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Implications of Black Feminist Thought for Archaeology
(Kathleen Sterling, Binghamton University)
Black feminist theory has had some impact in North American historical archaeological interpretation, but its influence and applications beyond have remained somewhat limited until recently. As institutions are increasingly facing demands from students, faculty, and other stakeholders to respond to or contribute to the goals of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, the time is overdue for archaeology to respond. Black feminist thought can positively impact archaeological interpretation and practice, broadly construed, regardless of the setting in question.
About the speaker:
Kathleen Stirling, Associate Professor
Binghamton University, Anthropology Department
https://www.binghamton.edu/anthropology/faculty/profile.html?id=sterling
Kathleen Sterling's research is centered in the French Pyrenees, where she is currently co-director of Peyre Blanque, an open-air late Paleolithic site. This project grew out of a long-term pedestrian survey project that has collected thousands of lithic objects spanning the Paleolithic. Her interests include lithic technology, learning and identity, communities of practice, Paleolithic visual imagery, hunting and gathering groups, gender and feminist science, Black feminist theory, landscape archaeology, and the sociopolitics of archaeology. The themes of her work are concerned with dispelling myths about human ancestors as violent, primitive, and limited. She is also concerned with equal opportunity in anthropology and science in general, particularly in the ways in which this has an impact on knowledge production.