A new year brings new opportunities for growth, and that includes growth within diversity and inclusion in the CRM industry. We are planning to unveil numerous projects addressing this issue in the new year, including sessions as a part of the ACRA webinar series. In the meantime, we wanted to shared two webinars of interest to CRM professionals  that have been announced by other organizations for 2021. Read more about these sessions below!

Unsettling the Past: Radically Reimagining Archaeological Knowledge
January 13, 2021 - 4:00 pm EST
SAPIENS

For decades, Black and Indigenous archaeologists have rightfully called for a radical reimagining of how archaeology interprets and understands the past. The formulation of archaeologies by, for, and with Indigenous peoples and informed by Black feminist experiences are a testament to the desire of scholars to create a field rooted in decolonial and liberatory praxis. These decolonial interventions work to unsettle the past—reveling in the human complexity of Indigenous and Black life. This panel, comprised of leading Indigenous and Black archaeologists and artists, focuses squarely on the continued work of scholars who are helping to decolonize Black and Indigenous pasts by reshaping how archaeological knowledge is created.

From the Margins to the Mainstream: Black and Indigenous Futures in Archaeology
March 2, 2021 - 4:00 pm EST
Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies

The eighth webinar to emerge from CIAMS's collaboration with the Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA) and Indigenous Archaeology Collective (IAC) is entitled, "Climate Change and Landscape".