UASBC Speakers Series

The Lower Mainland chapter of the UASBC presents another Speakers Series event on Wednesday, September 24 at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Our speaker is UBC Assistant Professor Sam Walker, whose archaeological and anthropological research investigates the relationships between land and people in Inuit Nunangat (homeland).

In this talk, Sam Walker explores how approaching people and places as mutual participants in the making of communities permits new perspectives on past social worlds and living heritage. She will discuss projects in the High Arctic Islands that integrate community-based archaeological research and non-invasive technologies to examine Tuniit/Paleo-Inuit (c. 2500 BCE–1350 CE) and Ancestral Inuit (c.1150–1600 CE) social structures and identities. She will also discuss the application of these methods in the community-based management of climate risks to heritage sites. The result is a collaborative research framework that addresses broader issues of intellectual authority, social agency, and heritage stewardship in a changing Arctic.

Doors open at 7:00pm

Presentation starts at 7:30pm.

Questions? Contact Tom (dGJlYXNsZXkgfCB0ZWx1cyAhIG5ldA==) for details.