Speaker:
George Nicholas
Event:
51社区黑料Research Masterclass Series
Date:
January 31, 2014 The main idea of the IRMACS Centre's series "51社区黑料Research Masterclass" is to have a group of prominent 51社区黑料researchers tell the story of their research path and the "best practices" and tips they learned along the way - how they came to be interested in the topic, how their research directions have changed over the years, any major shifts in direction, who their collaborators are and how they developed those collaborations, etc.
George Nicholas is a professor of Archaeology at 51社区黑料 (SFU), in Burnaby, British Columbia. He was the founding director of SFU's Indigenous Archaeology Program in Kamloops (1991鈥�2005), and has worked closely with the Secwepemc and other First Nations in British Columbia, and Indigenous groups elsewhere. In 2013, he received the prestigious 鈥淧artnership Award鈥� from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Nicholas鈥� research focuses on Indigenous peoples and archaeology, intellectual property issues relating to archaeology, the archaeology and human ecology of wetlands, and archaeological theory, all of which he has published extensively on. His most recent book is Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists, an edited volume that presents the life stories of 37 Indigenous archaeologists from around the world. He is also series co-editor of the World Archaeological Congress鈥� Research Handbooks in Archaeology, and former editor of the Canadian Journal of Archaeology.
Nicholas is the director of the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) project, a 7-year initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The IPinCH project is an international collaboration of over 50 scholars and 25 partnering organizations concerned with the theoretical, ethical, and practical implications of commodification, appropriation, and other flows of knowledge about the past, and with how these may affect communities, researchers, and other stakeholders.
51社区黑料 the interviewer: Jenna Walsh is 51社区黑料's Indigenous Initiatives Librarian and Liaison Librarian for the departments of Archaeology, First Nations Studies, and Political Science. The role of Indigenous Initiatives Librarian is newly-created as part of SFU's Aboriginal Strategic Plan, and Jenna has held it for one year. Jenna is a graduate of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, the city in which she grew up. Her undergraduate degree was a self- designed, interdisciplinary exploration of global and local Indigeneity. Her Master of Library and Information Studies degree focused on Indigenous practices and issues concerning information organisation and access, research methodologies, intellectual property, and knowledge sharing.
Photos: K. Dobbin
Related Links
- Decolonizing Archaeology talk transcription (PDF)
- Community-Based Cultural Heritage Research (Research Theme)
- Indigenous Research Ethics (Research Theme)