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Indigenous/Science Seminars

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Kyle Whyte I/S Seminar

Feb 1 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
AnSo 134
UBC
Vancouver, BC
Canada

The Scientific Nature of Traditional Knowledge (Seminar Series)

Dec 6 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
AnSo 134
UBC
Vancouver, BC
Canada

As social and archaeological anthropologists, George Nicholas, Julie Cruikshank, and Karen Rose Thomas work at the intersections of different ways of knowing. Western and Indigenous approaches to interpreting, communicating, and valuing knowledge share much in common, including a scientific aspect...

Decolonizing Heritage Management: A Musqueam Approach (Seminar Series)

Sep 27 2018 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
MOA Community Lounge
UBC
Vancouver, BC
Canada

This seminar was postponed and will be rescheduled in early 2019. Jason Woolman and Aviva Rathbone will speak to their roles as Musqueam's Senior Archivist and Archaeologist, focusing on how they are working with Musqueam leadership and community members to decolonize heritage management within...

Diversity and its effects on group performance in science (Seminar Series)

Jul 9 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
6393 NW Marine Dr.
Vancouver, BC
Canada

In this Indigenous/Science research seminar, Daniel Steel (Associate Professor in the Centre for Applied Ethics at UBC) will be discussing concepts of diversity and the effects of diversity on group performance in science.

Conversations on Research and Partnerships (Seminar Series)

Jun 11 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Museum of Anthropology, Community Lounge
Vancouver, BC
Canada

In this Indigenous/Science research seminar, Denis St. Claire (archaeologist and historian for Tseshaht First Nation) and Iain McKechnie (University of Victoria & Hakai Institute) will be discussing their partnership with the Tseshaht First Nation. In addition, Dr. Catherine Chauvel (Institut...

Building Boundaries/Breaching Boundaries (Seminar Series)

May 10 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
UBC Museum of Anthropology, 214A
Vancouver, BC
Canada

The first intallment of the Indigenous/Science Seminar Series, with Dr. Charles Menzies.