7th December 2005, 05:12 PM
Hello.
I'm an athropologist..... and mate of Judy's..... who's been tempted in by this interesting debate going regarding the 'ethnicity' of archeology. I was born and brought up in the UK, speak with RP, am 'white', went to an independent school and UCL/ SOAS for further education. You'd think that that would make me pretty 'anglo' friendly, but I am still regularly excluded/ over-looked/ ignored/ stereotyped I presume because my folks lumbered me with a Celtic name.
The British Isles is now, and always has been a massively diverse place in terms ' race' and 'culture', but as mentioned previously there are still huge obstacles that need to be overcome if you don't tick all the wasp-ish boxes (clearly this is a simplification, and not a theorhetical position I'm describing before I get told off.....)
Archeology (along with other social and material sciences) should realise its involvement in this process and work towards minimising its effect and affect on academic development.
I would be very happy to work on an 'ethnography' of archeological departments/ institutions in the UK for this conference with Judy and any others interested. Hopefully it would be useful for other disciplines as well..... peace
I'm an athropologist..... and mate of Judy's..... who's been tempted in by this interesting debate going regarding the 'ethnicity' of archeology. I was born and brought up in the UK, speak with RP, am 'white', went to an independent school and UCL/ SOAS for further education. You'd think that that would make me pretty 'anglo' friendly, but I am still regularly excluded/ over-looked/ ignored/ stereotyped I presume because my folks lumbered me with a Celtic name.
The British Isles is now, and always has been a massively diverse place in terms ' race' and 'culture', but as mentioned previously there are still huge obstacles that need to be overcome if you don't tick all the wasp-ish boxes (clearly this is a simplification, and not a theorhetical position I'm describing before I get told off.....)
Archeology (along with other social and material sciences) should realise its involvement in this process and work towards minimising its effect and affect on academic development.
I would be very happy to work on an 'ethnography' of archeological departments/ institutions in the UK for this conference with Judy and any others interested. Hopefully it would be useful for other disciplines as well..... peace