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SUMMARY:Archaeology\, Hybrid Knowledge and Community Engagement in Africa:
  Thoughts on Decolonizing Practice  - Prof Paul Lane\, McDonald Institute\
 , University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20191028T170000Z
DTEND:20191028T180000Z
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:Over the last few decades there have been several calls for th
 e decolonising of archaeological practice on the African continent and the
  promotion of indigenous archaeologies. These calls for change have been s
 trengthened by events in the public sphere\, especially the Rhodes Must Fa
 ll campaign\, and by the revival of debate over the repatriation of museum
  objects from Africa that are held in museums in the West (as epitomised b
 y publication of the Savoy-Sarr report in late 2018). While the sentiments
  behind these have been broadly similar\, the strategies being proposed ca
 n be often be quite divergent and in some cases carry the risk of essentia
 lising ethnic identities and reifying African uniqueness. In this talk\, I
  explore some of these tensions through an examination of current approach
 es to community engagement on the continent\, and offer a strategy for res
 olving some of these through the application of assemblage theory and Anna
  Tsing’s idea of ‘the moot’.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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