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What's New at C.A.P.I.?

Changes...

As frequent visitors may have noticed, the C.A.P.I. website has recently been renovated to include much more information about C.A.P.I. (like our principles, mission statement, and history).  One major addition is a new page of Ethics Resources provided primarily by C.A.P.I. member Julie Hollowell.  There are also more pictures of our public outreach events around the state.  And, finally, there is a new page with information about public archaeology events at Dr. Pyburn's field school at Chau Hiix, Belize (with pictures to come!).

Ethics Bowl 2007!

The Ethics Bowl is a competitive event which brings collegiate teams of graduate or undergraduate students together to debate ethical issues in archaeology and anthropology.  CAPI members Dru McGill and Julie Hollowell are co-organizers of this year's Ethics Bowl (with Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh).  This year's event will be held during the 72nd annual Society for American Archaeology meeting in Austin, TX.  If you are interestd in participating, please e-mail Dru or Julie, or for more information and to see former cases, visit the Society for American Archaeology's (SAA) website.  You can also view this year's flyer for the Ethics Bowl--post it at your institution or e-mail to someone you think may be interested!

SAA Presentation

CAPI Members Alicia Ebbitt and Dru McGill presented a poster about CAPI at the last Society for American Archaeology meeting in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico.  The poster was a great success--thanks to everyone who visited.  Look for us again at the American Anthropological Association meetings this November!

A New Research Project in Kyrgyzstan:

In June, 2005 Anne Pyburn was awarded a US State Department grant for the "Community Cultural Resource Management for the Silk Road" project in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. This three year project will involve collaboration between Pyburn, CAPI student Erin Kuns, and Kyrgyz and Uzbek scholars, archaeologists, students, and residents of one village in each country. The purpose of the grant is to develop community plans for preserving and protecting cultural resources in these countries. Modular Museums will be developed in each village -- these are museum exhibits created by residents containing photos, video, oral stories, maps, artifacts, and hands-on activies. Modular museums are created specifically to be travel-ready. Sharing the museum exhibits across Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will bridge cultural gaps between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz as well as between the diverse ethnic groups in each country.

Pyburn and Kuns both have additional grants in process to add to what we will accomplish in the State Department grant and a fieldschool in Kyrgyzstan is planned for Summer 2005.

 

The Koch Kor Valley in Kyrgyzstan will be the focus of both the Silk Road cultural resources managment project and the 2005 fieldschool.

CAPI Awards:

2005 Society for American Archaeology Presidential Award Winners:

K. ANNE PYBURN

2004 Society for American Archaeology Presidential Award Winners:

JULIE HOLLOWELL ZIMMER AND
CHIP COLWELL-CHANTHAPHONH
This Presidential Recognition Award goes to Julie Hollowell Zimmer and Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, who were the driving force behind the creation of the SAA Ethics Bowl. From concept to implementation, Julie and Chip have kept the Ethics Bowl project moving forward, thereby advancing discussion of ethical issues
among the SAA membership, promoting student participation in the affairs of the Society, and creating what we hope will become a new tradition at the annual meeting. The SAA Committee on Ethics has long noted the difference between active and passive ethics. Passive ethics are reactive, that is, doing the right thing when confronted with a specific situation. Active ethics are proactive and involve creating situations where the right thing gets done because the actor uses ethical concerns to inform his or her actions. Julie Hollowell Zimmer and Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh embody the concept of active ethics, and richly deserve presidential recognition for their continuing efforts. May 2004 SAA Record


ERIN KUNS
Since the 2002 inception of the Matrix Project to “Make Archaeology Teach Relevant in the XXIst Century,” Erin Kuns has worked tirelessly to promote the project and support the participants. As a beginning graduate student, Erin provided the organizational support for the project—no small task, given the number and diversity of the participants. But as Erin has moved into professional life, she has become a full fledged and valued participant in the project. Erin served as a reminder that her generation and those to come are the focus of the Matrix Project; students whose needs are met in the future through the Matrix materials will have much to thank her for and so does SAA. May 2004 SAA Record

2004 SAA Ethics Bowl Winners

CAPI students teamed up with students from the University of Nevada-Reno to win the first annual SAA Ethics Bowl. If you would like to see the Ethics Bowl cases, or sign up a team for next year's Ethics Bowl, check out the Society for American Archaeology's Webpage.