HUM 3.09 Stolen Histories

The course offers a model for ethically engaged inquiry in the humanities. Guided by a working archaeologist (Julie Hruby) and by a literary historian (Alexandra Schultz), you will take up a series of highly specific cases in which typical methods of investigation and analysis raise questions of proprietary interests, cultural bias, or personal autonomy. At what point do considerations of justice require us to forgo study and analysis? Are there approaches to scholarship that work to counteract the wrongs done by earlier generations of scholars? How can empathy, creativity, and passion give voice to silences in the record and bridge gaps of understanding between communities?

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Humanities