[Chacmool-l] Upcoming

[Chacmool Archaeology Association]

Hello Chacmoolians;

1) Don't forget the noon hour lectures happen every Wednesday.
Tomorrow's speaker: Dr. Pete Dawson
Title: Arctic IQ: Using Collaborative Web Technologies to Document
Traditional Inuit Knowledge
Where: ES 859
Social networking and online collaboration are transforming how we
produce, access, and share information about he world around us. Sites
like Facebook and Wikipedia are embodiments of the concept of Web2.0 in
which users collaborate, share, and produce knowledge within online
virtual communities. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangiit, often referred to as IQ is
a specialized and culturally specific system of knowledge that focuses on
interrelationships between people, land, and resources. Inuit Elders view
the moral intelligence contained within IQ as helping young people find
their way in the world. They worry that IQ will be lost to this new
generation when they are gone. In this presentation, I explore how the
Web2.0model can be used to recored and preserve IQ, specifically through
toponymic (place name) research, through online collaboration and sharing
among Inuit - something that the recent expansion of broadband Internet
into remote areas of the Canadian Arctic has now made possible.


2) "How to Apply to Graduate School?" - The Department of Archaeology is
putting on this very informative workshop. On November 2nd, from 1:30 to
3:30pm in ES 822 - If you are even thinking about going to Grad School,
you should go. All who wish to attend are required to register in advance,
and a sign up sheet will be available in the main office.  If you cannot
attend at this time, please email Nicole at nethier at ucalgary.ca and she
will make alternative arrangements for you.

3)Movie/Pub Night: October 26th at 4pm in ES 859