EUROTAST TRAINING INITIATIVE ON ARCHAEOLOGY & SLAVERY

1st - 10th February 2013, The Dutch Caribbean

1st - 7th February 2013 Fellows Field School on St. Eustatius

8th - 9th February 2013 Symposium on the Archaeology of Slavery in Sint Maarten

Hosted by the Sint Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) and the Sint Eustatius Center

for Archaeological Research (SECAR), in cooperation with Leiden University

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SIMARCSINT MAARTEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER

St. Maarten, Dutch Caribbean

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Welcome to EUROTAST’s second formal training initiative for network fellows focussing on the

archaeology of slavery and ethically-engaged practice. This initiative will begin with a 7-day course

in practical fieldwork and conclude with a 2-day symposium on the archaeology of slavery, with

papers given by prominent scholars working on the subject.

Archaeology Field School on St. Eustatius

1st - 7th February 2013Organized by the Sint Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (SECAR) on the island of Sint Eustatius,

Netherlands Caribbean, in cooperation with Leiden University.

This course consists of an archaeological field school for the EUROTAST fellows at an enslaved

African village site associated with an 18th century sugar plantation. The fieldwork will be supervised

by SECAR archaeologist Ruud Stelten, and Professors Corinne Hofman and Menno Hoogland from

Leiden University, Netherlands. This training course will introduce the fellows to basic field techniques

and provide a unique opportunity to work on an archaeological site linked to colonial slavery in

the Caribbean.

Symposium on the Archaeology of Slavery

8th - 9th February 2013Organized by the Sint Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) in cooperation with Leiden University, at the

campus of the University of St. Martin, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.

This 2-day symposium seeks to explore and question the ways archaeology has contributed to academic

and public understanding of slavery in the Atlantic world both as an institution and as a lived

experience for people of African descent. Simultaneously we want to showcase the diversity of

archaeology as a discipline by providing varying perspectives on archaeological theory, research

methodologies and public engagement.

Voices from the St. Maarten cultural community have been invited to reflect more widely on the

transatlantic slave trade and its representation in a local context.

The programme will also include a roundtable discussion on ethics in archaeology and a public lecture

on symposium themes given by Professor Theresa Singleton from Syracuse University. A selection of

symposium papers will be edited and compiled for a special issue of the Journal of African Diaspora

Archaeology and Heritage.

Exploring the History, Archaeology & New Genetics of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Exploring the History, Archaeology & New Genetics of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

SYMPOSIUM 8th - 9th February 2013

University of St. Martin, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Organized by the Sint Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) in cooperation with Leiden University, at the

campus of the University of St. Martin, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.

The Archaeology of Slavery: Reclaiming African identity from Africa to the AmericasFriday 8th February 2013

9.00 - 9.30 Registration

9.30 - 9.40 SIMARC Welcome Dr Jay Haviser

9.40 - 9.50 EUROTAST Welcome Professor Tom Gilbert, University of Copenhagen

9.50 - 10.00 Opening Address Honorable Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams

Morning Session: Slavery as Living Heritage (Chaired by Dr Jay Haviser)

10.00 - 10.30 Truth and Reconciliation: Public archaeology in the Caribbean

Dr Jay Haviser, SIMARC

10.30 - 11.00 Reverberations of Slavery in Africa: The Ghanaian situation

Professor Kodzo Gavua, University of Ghana

11.00 - 11.30 Archaeological Research on African sites in the Dutch Caribbean

Ruud Stelten, SECAR

11.30 - 12.00 Slavery and Memory in the Netherlands: Who needs commemoration?

Dr Artwell Cain, Insitute of Cultural Heritage and Knowledge

12.00 - 12.30 Panel Discussion (Discussants: Speakers plus Professor Paul Lane)

12.30 - 14.00 LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session: Community Voices: Telling our story in our own way (Chaired by Dr Temi Odumosu)

14.00 - 16.00 Representing the First Voice

Dr Rhoda Arrindell, former Minister of Culture, Sint Maarten; Lasana M. Sekou,

Clara Reyes, Daniella Jeffry, Shujah Reip, Fabian Ade Badejo, and Jose Lake Jr.

16.00 - 17.00 Roundtable Discussion (led by Dr Temi Odumosu, University of Copenhagen)

17.00 - 18.00 PUBLIC KEYNOTE LECTURE: Why Archaeology Matters in the Study of Slavery

Professor Theresa Singleton, Syracuse University

Exploring the History, Archaeology & New Genetics of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

SYMPOSIUM 8th - 9th February 2013

University of St. Martin, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

The Archaeology of Slavery: Reclaiming African identity from Africa to the AmericasSaturday 9th February 2013

9.45 - 10.00 Introduction to day Dr Hannes Schroeder

Morning Session: Excavating Sites of Memory (Chaired by Professor Paul Lane)

10.00 - 10.30 The Archaeology of Slavery in Africa: New developments, challenges and prospects

Professor Paul Lane, University of York

10.30 - 11.00 Archaeology and Slavery: A case study from Cuba

Professor Theresa Singleton, Syracuse University

11.00 - 11.30 'A Dead Silence': Trying to presence the archaeology of slavery in the UK

Dr Jonathan Finch, University of York

11.30 - 12.00 The Slave Cemetery at L’Anse Sainte Marguerite, Guadeloupe

Dr Patrice Courtaud, University of Bordeaux

12.00 - 12.30 Panel Discussion (Discussants: Speakers plus Dr Jay Haviser)

12.30 - 14.00 LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session: Research Methods and Interpretations (Chaired by Dr Hannes Schroeder)

14.00 - 14.30 DNA and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Professor Antonio Salas, University of Santiago de Compostela

14.30 - 15.00 Archeology of the Atlantic Trade: Maritime investigations in coastal Ghana

Dr Rachel Horlings, Syracuse University

15.00 - 15.30 Coming to die in Rio: A preliminary isotopic study of Pretos Novos cemetery, Brazil

Murilo Bastos, University of Rio de Janeiro

15.30 - 16.00 Bioarcheological Perspectives on African Slavery in the Caribbean

Dr Hannes Schroeder, University of Copenhagen

16.00 - 16.30 Panel Discussion (Discussants: Speakers plus Professor Tom Gilbert)

17.00 - 19.00 Ethics Roundtable led by Professor Kate Robson-Brown, University of Bristol

(Discussion will explore the challenges of working with and displaying human remains,

destructive analyses, genetic research, community engagement, and best practice.)

19.00 - 21.00 FAREWELL DINNER sponsored by SIMARC and Leiden University