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2011 AGM

Event Date & Time: 
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Joyce Walley Learning Centre, Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
application/pdf iconASBC_AGM_NOTICE_2011.pdf

SAVE THE ASBC AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE AS A SOCIETY?

2011 AGM AGENDA:

  

1. Call to Order: 7:00 pm

2. Review of Agenda

3. Adoption of Minutes of 2010 AGM:

  Motion to accept 2010 AGM minutes as distributed.

4. Executive Reports:

    1. President’s Address – Rudy Reimer

    2. Treasurer’s Report – Jim Pound

    3. Membership Secretary’s Report – Sarah Smith/Craig Rust

    4. Midden Report – Marina La Salle

Motion to accept Executive Reports as read.

5. ASBC Organization Committee Progress Report

6. New Business: Discussion Topics

  • Budget Shortfalls

    • Increase in membership/subscription and Branch Fees

  • Low Membership

  • Poor attendance of public lectures

  • Minimal interest in executive positions

7. Election of ASBC Executive for 2011-2012: Nomination Officer, Nova Pierson

  President: ______________________________

  Vice-President  : Craig Rust 

  Treasurer: Jim Pound

  Membership Secretary: Sarah Smith

  Recording Secretary: ______________________________

  Midden Representative: ______________________________

8. Meeting Adjourned. 

 

Shíshálh (Sechelt Indian Band) Archaeology - Contemporary Insights into Contemporary Archaeology

Speaker: 
Peter Merchant
Event Date & Time: 
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Joyce Walley Learning Centre, Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
application/pdf iconASBC_May_25th_2011.pdf

Within an environment of frequently conflicting tension between First Nations and the non-indigenous community, archaeological practice within the fjords and mountains that comprise the territory of the shíshálh Nation of British Columbia’s south coast has, through necessity, been a collaborative process between First Nation, archaeologist and the non-indigenous community. This collaborative process is centered around four overarching and interrelated goals: the facilitation of research into shíshálh land use and occupancy patterns, management and preservation of archaeological resources, community engagement and diffusion of tension between the collaborative partners. In highlighting various aspects of this research I will focus on the results of this research, the process by which results have been disseminated to the general public, the effects of this research on the collaborative relationship, and some of the collaborative process’ unexpected consequences.
 

Rock Art Science in the Stein River Valley, British Columbia

Speaker: 
Chris Arnett
Event Date & Time: 
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Joyce Walley Learning Centre, Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver

Rock art is found on every continent and is part of the cultural heritage of many peoples but there are few places in the world where direct historical and cultural continuity exists between those who made the art and the contemporary people. In places where this continuity does exist knowledge regarding rock art is controlled and not always accessible to non-indigenous people. When access is made available and information shared there can be prejudice towards indigenous ways of knowledge in favour of fashionable (historically contingent) theories of researchers. Early 21 century research shifts from a hermeneutic rock art research to a rock art science that combines forensic archaeology with Indigenous theory. My presentation will trace the dynamics of rock art research over a 125 year period in a place renowned for its rock art, the Stein River Valley of British Columbia, and suggest that the combined interests of researchers and indigenous people has potential to produce mutually constructed histories.