<HTML>From Chuck Jones, ANE:
The 5th World Archaeological Congress (WAC5)
21-26 June 2003
will be held at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., in partnership with the Anthropology Department of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
For more information, please consult the website
[
www.american.edu]
And contact
WAC-5 Program Committee
c/o Dr. Joan M. Gero,
Academic Secretary
Department of Anthropology
American University
Washington, D.C. 20016 USA
wac5@american.edu
Confirmed themes so far include (but are not limited to):
Keeping the Trust
Convened by Neville Agnew, USA. Co-convener to be advised.
Conservation, Curation and Collections/Data Management
Heritage, Sacred Sites and Public Memory
Indigenous Arrivals and First Peoples
Convened by Gustavo Politis, Argentina, and Richard Fullagar,
Australia.
Past Human Environments in Modern Contexts
Convened by George Nicholas, Canada, and Malcolm Lille, England.
Indigenous Archaeologies
Convened by Jenny Pilot, Torres Strait Islands. Co-convener to be
advised.
The African Diaspora
Public Issues in Archaeology
Convened by Frank McManamon, USA. Co-convener to be advised.
Education and Public Outreach
Professional Training
Tourism
Looting and Collecting
Underwater and Maritime Archaeology
Convened by Mark Staniforth, Australia, and Dolores Elkin, Argentina.
The Archaeology of Recent Times
Landscapes, Gardens and Dreamscapes
Convened by Mark Leone, USA. Co-convenor to be advised.
Archaeology and Social Justice</HTML>
