On understanding the unknown: defining ourselves as researchers?” The Great Britain and Ireland Chapter Entry, The Explorers Log Vol: 51 (1):10 [A publication of The Explorers Club, NYC]

Alicia Colson 15 November 2020 Visiting Old Friends Contingent Magazine https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/11/15/visiting-old-friends/.

Alicia Colson August 2020 The Brown Bear and I: Archeology, Adventure and Colonisation in the Canadian “Wilderness.” Adventure Uncovered  https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/the-brown-bear-and-i-archeology-adventure-and-colonisation-in-the-canadian-wilderness/.

Alicia J. M. Colson 20 February 2020 Food Archaeology: Avocado Wonk! Magazine (https://www.wonkmagazine.co.uk/) https://www.wonkmagazine.co.uk/post/food-archaeology-avocado

Alicia J. M. Colson November 21, 2019 Dangoor Infinity Expedition to Iceland Histories of Archaeology Research Network, (HARN) Weblog https://harngroup.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/dangoor-infinity-expedition-to-iceland/

Alicia J. M. Colson June 17 2019 ‘Let’s get Started!’ Histories of Archaeology Research Network, (HARN) Weblog https://harngroup.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/lets-get-started/

15 April 2019 Alicia J. M. Colson Food Archaeology: Mmmm Chocolate! Wonk! Magazine (https://www.wonkmagazine.co.uk/) https://www.wonkmagazine.co.uk/food-archaeology-chocolate

Alicia J. M. Colson 2015  2D and 3D Digital Technologies Tools in Archaeology. Academic. Decoding Digital Humanities London – Forum. https://sites.google.com/site/ddhlondon/discussion/2dand3ddigitaltechnologiestoolsinarchaeology.

2015 Colson, Alicia J. M., Daniel James Nicolson, Ronald Guthrie, and Hannah Cooper Canyons and Craters Science Report 2014. Science Report. London: British Exploring Society. 

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Expertise by Geography

North America

Expertise by Chronology

Ancient, Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century

Expertise by Topic

Art & Architectural History, Colonialism, Computational, Environment, Higher Ed, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Religion, Women