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CAA 2022 Talk

Apr 29th, 2022 by menzies

These blog posts contain aspects of a paper I am developing as part of the 2022 Canadian Archaeological Association meetings.

‘There’s Nothing (of significance) Here: understanding data interpretation blind spots in archaeological-science.

Abstract: We all have blind spots. Harmless blind spots might be amusing. Blind spots cloaked in the mantle of authority, however, can have a rather pernicious life with manifold ill effects. This paper explores interpretive blind spots within the euro-centric science of archaeology. We begin by setting the stage for how the North American variant of this science had its roots in a white supremacist ethnic mobility and replacement ideology. While we acknowledge that a discipline can slip the shackles of its parents’ desires, that the practitioners of the discipline can act in ways contradictory to its initial conception, we find a blind spot persist in the disciple’s continued adherence to a euro-centric ideology of science. Next we draw upon our own experience appropriating archaeological-science for Indigenous led inquiry. Here we examine the intersection of euro-centric skepticism and pragmatic discovery focussed blindness. We explore this through two stories: “the archaeologist and the waakyil (currant) patch,” and; “there’s nothing of significance here (archaeologists and abalone). Finally we conclude by suggesting a way out of this legacy blind spot through upending the euro-centrism of archaeological science and adopting an Indigenous intellectual framework.

Blog posts

  • The archaeologist and the waakyil patch.
  • There’s Nothing of Significance here (archaeologists and abalone).

Bonus materials

  • Mapping Citeyats
  • Ancient Gitxaała Village
  • AAA 2011 panel on early stages of project. 

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