March 7, 2024
Dr. Carla Klehm (Research Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas) will be presenting the talk "Storytelling about African Pasts with Archaeology, Artifacts, and Archives" in Room LL118 Bizzell Memorial Library, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
Talk Abstract: Africa and its peoples, geography, and history is becoming more relevant in the eyes of the world as economic investment aligns with population growth and global supply chains. As perceptions shape policy, raising public understanding above long-held clichés of Africans as backwards and helpless in the face of famine, conflict, and colonial domination will be crucial moving forward. This lecture considers how archaeology can contribute towards a more nuanced appreciation of the African past. Science has strong colonial ties within Africa, and technology today is often presented as another form of inequity. Yet, both provide the means and mechanisms for storytelling that can capture the public's imagination, connect common histories, question assumptions about the present, and enable new voices to contribute to the conversation.
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