AP/ANTH 4150 3.00 Special Topics in Anthropology
Winter 2024: Archaeology with, by, and for Indigenous Peoples
In large parts of the world, archaeology investigates the past of Indigenous peoples, the original inhabitants of the land. Historically, archaeologists and governments excluded Indigenous peoples from the entire archaeological process. Since the 1970s, Indigenous peoples have been advocating worldwide for control of their ancestral past. This course will explore the interaction of Indigenous peoples with archaeology. The geographical focus will be North America (with an emphasis on Canada), but international case studies will be presented for certain topics. An overview of Indigenous peoples and settler colonialism, Indigenous knowledge and oral history, and a brief history of Indigenous archaeology will be presented at the outset, followed by investigation of such topics as collaborative archaeology, community-driven research, ethics in archaeology, ownership of the past, repatriation, and decolonization of archaeology. The goal of the course is to explore how Indigenous peoples and archaeologists can overcome the legacy of colonialism and work together to best serve the interests of Indigenous peoples and archaeology.
Section M Course Director: G. Warrick - gwarrick@yorku.ca
NOT OFFERED DURING 2023 TERM
Fall Term: Experiments in Ethnography
This hands-on, lab-based course explores diverse ethnographic research methods (visual, sonic, performance, object-based, rapid prototyping, collaboration, etc.) and multiple modes of ethnographic presentation (photo-essay, mixtape, video, exhibition, podcast, etc.). The course invites you to tinker, test, and radically reimagine the possibilities of producing and sharing anthropological knowledge beyond the conventional forms of participant observation and writing. Your main course assignment is an individual field-based project that explores the theme of "underground".