1 Course Aims
- Develop a community of scholars.
- Engage in meaningful discussions regarding social and ethical issues in archaeology, material culture studies, collecting, and curatorial work. Contribute honest, thoughtful comments and questions intended to support our learning (as individuals and a community). Listen with an open-mind, striving to understand others’ ideas and perspectives.
- Identify and discuss major social and ethical issues raised by the practice of archaeology and the display of material culture by museums.
- Develop an understanding of the history and current state of knowledge of the study of material culture and some major issues in the fields of museum studies and archaeology.
- Develop visual analytical skills as well as a capacity to think critically about how various sorts of material culture function both in past cultures and today.
- Practice critically evaluating academic writing about archaeology, material culture studies, and the collection and display of material culture.
- Design and execute a successful, in-depth, independent research project.