"The Chilly Climate Is Not Warming as the Old Guys Leave": Identity-Based Discrimination in Archaeology, an Example from Canada

Summary

This is an abstract from the "What Have You Done For Us Lately?: Discrimination, Harassment, and Chilly Climate in Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Research that considers the ways current socio-political issues affect our understanding of the past and our interactions with each other in the present are not new to the field of archaeology. However, a renewed focus on ‘turning our gaze inward’ has revived the dialogue regarding equity-based issues in the archaeological workplace, and importantly, is providing a significant opportunity to expand and build upon this area of inquiry in more intersectional ways. This includes examining how traditional modes of archaeological education and practice, as well as our interactions with fellow practitioners, might be operating at multiple levels to marginalize and exclude a variety of underrepresented, equity-seeking groups. With this in mind, this paper will present results from my Ph.D. research that broadly focuses on areas where participants felt they were impacted by identity-related discriminatory attitudes/practices and the ways in which these interactions affected their experiences in archaeology. Conducted through a mixed-methods research design that collected both survey and interview data, I will present results that illuminate the current status and demographic composition of archaeologists in Canada before further contextualizing these data through individual, narrative responses.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• What Have You Done For Us Lately?: Discrimination, Harassment, and Chilly Climate in Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 23844