Recorded March 30, 2004
Below is the original description of the event.
In Bolivia, recent vindications of the indigenous villages are frequently ignored by the national archeology community. This neglect occurs because archeology is managed by a “scientific community” that responds to an urban-occidental vision of culture that prioritizes 1) the concept of a singular nation state rather than acknowledging the many nationalities that underlie the actual Bolivian territory, 2) the methodology used to obtain information to the detriment of the humane treatment that these villages deserve, and 3) debates in limited academic circles instead of engaging with the people who still hold these ancient cultural traditions.
José Luis Paz Soria is the director of the Kallamarka Archeological Project in La Paz, Bolivia. He has worked extensively with the Taraco Archeological Project directed by Professor Christine Hastorf, UC Berkeley. The majority of his publications deal with the study of the formative period in Bolivia.
Please note: This presentation will be in Spanish.
Moderated by Christine Hastorf, Professor of Anthropology