'Threats To Archaeology, its Importance, Values and Development'


Academic Programme and Events

DATE

TIME

ACTIVITY

Sat, May 19

10am - 4pm Registration WAC IC Secretariat - (UWI) Mona SR15
WAC Meetings - Conference Room, Management Studies

Sun, May 20

10am - 6pm Registration/WAC IC Secretariat (UWI Mona) SR15
4pm - 6pm Festival of Drums  - East Lawns, Devon House Heritage Site
7pm - 8pm Welcome Cocktail Reception – Devonshire, Devon House

Mon, May 21

8am - 4pm Registration and WAC IC Secretariat SR15
9am - 10:30am Opening Plenary Session SR16
10:30am – 11am Coffee Break
11am – 12:30pm Session 3 ' Out of Many One People’: The Cognizant and Corollary Effects of the Colonization of Jamaica SR16
12:30pm – 2pm Lunch
2pm – 4pm Session 3 ' Out of Many One People’: The Cognizant and Corollary Effects of the Colonization of Jamaica SR16
4 – 4:30pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 6pm Session 7 Ethical Issues in Dealing with the Past SR16
7:30pm until Jamaica Cultural Evening – Red Square, Rex Nettleford Hall

Tue, May 22

8am - 4pm Registration and WAC IC Secretariat SR15
9am - 10:30am Session 1 Slavery, Plantation Archaeology and Maroon Societies SR16
10:30am – 11am Coffee Break
11am – 12:30pm Session 9 (Re) Defining Archaeology: Emerging Perspectives in WAC Student Research SR16
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm Public Lecture  "The JNHT’s Freedom Monument Project and the Archaeology of Black Memory" Professor Verene Shepherd (SR16)
2:30pm – 4pm Session 9 (Re) Defining Archaeology: Emerging Perspectives in WAC Student Research SR16
4 – 4:30pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 6pm Session 4 Material Cultural Heritage SR16 / Round Table Discussion – Threats to Archaeology Management Studies Conference Room
7:30pm until Caribbean Lyme Night and Book Launch – Red Square, Rex Nettleford Hall

Wed, May 23

(Public Holiday)


Excursions and Jamaica Cultural Development Commission National Labour Day Concert

Thu, May 24

8am - 4pm Registration and WAC IC Secretariat SR15
9am - 10:30am Session 10  Localizing the Global SR16
10:30am – 11am Coffee Break
11am – 12:30pm Session 11 Indigenous Archaeology SR16
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm Public Lecture – Professor Peter Stone SR16
2:30pm – 4pm Session 6  Ethics, Values and Sustainability in Archaeology SR16
4 – 4:30pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 6pm Session 5 Cultural Resource Management SR16
7:30pm until Embassy Night

Fri, May 25

8am - 4pm Registration and WAC IC Secretariat
9am - 10:30am Session 2 200 Years: Archaeologies of the Precedents and Consequences of the African Slave Trade SR16
10:30am – 11am Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm Session 2 200 Years: Archaeologies of the Precedents and Consequences of the African Slave Trade SR16
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm Public Lecture – Professor Douglas Armstrong SR16 Archaeological Perspectives on the Cultural Landscape of Slavery and Freedom
2:30pm – 4pm Session 8 Archaeology and Education SR16
4 – 4:30pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 6pm Session 12 Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Archaeology SR16
7:30pm until Cultural Evening

Sat, May 26

9:30am – 11:30am

WAC IC Closing Plenary

11:30am – 5pm Town Shopping Shuttle and Optional Museum Visits
7:00pm WAC IC Closing Function

Sun, May 27

9:30am - 11:30am Departure


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