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Comment on “Dwelling at the margins, action at the intersection? Feminist and indigenous archaeologies, 2005”

Comment on “Dwelling at the margins, action at the intersection? Feminist and indigenous... Comment on "Dwelling at the Margins, Action at the Intersection? Feminist and Indigenous Archaeologies, 2005" Dorothy Lippert, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States This paper is an excellent consideration of how marginalised groups ap- proach the study of the past through the lenses of lived experience. As a Choctaw woman, I have always practised what is now recognised as Indige- nous archaeology, but I was never clear that I identified as a feminist archae- ologist. Within archaeological theory, I recognised that the actions taken by feminist scholars such as Gero and Conkey (1991) had paved the way for al- ternative scholarly approaches. This paper is valuable for having explored the nature of these two approaches. It is important to recognise that mutual ex- periences of marginalisation have resulted in distinct scholarly approaches and that while a general methodology probably won't be constructed, at the very least, the discipline won't be contained in such a restricted sphere of un- derstanding. One aspect that the paper could note more clearly is that the emerging ap- proach called Indigenous archaeology was very definitely born out of the repatriation movement (Layton 1989; Swidler et al. 1997). Many Native peo- ,r, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeologies Springer Journals

Comment on “Dwelling at the margins, action at the intersection? Feminist and indigenous archaeologies, 2005”

Lippert, Dorothy
Archaeologies , Volume 1 (1) – Mar 6, 2005
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Copyright © 2005 by World Archaeological Congress
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Social Sciences; Archaeology; Anthropology; Cultural Heritage
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1555-8622
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1935-3987
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10.1007/s11759-005-0005-7
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Comment on "Dwelling at the Margins, Action at the Intersection? Feminist and Indigenous Archaeologies, 2005" Dorothy Lippert, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States This paper is an excellent consideration of how marginalised groups ap- proach the study of the past through the lenses of lived experience. As a Choctaw woman, I have always practised what is now recognised as Indige- nous archaeology, but I was never clear that I identified as a feminist archae- ologist. Within archaeological theory, I recognised that the actions taken by feminist scholars such as Gero and Conkey (1991) had paved the way for al- ternative scholarly approaches. This paper is valuable for having explored the nature of these two approaches. It is important to recognise that mutual ex- periences of marginalisation have resulted in distinct scholarly approaches and that while a general methodology probably won't be constructed, at the very least, the discipline won't be contained in such a restricted sphere of un- derstanding. One aspect that the paper could note more clearly is that the emerging ap- proach called Indigenous archaeology was very definitely born out of the repatriation movement (Layton 1989; Swidler et al. 1997). Many Native peo- ,r,

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Published: Mar 6, 2005

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