Connecting archaeology, indigeneity, and community in the Caribbean

连接加勒比地区的考古学、原住民和社区

• 批准号: AH/X003299/1
• 负责人: Alice Samson
• 金额: $ 3.35万
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX003299%2F1
• 关键词: Connecting; archaeology; indigeneity; community; Caribbean

There are multiple Indigenous communities in the Caribbean today, Indigenous revitalization movements in the islands and diaspora, and long-recognised Indigenous legacies in all aspects of life. Despite this, the idea of indigenous extinction is persistent. Archaeology and archaeologists are implicated in this narrative due to an insistence on the pre-Columbian past as dead and preserved in archaeological museum collections. We acknowledge this critique and the need to respond with positive action to 1) engage those outside the discipline, and 2) answer to the critical question for archaeologists in the 21st century: "Archaeology for whom?" (Atalay et al. 2014 citing Nalda 1978). Therefore, the central aim of the proposed activities is to address the separation between the academy and communities in the Caribbean on the themes of archaeology and indigenous identity and representation. The proposed network draws together institutional and non-institutional partners from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, neighbouring islands which share precolonial and colonial histories but with distinctive modern trajectories. We will open up a space to explore issues through a series of focused meetings involving academic partners and non-academic stakeholders. We will address the different contexts of engagement (and non-engagement) with Indigenous archaeology and indigeneity in the present. We will do this by holding meetings in sites and in the presence of objects of mutual interest such as at rockart locations and in museum storerooms to generate non-hierarchical dialogue on locally-specific issues around heritage and representation. This is needed to inform the practise of archaeology itself from the initial research design, questions asked, participants, and methods.

当今加勒比地区有多个土著社区，岛屿和侨民的土著振兴运动，以及生活的各个方面的长期认可的土著遗产。尽管如此，土著灭绝的想法是持久的。考古学和考古学家与这一叙述有关，因为坚持哥伦比亚前的过去，并保存在考古博物馆的收藏中。我们承认这一批评，并需要以积极的行动对1）在学科以外的人进行积极行动，以及2）回答21世纪考古学家的关键问题：“为谁的考古学？” （Atalay等人，2014年引用Nalda 1978）。因此，拟议活动的核心目的是解决有关考古学和土著身份和代表性主题的学院与加勒比地区社区之间的分离。拟议的网络将来自多米尼加共和国和波多黎各的机构和非机构伙伴汇集在一起​​，这些岛屿是邻近的岛屿，这些岛屿具有共同的殖民和殖民历史，但具有独特的现代轨迹。我们将通过一系列涉及学术伙伴和非学术利益相关者的专注会议开放一个空间来探索问题。在目前，我们将通过土著考古学和本地性来解决不同的参与（和非参与）的背景。我们将通过在洛克（Rockart）的地点和博物馆储藏室中举行会议，并在存在互惠互利的对象的情况下举行会议，以就遗产和代表性的本地问题进行非等级的对话。从最初的研究设计，提问，参与者和方法中，这需要为考古学本身的实践提供信息。