Leah Neiman, doctoral student at Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, will discuss her research in an informal talk.

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Professor Parker VanValkenburgh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, will give a public lecture titled, “Seeing Through the Trees: Lidar, Archaeological Visualization, and the Conservation Crisis at Kuelap.”

Elizabeth Davis, doctoral student at Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, will discuss her research in an informal talk.

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Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World will host a conference titled State of the Field 2023: Archaeologies of the Mediterranean on April 14-15, 2023. This meeting builds on a tradition of ‘State of the Field’ workshops hosted by the Joukowsky Institute since 2011 that reflect upon current trends in archaeological practice. This year’s conference discusses the place of Mediterranean Archaeology in the modern world in North America, Europe and the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean archaeology has struggled to identify its own priorities and find its own voice for challenging traditional narratives and approaches and, as a result, risks being subsumed by adjacent disciplines with louder voices, despite many possible valuable contributions. We intend to examine academic traditions and assumptions as well as contemporary institutional and political structures that frame our theoretical and methodological engagement with the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean and adjacent regions in order to ensure that the field maintains relevance into the future.

See more, including speakers and the full schedule, at www.brown.edu/go/sotf2023.

Ricky Punzalan, Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, will speak about his work with ‘ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan.’ He will describe the project’s reparative frameworks and practices for the University’s Philippine collections, which were acquired during the U.S. colonial period.

Ricky Punzalan holds a Ph.D. in Information as well as graduate certificates in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and Museum Studies from the University of Michigan (UM). He earned a Bachelor of Library Science and Master of Library and Information Science (archives and museum studies concentration) from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He has previously taught on the faculty of the University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies (2000 to 2006) and the University of Maryland College of Information Studies (2013 to 2019). Ricky has worked on a variety of archival projects in the Philippines, which include establishing the archives of a former leprosarium and curating a museum exhibit for the centennial of its founding as a segregation facility. From 2018 to 2021 he served on the Council of the Society of American Archivists, the organization’s highest governing body. Ricky currently serves on the steering committee of the University of Michigan’s Museum Studies Program.

Reading Textile Traces of Modern Greece

Mina Nikolovieni, doctoral student at Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, will discuss her research in an informal talk.

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Environmental archaeology brings together a range of methods to better understand human and nonhuman pasts, significantly improving our understandings of a range of issues from farming and foraging to food, health, and pollution.Many of these topics are also critical to the present, and archaeologists have increasingly been interested in participating in these discussions. One approach to relevance-seeking in archaeology is the ‘lesson from the past,’ a popular but challenging strategy. In this talk I discuss some other ways in which archaeologists can contribute to better understanding of the present, by using our work on long-term historical transformations to address outcomes in the present. A persistent issue with this approach is one of scale – how much might the changes we document make a difference at larger spatial and temporal scales? I discuss the LandCover6k project, an ongoing effort to use global-scale land use date from the past to contribute directly to climate modeling.

Co-sponsored by the CV Starr Lectureships fund, Program in Early Cultures, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World, and Institute at Brown for Environment & Society.

This public lecture by Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, explores how work in tribal archives helps to expand the historical narrative, from public schools to museums to national parks. This conversation will look at why it’s important to include Native voices in public history and the benefits it has for all.

Eric Hemenway is an Anishnaabe/Odawa from Cross Village, Michigan. His mother is tribal citizen Peggy Hemenway. Eric is the Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Eric oversees the management, collecting and preservation of historic documents and materials for the tribe. These materials are used to support LTBB government functions, its citizens and educational initiatives, such as; museum exhibits, media, curriculum, publications, historical interpretation, signage, web content and presentations. Collaborations on exhibits have included the National Park Service, state of Michigan, Mackinac State Historic Parks, Emmet County, Welt Museum Wien Vienna, Austria and the Harbor Springs History Museum, as well as other museums. Educational partnerships include: Harbor Springs Public Schools, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard, Yale and Aquinas College. Eric has also extensive work experience under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

He currently sits on boards for the Michigan Historical Commission, Central Michigan University Clarke Library and Little Traverse Conservancy. Eric is a former board member of the Michigan Humanities Council, Michigan Historical Society, Emmet County Historical Commission, National NAGRPA Review Committee, Harbor Springs Historical Museum and the Michigan Commission on the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Casma Statecraft? Examining Politics and Pottery Production on Peru’s North Coast, ca. 1000-1450 CE

Marie Elizabeth Grávalos is a Visiting Scholar in Brown University’s Department of Anthropology and a Postdoctoral Scientist in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum. She will discuss her research in an informal talk.

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