> Second Call For Papers
>
> Archaeology's Future:
> An Open Forum for Graduate Students
> Boston University, November 11, 1995
>
>       The goal of this conference is simple: to bring together area
> graduate students in archaeological studies to discuss their current
> research and talk about issues of concern in the field.  Boston
> University's program recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.  As
> the only program in New England specifically designed as an
> interdisciplinary program in archaeological studies, we feel it is the
> appropriate place to initiate a discussion among graduate students of
> archaeology's role in scholarly communities and its obligations to
> the global community writ large.  As graduate students we are in the
> process of becoming professionals and soon will be in positions to
> effect change within the discipline.  Papers presented here should
> consider the direction we would like archaeology to take in order to
> remain a viable discipline.  The first sessions are defined loosely
> around three topics: the interplay of theory and technology,
> interaction with the public, and comparative colonialism.  Presenters
> should base their discussions on current field research.  Each session
> will conclude with a moderated discussion.  Conference attendees may
> also submit posters for display throughout the day.
>       The fourth session brings together distinguished scholars in a
> moderated panel discussion on the future of archaeology.  The
> panelists are: Dr. Wendy Ashmore of the University of Pennsylvania,
> Dr. Mary C. Beaudry from Boston University,
> Dr. C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky of Harvard University, Dr. James
> R. Wiseman, Chairman of the Department of Archaeology at Boston
> University, and Dr. Rita Wright from New York University.  The
> discussion will be moderated by Dr. Curtis Runnels, also of Boston
> University, who will invite comments and questions from the audience.
>       The conference is jointly sponsored by the Archaeology
> Graduate Student Association and the Department of Archaeology at
> Boston University.  There is no registration fee for the conference.
>
>
> Session 1
> Theory and Technology: Never the Twain Shall Meet...?
> Dr. Patricia McAnany, Moderator
>
>       The sophisticated scientific tools currently available in
> archaeology are impressive.  The myriad ways that we can manipulate
> data and the types of information we can recover from bones, rocks,
> plants, ceramics, metals, and soils were unimaginable just a few
> decades ago.  As the acronyms representing these techniques have
> multiplied, so too have the labels applied to various theoretical
> persuasions within the discipline: post-processual, Marxist,
> positivist, post-positivist, Annales, Braudelian, feminist,
> post-modern.  Despite advances in method and theory and the potential
> for interdisciplinary studies, the division between scholars who
> develop and use high-tech methods for data acquisition, manipulation,
> and description and scholars who focus on theoretical issues has
> grown.  Diverging paths have fragmented the community, leading to the
> question of whether technology and theory are antithetical.  This
> session is not intended to rehash the science and humanism debate but
> rather to demonstrate how the two areas can be bridged.  Papers should
> be modern technological studies conducted within an explicit
> theoretical, interpretive framework.
>
>
>
> Session 2
> Public Interactions
> Dr. Ricardo Elia, Moderator
>
>       Defining archaeology's role in the world includes
> negotiating our interactions with the "publicc," label
> liberally applied to anyone who is not a "traditionally"
> educated archaeologist.  This session will highlight some of the
> complex issues that archaeologists face when interacting with the
> public.  These range from educating children and working with
> avocational archaeologists to the archaeology of living traditions and
> the control and management of archaeological resources.  Presenters
> should draw from their own experiences in the field to address such
> issues as: How should the archaeology of living communities be
> conducted?  Who should control the research design?  What are our
> obligations as members of the academic community and as members of the
> global community?  What should our goals be as educators?  How can
> cultural resource management and cultural heritage management
> contribute to these activities?
>
>
> Session 3
> Studies in Comparative Colonialism
> Dr. Murray McClellan, Moderator
>
>       There are few issues in the study of past cultures and
> societies that cross-cut geographic and temporal boundaries as well as
> studies of colonialism.  Papers in this session should present
> recently collected information on the archaeology of colonial
> situations.  Presenters may use specific case studies to address the
> topic from a number of different perspectives, including the process
> of creolization or acculturation; the transmission of beliefs,
> technology, or ideas; and studies of ethnicity, class, or warfare.
> Presenters may also discuss the theoretical frameworks that inform
> their studies of cultural transmission, acculturation, and the
> formation of cultural identity, including models of domination and
> resistance, cultural intensification and revitalization, and cultural
> ethnogenesis.
>
>
> Session 4
> "Where do we go from here?" A Panel Discussion
> Dr. Wendy Ashmore, Dr. Mary C. Beaudry, Dr. C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky,
> Dr. James R. Wiseman, Dr. Rita Wright
> Dr. Curtis Runnels, Moderator
>
>       The panelists for this session are drawn from a variety of
> professional and academic backgrounds; each brings to the discussion
> their own view of archaeology's role in the academic community.  The
> moderator will pose questions to the panel and invite the audience to
> comment.
>
>
>       Please return this form (or a xerox) with abstract typed below
> or on a separate sheet.  Abstracts may be submitted on any of the
> first three session topics.  Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in
> length, slide projection will be available.  Abstracts should be typed
> and no longer than 150 words.  Submissions on diskette or via email
> are encouraged.  Deadline for submission of abstracts is September 30,
> 1995.  Abstracts will be reviewed and accepted based on their
> suitability for the sessions as described above.  Students will be
> notified of their acceptance by October 15, 1995.
>
> Title_______________________________________
>
> Author        ___________________________________
>
> Affiliation   ___________________________
>
> Address       __________________________________
> __________________________________________
>
> __________________________________________
>
> Telephone_________________    email   ____________________
>
> Submission:   Session 1       Session 2       Session 3       Poster
>
> Mail abstract to Ann-Eliza Lewis, Graduate Conference Committee,
> Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue,
> Boston, MA 02215 (email: [log in to unmask]). Questions? call
> 617-353-3415.
>
> There is no registration fee for this conference.
>