Archaeology in 2021: Repatriation, reclamation, and reckoning with historical trauma. Issue 4 (22nd September 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Archaeology in 2021: Repatriation, reclamation, and reckoning with historical trauma. Issue 4 (22nd September 2022)
- Main Title:
- Archaeology in 2021: Repatriation, reclamation, and reckoning with historical trauma
- Authors:
- Montgomery, Lindsay M.
Supernant, Kisha - Abstract:
- Abstract: Archaeology in 2021 was characterized by a continued call to use the tools of the discipline to document the violence of settler colonialism in the past and present, pushing anthropology to reckon with its own role in perpetuating historical trauma. The tension between disciplinary reflection and reform was most clearly articulated in the use of archaeological geophysics to detect the unmarked graves of incarcerated Indigenous children who died at residential and boarding schools in Canada and the United States. The highly publicized investigation of these schools has brought renewed attention to issues of repatriation and historical reclamation for many communities impacted by settler colonialism. These discussions have reverberated throughout the discipline, prompting revisions to the Society for American Archaeology's "Statement Concerning the Treatment of Human Remains, " reopening conversations around an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and informing debates around the ethics of DNA research. These conversations are part of a larger movement toward decolonizing the field by using archaeological methods to explore marginalized histories and support communities most impacted by the violences of settler colonialism. Resumen: La arqueología en 2021 fue caracterizada por un continuo llamado al uso de herramientas de la disciplina para documentar la violencia del colonialismo de poblamiento en el pasado y el presente, impulsando laAbstract: Archaeology in 2021 was characterized by a continued call to use the tools of the discipline to document the violence of settler colonialism in the past and present, pushing anthropology to reckon with its own role in perpetuating historical trauma. The tension between disciplinary reflection and reform was most clearly articulated in the use of archaeological geophysics to detect the unmarked graves of incarcerated Indigenous children who died at residential and boarding schools in Canada and the United States. The highly publicized investigation of these schools has brought renewed attention to issues of repatriation and historical reclamation for many communities impacted by settler colonialism. These discussions have reverberated throughout the discipline, prompting revisions to the Society for American Archaeology's "Statement Concerning the Treatment of Human Remains, " reopening conversations around an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and informing debates around the ethics of DNA research. These conversations are part of a larger movement toward decolonizing the field by using archaeological methods to explore marginalized histories and support communities most impacted by the violences of settler colonialism. Resumen: La arqueología en 2021 fue caracterizada por un continuo llamado al uso de herramientas de la disciplina para documentar la violencia del colonialismo de poblamiento en el pasado y el presente, impulsando la antropología a reevaluar su propio papel en la perpetuación del trauma histórico. La tensión entre la reflexión disciplinaria y la reforma fue articulada más claramente en el uso de la geofísica arqueológica para detectar las tumbas no marcadas de niños indígenas encarcelados quienes murieron en escuelas residenciales e internados en Canadá y los Estados Unidos. La investigación altamente publicitada de estas escuelas ha traído una atención renovada a cuestiones de repatriación y reclamación histórica para muchas comunidades impactadas por el colonialismo de poblamiento. Estas discusiones han reverberado a través de la disciplina, provocando revisiones de la "Declaración Concerniente al Tratamiento de Restos Humanos" de la Sociedad para la Arqueología Americana, reabriendo las conversaciones alrededor del Acta de Protección y Repatriación de Tumbas Afroamericanas e informando los debates alrededor de la investigación del ADN. Estas conversaciones son parte de un movimiento más amplio hacia a la descolonización del campo al usar los métodos arqueológicos para explorar historias marginadas y apoyar a las comunidades más impactadas por las violencias del colonialismo de poblamiento. [ violencia, escuelas residenciales e internados indígenas, reevaluación, colonialismo de poblamiento, descolonización ] … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- American anthropologist. Volume 124:Issue 4(2022)
- Journal:
- American anthropologist
- Issue:
- Volume 124:Issue 4(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 124, Issue 4 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0124-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 800
- Page End:
- 812
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-22
- Subjects:
- violence -- Indigenous boarding and residential schools -- reckoning -- settler colonialism -- decolonization
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http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1639184.html ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1548-1433 ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00027294.html ↗
http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/3a ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/aman.13778 ↗
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- English
- ISSNs:
- 0002-7294
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