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As we go to press, final arrangements are
being made to hold the next World Archaeological
Congress in Washington D.C.. The likely
timing is mid-June 2003 but the meeting
may still be moved to August 2003.
It will be at Catholic University, in partnership
with the Smithsonian Institution's Museum
of the American Indian, the Smithsonian's
National Museum of Natural History, and
Flinders University of South Australia.
The location of the congress at Catholic
U. puts it directly on the city's metro
(subway) line and allows delegates the freedom
to travel around the city with great ease.
Joan Gero is WAC’s Senior North American
Representative and principal negotiator
on the congress planning team. She reports
that there is much enthusiasm for the congress
in Washington, including from many of the
embassies, which are promising to hold receptions
for delegates, and from such agencies as
the U.S. National Park Service. In
addition, the organizers are hoping the
congress will be sponsored by the Consortium
of Universities of the Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Area but that is not final
WAC5 promises to be very exciting, so start
planning your sessions now! The first official
mailing is planned to go out early in 2001.
WAC InterCongress on Indigenous Issues
and Archaeology
World Indigenous Heritage – Agenda for
a New Millenium
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
. 5th–9th December
2001
Planning for this intercongress is underway
and the first announcement is due out soon.
The gathering is being organized by members
of the Indigenous Executive Committee of
WAC. The Chairperson of the Committee,
Hirini Matunga (NZ Maori), and Secretary,
Lyndon Ormond-Parker (Aboriginal Australian),
met recently to flesh out more of the detail.
While Lyndon was in New Zealand they took
the opportunity to meet with representatives
of Te Papa Tongarewa (New Zealand’s new
national museum) and local UNESCO representatives
to discuss the programme, funding, alliances
and so on.
The aim is to have a three day workshop
for indigenous peoples, and to develop an
agenda around key themes for indigenous
heritage. This will be followed by
a two day academic conference to discuss
with the wider academic, archeological community
et al, mechanisms/approaches and frameworks
for integrating, support, mutual dialogue.
The aim is to workshop key issues, develop
a practical agenda to protect and enhance
indigenous heritage and to foster dialogue
with archaeologists, heritage managers,
planners and others, around these themes.
The website for the intercongress will
be working in early November at http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/emd/groups/cmipd/wac
Any enquires can also be addressed to the
Brenda Kingi, Secretary of the Organising
Committee, at kingib@lincoln.ac.nz
or Centre for Maori and Indigenous
Planning and Development, PO Box 84, Lincoln
University, Canterbury, New Zealand tel.(+64
3) 3252811 (Phone) or fax (+64 3) 3253817.
The First International Meeting on Theory
in South American Archaeology
was held in Vitória, Brazil, in April 1998,
co-sponsored by the World Archaeological
Congress. The proceedings have been
published by the Archaeological and Ethnological
Museum at São Paulo University. Details
are at the end of this issue of the Bulletin.
The Second International Meeting on
Theory in South American Archaeology, being
run as a WAC InterCongress, was underway
in Olavarria, Argentina, as we went to press.
WAC InterCongress on the African Diaspora
The Executive agreed to hold this meeting
between 23 and 29 April 2001 on the island
of Curacao in the Caribbean. Details are
at the end of WAB 11.
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