Anthropology Colloquium w Caroline Funk

The UAF Department of Anthropology is hosting a public lecture by Caroline Funk, research faculty at University at Buffalo, research affiliate of the Museum of the North, and research associate at the Museum of the Aleutians. Speaker: Caroline Funk, research faculty at University at Buffalo, research affiliate of the Museum of the North, and research associate at the Museum of the Aleutians Title: Archaeology, heritage, and transdisciplinary research in the Aleutian Islands: 9,000 years of Unangam resilience informs us about our shared world and future. Date: Thursday, March 28th 2024 Location: Bunnell Building, Room 302 Time: 3pm-5pm Zoom: If you are unable to make the event in person, we have a Zoom option available, https://alaska.zoom.us/j/85108445074 This presentation focuses on Unangam and environmental histories in the Aleutian Islands as revealed by collaborative archaeological, ethnohistoric, and multidisciplinary research. Collaborative research across disciplines that uses inclusive theoretical approaches and makes space for Unangam perspectives changes our questions and interpretations. And, ever-improving technologies to examine midden remains allow us to know a lot about past ecosystems, making archaeology in the Aleutian Islands increasingly useful for examining contemporary critical environmental issues. These combined approaches and diverse views of the past and the present are allowing us to move toward a more nuanced understanding of ancestral Unangam resilience mechanisms and the dynamic environment we all share.