tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post4438122621232211609..comments2023-06-03T04:46:40.893-07:00Comments on Feminine Voices in Archaeology: What would a feminine archaeology look like?Feminine Voices in Archaeologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17465083739221495251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post-62799021194954739842012-04-14T18:12:18.538-07:002012-04-14T18:12:18.538-07:00Wonderful post Kisha! Thank you for raising this ...Wonderful post Kisha! Thank you for raising this question. I think it is important for us to not only consider what a feminine archaeology should look like, but also attempt to crystallize it so that we can apply it in the classroom, lab, field (all the places that archaeology happens). We can't possibly change the patriarchy of institutions and government if we can't articulate fully what makes a feminine perspective unique.Feminine Voices in Archaeologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465083739221495251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post-36436014408429960492012-04-12T16:13:31.824-07:002012-04-12T16:13:31.824-07:00There is a pervasive sense that a "true"...There is a pervasive sense that a "true" archaeologist is a "field" archaeologist. In my experience, many of the elements associated with being in the field are more aligned with masculine stereotypes. I have also felt pressure to "prove" myself as a capable field archaeologist, able to complete the same tasks as my male colleagues, and have taken great pains to demonstrate that I can set up camp, make fire, carry heavy loads, etc. I wonder how much of this is a legacy from a time where women's involvement in archaeology was more focused on the lab than on the field, which was not all that long ago.Kisha Supernanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775830169770508714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post-70082981110249226422012-04-12T16:09:02.586-07:002012-04-12T16:09:02.586-07:00I completely agree, and did not mean to set these ...I completely agree, and did not mean to set these alternate voices necessarily in opposition to or alliance with one another. There are multiple perspectives that can inform archaeological practice, but the discipline is only now becoming more responsive to the diversity of perspectives. I believe the more multivocal archaeology becomes, the better these alternate perspectives can inform one another.Kisha Supernanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775830169770508714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post-28487027614094333032012-04-12T15:24:20.864-07:002012-04-12T15:24:20.864-07:00As a consulting archaeologist, I feel the pressure...As a consulting archaeologist, I feel the pressures of "machismo" every day. What is it we are trying to prove by pressuring each other to be macho? I am a wife and a mother, I grew up in outdoors settings, often camping as a child, worked as a field tech arch for the USDA Forest Service for two years, went on a FOREST FIRE as an archaeologist-yes the fire was burning around me, but I still feel the constant pressure that I have to prove that I can handle the field every day. Ever since I received my MA, I am often in laboratory or office settings, and I often receive comments like, "whats the matter-don't you like the field?" Of course I do, but there is more to archaeology than the field. I write reports, present at professional conferences, conduct public talks, conduct research, run statistical analysis, manage projects, and volunteer for school science fairs as an archaeologist, but I am still continually challenged by my CRM colleagues about my "authenticity" as a professional archaeologist. Sorry guys, but there's more to it than the field! (But I still do love the field!)EAWilkersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916750071900015037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923169546128278207.post-46488855583747962532012-04-12T08:31:39.448-07:002012-04-12T08:31:39.448-07:00In terms of indigenous perspective, there are gend...In terms of indigenous perspective, there are gendered Indigenous perspectives and masculinity does not stand necessarily opposed with Indigenity. Nor, does femininity stand necessarily in alliance with indigineity.Charles Menzieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374753336690275908noreply@blogger.com