臺大人類學系學術演講系列 NTU-EFEO Talk at NTU Dept. of Anthropology
| 講 題 | Beyond “Ainu Archaeology”: Is Indigenous Archaeology Feasible in Japan? |
| 講 者 | Dr. Joe Watkins (member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Senior Consultant with Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants, President of the Society for American Archaeology from 2019–2021) |
| 時 間 | 2024.11.08（Fri.）10:00 |
| 地 點 | 臺大水源校區人類學系201室 |
| 演講簡介 | In their Introduction to the edited volume Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives (2014), editors Mark Hudson, ann-elise lewallen, and Mark Watson emphasized how “… scientific inquiry into and knowledge of Ainu people, collated under the nomenclature of Ainu Studies, were employed to develop state and prefectural policy directives for colonizing and modernizing Ainu people” (2014: 3). Much as in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, some Indigenous people recognize that, even while specialized ethnic studies programs such as “Ainu Studies” contributed its own set of issues concerning identity, their legacies are mixed. Archaeology has played an important role in providing a scientific consensus for the antiquity of Ainu settlement in Hokkaido, and these arguments have been cited in national policy-making statements. In 2009, Hirofumi Kato offered a perspective on Indigenous Archaeology and the possibility it offered for archaeology in Hokkaido; in 2011, Harou Ohyi provided a response and offered concerns about Kato’s Indigenous Archaeology and its utility for creating “Ainu Archaeology” in Hokkaido. This presentation offers a brief discussion of “Ainu Archaeology” as a subset of Japanese archaeology and ways that it is similar to, but different from, Indigenous Archaeology as practiced in other countries. |
本演講有三場，皆為英文演講，由法國遠東學院、成大考古所與臺大人類系合辦，歡迎所有師生踴躍蒞臨，自由入座，無須報名。（請特別注意地點都不同哦！）
Members of the university community and interested friends are welcome to attend. No registration is needed.