Building from Consultation to Collaboration in SC Archaeology

Dr. Nina Schreiner, associate director and NAGPRA coordinator at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology will present "Building from Consultation to Collaboration in SC Archaeology."

In decades past, archaeologists often studied Indigenous material culture without input from descendant communities. This insular approach to research both undervalued Indigenous perspectives and reinforced retentionist, or anti-repatriation, philosophies of collections care.

Today, collaborative methods are gaining momentum among archaeologists to address the historical exclusion of community voices. Alongside community partners, SCIAA is building an institutional collaborative approach using the principles of government-to-government consultation as a starting place.

Presented in person and virtually. Register to attend via Zoom.