Members of the IPinCH team, including Melissa Baird, Hirofumi Kato, Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu, and George Nicholas, were in Uppsala, Sweden, last month to participate in an international conference, 鈥淎rchaeologies of 鈥楿s鈥� and 鈥楾hem鈥�?鈥� Debating the Ethics and Politics of Ethnicity and Indigeneity in Archaeology and Heritage Discourse.鈥�
The conference, which was held at Uppsala University, focused on examining what happens when groups are categorized as 鈥渋ndigenous鈥� and 鈥渘on-indigenous鈥� in the fields of heritage and archaeology.
Participants in the conference brought expertise from Sweden, Argentina, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Russia, Israel, Canada, Norway, the United States, Denmark, Finland, and elsewhere, and this was a great opportunity to explore the concept of indigeneity from a broad range of perspectives and experiences.
The meeting was organized by Carl-G枚sta Ojala (Uppsala University), Anna Karlstr枚m (University of Queensland), and Charlotta Hillerdal (University of Aberdeen).
Presentations by IPinCH team members included:
- 鈥淓xtractive Industries and Indigenous Heritage Landscapes鈥� 鈥� Melissa F. Baird,
- 鈥淎rchaeological Heritage and Hokkaido Ainu: Ethnicity and Research Ethics鈥� 鈥� Hirofumi Kato
- 鈥淧ower relations and the management of heritage in South Africa鈥� 鈥� Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu
- 鈥淐ulture, Property, Indigeneity, Information, and Archaeology: Addressing Inequality in Who Controls, Who Benefits from Heritage鈥� 鈥� George Nicholas
- Ronald Niezen (McGill University), who participated in an earlier IPinCH workshop at York University, presented on 鈥淐ollective Rights and the Construction of Heritage.鈥�
Photos: George and Hirofumi during the conference (courtesy Carl-G枚sta Ojala); Ndukuyakhe and Hirofumi outside the conference venue (G.Nicholas); the conference participants (courtesy Carl-G枚sta Ojala).