SOA 230 - Digging for Justice: Archaeology and Inequality

Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: 15 credits completed
Critical examination of methods, theories, of archaeology, use of archaeology to validate political, social, economic systems that institute inequality and injustice. Begin with hands on field training, then look at how archaeologists approach larger question (e.g. origins of inequality, gender roles, race and ethnicty), and in particular how archaeology has disempowered American Indians. Lastly we consider the promise of collaborative archaeology that breaks from such traditional asymmetrical power relations. Cross-listed with CJS 230

Graded