Join the Archaeological Institute of America next week for an AIA Archaeology Hour lecture with Alaka Wali, Curator Emerita at the Field Museum in Chicago, as she talks about Inclusive Museum Narratives: Contextualizing Collections through Collaboration. Alaka will give the same lecture twice–on Tuesday, October 18 at 7 pm PT  (register) and Wednesday, October 19 at 7 pm ET  (register). 

Alaka will discuss how the Field Museum approached the renovation of their Native North America Hall. The process led to the beginning of reIn this lecture, Alaka will discuss how the Field Museum approached the renovation of the Native North America Hall. Collaboration proved to be key–and the museum worked with an advisory committee of Native American scholars, museum professionals, artists, and activists. They also reached out to over 100 people across the United States and Canada to bring Native American voices and perspectives into the exhibition display. The process led to the beginning of reforms in how the Field Museum provides access to the anthropology collections for source communities and how they are conceptualizing stewardship of the collections with Native American Tribes and First Nations.  A recording of Alaka’s talk will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel.  

We also invite you to join us on Thursday, October 27 at 2 pm ET for an Archaeology Abridged talk with Alaka on Representing Native American Perspectives on Time: Examples from the Field Museum (register).