Archiving the History of Gender and Feminist Archaeology
Meg Conkey, Professor
Anthropology
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2023 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2024.
In preparation for the submission of documents related to the 40 year history of how the study of gender and a feminist perspective developed in archaeology, this project will involve sorting and categorizing (and reading in order to do so!) all sorts of documents from conferences, correspondence, audio tapes, drafts of articles that will be destined for at least one or perhaps 2 different archives.
Role: The undergraduate researcher will work with many files, documents, letters, and articles and organize them, in coordination with two professional archivists and with me as well as, hopefully, with several colleagues as we expand the national archives on the history of anthropology and on the history of the study of women and gender. They will have a work space on campus where the documents will be available. The national archivists will guide us in how best to organize. There will be document scanning and copying, as well as the development of spreadsheets and catalogue (s).
The student will be exposed to an important history of scholarship, and will learn about archiving, as well as about how to trace intellectual histories.
Qualifications: An interest in gender and feminist scholarship, a general understanding of the history of anthropology, organizational skills and Excel (for spreadsheets) as well as digital skills for scanning and organizing digitally. Able to take the suggestions of professional archivists and to understand the different kinds of documentation that exist and how to put them together for a professional archive.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Social Sciences 150 Years of Women at Berkeley