APA's Next 'Ask An Expert' Professional Development Session
Connect in a casual atmosphere to learn more about "Seeking, Sensing, Storytelling: Artifact Encounters as a Community Engagement Framework for Archaeology" with Dr. Katherine Davidson.
Date and Time: November 28th: 10am EST (to about 11:30pm)
Guest Expert: Dr. Katherine Davidson, Anthropological Archaeologist.
Subject: An explanation of "how archaeologists may weave cultural, sensory, and experiential encounters with artifacts into our engagement work to reach more broad audiences among archaeological stakeholders." - Dr. Katherine Davidson
Format: Virtual, via Zoom
"Archaeology focuses on the material culture of the past, but material culture also has deep meaning for many archaeological stakeholders. Material culture is, at once, artifacts, objects, belongings, and sometimes ancestors themselves. Those different meanings weave together to create a life history of a tool, or an embellishment, or a pot. But archaeologists cannot fully understand all facets of that life history by ourselves. My doctoral research used an object elicitation interview method to discuss artifacts with Indigenous descendant community members in Eastern and Northern Ontario. This talk will explain how archaeologists may weave cultural, sensory, and experiential encounters with artifacts into our engagement work to reach more broad audiences among archaeological stakeholders. Ultimately, that engagement work creates reciprocity with communities, where we can learn from communities about their histories and how they view their heritage values, and where we can share the results of our work with people who don't often get a hands-on view of our work in the field."
- Dr. Katherine Davidson
Send in your questions for Katherine ahead of time to our email at members@apaontario.ca
All are welcome!
Guests: $10 (online payment or e-transfer)
APA Ontario members: free