January 20th, 2018 Lecture - Flier, Handout, and Online Component Registration Video

The lecture for January 20th is set. Many thanks to Schlitz Audubon Nature Center and the School of Continuing and Online Learning at Cardinal Stritch University. Below you'll find an image of the flier as well as a downloadable PDF. For teachers, I've included here the PDF of the handout we'll use at the lecture. The flier and handout have instructions for accessing the online enrichment materials. We very much hope you'll participate online and in person! A video detailing registration for the free and optional online component is also posted below.

Thanks and come on out to participate in archaeological science

Click here for flier PDF to print and post.

Teachers: Click here for the handout.

 

116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association - Success!

The 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association from November 29-December 3rd was a great success for the Milwaukee Community Archaeology Project. David presented a co-authored talk with Debra Schwinn, who was at home teaching anthropology to her Shorewood High School students.

A resounding take-away from the meeting underscores the importance of MCAP's work: anthropology is crucial for a civil, democratic society and so anthropology needs to be robustly publicly engaged. Anthropology as a discipline aims to make the world safe for human diversity, as Ruth Benedict said. Archaeology -- as a subdiscipline of anthropology -- provides a deep historical dimension to this imperative.

One way to make the world 'safe for human differences' is to involve the public in research from the start to finish, wherever possible. The broadest benefit of this strategy is that it allows non-academics to better appreciate scientific and historical research processes and cultivates a skepticism towards political attacks on science and scholarship.

All gravity aside, the AAA was also joyful and fun, and not without a run-in or two with anthropological luminaries.

"Here's lookin' at you, Franz Boas"