Greetings!
The March 2008 Newsletter is now available online at:
http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/newsletter.html
In March's newsletter, we feature: articles and essays by Ray Crook, Merrick
Posnansky, Paul R. Mullins, K. Chris Glidden, Timothy E. Baumann, Lynn
Rainville, Robert Marcom, Jodi Barnes, Ross Wilson, Maryam Sharron
Muhammad, Chana Kraus-Friedberg, and Kristen R. Fellows; a compiled list of
archaeological fieldschools focusing on African diaspora subjects; news reports
and announcements; and book reviews by Deb Rotman, Sharla Fett, and
Christian Hogsbjerg. A table of contents is set out below.
Please contact me if you have essays, analysis papers, book reviews, project
reports, announcements, or news updates that you'd like to contribute to the
African Diaspora Archaeology Network and Newsletter. This Newsletter is
published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December. We serve an
expanding readership of over 5,000 per Newsletter issue.
Cheers,
Chris
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March 2008 Newsletter
** Articles, Essays, and Reports **
Gullah-Geechee Archaeology: The Living Space of Enslaved Geechee on
Sapelo Island, by Ray Crook
The Archaeology of Imperialism: A Contribution to African Education, by
Merrick Posnansky
Grassroots Politics and Archaeological Engagement along the Color Line, by
Paul R. Mullins and K. Chris Glidden
Ragtime Archaeology: Excavations in Scott Joplin's Neighborhood, by Timothy
E. Baumann
Social Memory and Plantation Burial Grounds, a Virginian Example, by Lynn
Rainville
Remote Sensing Analysis at Olivewood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, by Robert
Marcom
Wilderness: A Contemporary Archaeology of an Appalachian Landscape, by
Jodi Barnes
Representing the Diaspora: Performances of "Origin" and "Becoming" in
Museums, by Ross Wilson
"Scattered Africa" in Asia: Evolution in Research, by Maryam Sharron
Muhammad
Report from the SHA Meetings in Albuquerque: Exploring a More Global
Perspective on Plantation Archaeology, by Chana Kraus-Friedberg and Kristen
R. Fellows
** News and Announcements **
2008 Fieldschools Addressing African Diaspora Subjects, by Christopher Fennell
Call for National Holiday Designation for Harriet Tubman, by Debra M. Johnson
Museum Unveils Artifacts From African Americans in Annapolis, by Raymond
McCaffrey
Congressional Hearing Held on Slavery Reparations Bill, by Askia Muhammed
New Books: African American Foodways; Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of
Slavery; Archaeology of Race and Racialization
** Conferences and Calls for Papers **
International Association for Caribbean Archaeology Congress
93rd Annual ASALH Conference
Atlantic Emancipations
Obeah and Other Powers
Landscapes at Risk
Religious Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora
Conversations on Black Religion in the American Diaspora
Tales of Slavery: Narratives of Slavery
Interdisciplinary Conference on Race
Corpus of Older African American Letters
** Book Reviews **
Review of "I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground
Railroad," by Deb Rotman
Review of "Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American
Diaspora," by Sharla Fett
Review of "After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade since 1807," by
Christian Hogsbjerg
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