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SUMMARY:“When Informants Become Knowledge Producers: Rethinking Great Zimbabwe”
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Prof. Shadreck Chirikure\, School of Archaeology\, University of Oxford: Using the lenses of insurgent scholarship\, this paper addresses itself to a contradiction that characterised southern African archaeology from the 1980s and has residuals in the present. Archaeology in Africa’ southern third\, like elsewhere\, was introduced as a tool of empire. The first westerners (antiquarians) to encounter Great Zimbabwe speculated that it was exotic in origin because Africans lacked capacity to make such a unique achievement. Professional archaeologists such as Gertrude Caton-Thompson overturned this exotic origins speculation. Interestingly\, both antiquarians and professional archaeologists relied on local informants to explain features and identify material culture at Great Zimbabwe and related sites. Both groups collected ethnographies and oral traditions from African informants who were never mentioned by name in publications. The first cohort of homegrown archaeologists emerged in the 1980s when Zimbabwe achieved independence. Inevitably\, some of the interpretations by established western archaeologists came under challenge. In defence\, some professional archaeologists insinuated that indigenous archaeologists did not know features they were excavating. Ironically\, they provided information used by western archaeologists to interpret the same features! What new meanings emerge when experiential knowledge is combined with scientific approaches to reignite a homegrown understanding of Great Zimbabwe? We use the results of new excavations and scientific work performed at Great Zimbabwe over the past ten years\, to develop new interpretations of everyday life\, urbanism and economic connections at various scales.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/when-informants-become-knowledge-producers-rethinking-great-zimbabwe/
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CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prof. Florie Bugarin":MAILTO:fbugarin@howard.edu
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SUMMARY:The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and World Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are enormous earthen enclosures\, many in precise geometric shapes\, that were built 2\,000 years ago by Native Americans known today as the Hopewell. Their creators designed the earthworks as places of ceremony\, connecting them to the cosmos by aligning them with carefully observed movements of the moon and sun\, including those of an 18.6-year lunar cycle. Dr. Brad Lepper (Ohio History Connection) and Chief Glenna Wallace (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma) will discuss the history\, function\, astonishing complexity\, and contemporary Indigenous views of the earthworks on the occasion of their recent designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—the first in Ohio and 25th in the United States. Wallace and Lepper both participated in preparing the UNESCO nomination\, the result of a multi-year effort by a broad group of partners.\nTHIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY OHIO HUMANITIES\, A STATE AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-and-world-heritage/
LOCATION:Siegal Lifelong Learning Auditorium\, Landmark Centre\, 25700 Science Park Dr #100\, Beachwood\, 44122\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Maggie Popkin":MAILTO:mlp84@case.edu
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