ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow to Present at the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) Congress in Nevis
View of St. Kitts from Nevis on the morning of Tuesday 13th August 2024, before Storm Ernesto.
IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke is in Nevis this week for the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) 2024 Congress, where she will present a paper on a new network for ethically engaged archaeologists and other heritage professionals working in the Caribbean.
The paper is entitled ‘The Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage: An Informal Network for Ethically Engaged Researchers in Caribbean Archaeology’ and is authored by Felicia J. Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, Maaike de Waal, Marianny Aguasvivas, Lauriane Ammerlaan, Oriana Chiappa, Andreana Cunningham, Kevin Farmer, marjolijn kok, Zoë van Litsenburg, Kathrin Nägele, Jaime Pagán-Jiménez, Eleni Seferidou, and Amy Victorina
As a result of the social, political, economic, and environmental pressures that affect the Caribbean an ethical, decolonial, and reparatory re-evaluation of archaeology is extremely urgent. While this is gaining increasing attention, e.g. the ratification of the new IACA Code of Ethics in 2022, there is still much work to do in terms of defining ethical and best practices in the region. In November 2023, the workshop “Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: past, present, and future” was held at the Lorentz Center (Leiden, The Netherlands). This workshop aimed at setting up a network of Caribbean researchers working towards ethical approaches, and drafting a research agenda for solutions to key ethical problems in Caribbean archaeology. Furthermore, the workshop attendees drafted a position paper that sets out challenges and opportunities in the area of archaeological ethics in the Caribbean. Another workshop in March 2024 at the University of Copenhagen built upon this to make practical steps towards a more ethical Caribbean archaeology. The presentation will summarize the key points from the workshop and position paper and introduce the new Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage (CoCAH).
These workshops and the foundations of CoCAH have been generously funded by IN THE SAME SEA (European Research Council) as well as by the Carlsberg Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Centre for Modern European Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and the Lorentz Center.