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8:00am   9:00am   10:00am   11:00am   12:00pm   1:00pm   2:00pm [2:00pm-5:00pm] Archaeology Center Pottery Workshop Series #2 Description: Inca Pottery Replication Imperial Inca pottery was an important symbolic marker to elites and commoners across the Andes beginning in the 1400s. It was known for the standardized forms, the richness of the color palette, perfection in execution of design motifs, and thoroughness of its firing method. After the Spanish Conquest of the 1530s, production of this highly prized pottery style ceased. No one since has been able to copy the skill or technology developed by these clay experts. Join us at the Archaeology Center as we use clay imported from an Inca pottery production site of Choquepukio in Cuzco, Peru and Inca potsherds from that same site to retrace the steps of imperial artists of the ancient Andes. Using fuels that were available during the Inca period, all pots will be fired in a bonfire at the Gym dig site on Friday, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting) and removed at 5:00 p.m. (or before dark). Melissa Chatfield received her Ph.D in Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara in 2007 and is currently a Research Fellow in Ceramic Geoarchaeology at the Archaeology Center. She has conducted research on Inca pottery and other styles from the Cuzco region of Peru for the last 15 years. Her work at Stanford examines innovation in clay technology and the transmission of that knowledge in prehistoric societies. The current replication event is the second in a series of six to be hosted on campus by the Stanford President's Fund for Innovation in the Humanities and by the Archaeology Center." RSVP: if possible to chatfield@stanford.edu So we can have enough clay on hand 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm   6:00pm [6:00pm-7:00pm] SAIO Meeting Description: SAIO MEETING *First One of the Quarter* The Stanford American Indian Organization is the umbrella organization for the Native community. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn about issues of importance to the community as well as about upcoming cultural, educational and social events. 7:00pm [7:00pm-8:00pm] Native House Seminar Description: Presenting Muwekma House Sem!! The votes are in, House Seminar will be on Tuesdays 7-8pm in the Muwekma Lounge. Feel free to come when you can or take the class for a unit. Come on Tues, Sept 29 for the first class and get pumped for the quarter! Your Excited Muwekma ETAs, Jenna & Hoku Here's a short description of the class and its requirements ... This seminar will focus on the prevalent issues that Native people face in the twentieth-century. By looking at these present-day issues, from revitalization efforts and government relations to media representations and stereotypes, we will also discuss and learn about the past. In-class discussions will be supplemented with readings, film screenings, and field trips in order to give participants an understanding of the lives of Native people and their story over time. The class will be very open and tailored to students’ wants and needs in order to allow students to bring up issues they are interested in and to also learn from each other. Topics Covered: · cultural revitalization efforts · history of Native peoples · violence against Native women · sovereignty · defining Native identity · Native stereotypes · Natives in media and literature · Native dance, language, & education Outside Events: · trip to hear Sherman Alexie speak · trip to Alcatraz · Law School Conference Final Paper (1-3pgs, double-spaced, 12pt font) due December 9, 5pm in envelope · Write a reflection synthesizing the topics we have discussed in class · Choose a topic from class that interests you and discuss its relation to class themes Class Requirements · Passing Grade - can be taken for 1 unit o Attend all class sessions except in cases of extenuating circumstances (need approval from ETAs) o Attend 2 out of 3 outside events o Complete final paper All Muwekma-Tah-Ruk Residents · Required to attend and pass an entire quarter (Fall or Winter) · Required to complete at least 4 volunteer hours at either the Stanford Lū’au or Powwow Spring quarter E-mail Jenna Hailey (jhailey@stanford.edu) or Hoku Ching (hching@stanford.edu) with questions or concerns **Consistent enrollment is encouraged but participation is welcome and open to the entire Stanford community each week** 8:00pm [8:00pm-10:00pm] Kaorihiva Dance Practice Description: Kaorihiva (Stanford's Polynesian Dance Group) will practice weekly in the Clubhouse Ballroom, aka the "A3C Ballroom"...upstairs from the Native American Cultural Center. Come to learn about the new cultures and dance to the rhythm of the islands. Open to both men and women. NO experience necessary! Feel the beat! 9:00pm 10:00pm   11:00pm

Description:

Inca Pottery Replication

Imperial Inca pottery was an important symbolic marker to elites and commoners across the Andes beginning in the 1400s. It was known for the standardized forms, the richness of the color palette, perfection in execution of design motifs, and thoroughness of its firing method. After the Spanish Conquest of the 1530s, production of this highly prized pottery style ceased. No one since has been able to copy the skill or technology developed by these clay experts. Join us at the Archaeology Center as we use clay imported from an Inca pottery production site of Choquepukio in Cuzco, Peru and Inca potsherds from that same site to retrace the steps of imperial artists of the ancient Andes.


Using fuels that were available during the Inca period, all pots will be fired in a bonfire at the Gym dig site on Friday, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting) and removed at 5:00 p.m. (or before dark).


Melissa Chatfield received her Ph.D in Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara in 2007 and is currently a Research Fellow in Ceramic Geoarchaeology at the Archaeology Center. She has conducted research on Inca pottery and other styles from the Cuzco region of Peru for the last 15 years. Her work at Stanford examines innovation in clay technology and the transmission of that knowledge in prehistoric societies. The current replication event is the second in a series of six to be hosted on campus by the Stanford President's Fund for Innovation in the Humanities and by the Archaeology Center."


RSVP: if possible to chatfield@stanford.edu
So we can have enough clay on hand

Location:

Stanford Archaeology Center, Building 500

Event Contact:

Tiffany Cain

Contact Email:

tcc23@stanford or chatfield@stanford

Description:

SAIO MEETING *First One of the Quarter*

The Stanford American Indian Organization is the umbrella organization for the Native community. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn about issues of importance to the community as well as about upcoming cultural, educational and social events.

Location:

Native American Cultural Center, Clubhouse Ground Floor

Event Contact:

Laci Davis, Veronica Lane and Mililani Trask-Batti

Contact Email:

lhdavis@stanford, vlane@stanford and mililani@stanford

Description:

Presenting Muwekma House Sem!!

The votes are in, House Seminar will be on Tuesdays 7-8pm in the Muwekma Lounge. Feel free to come when you can or take the class for a unit. Come on Tues, Sept 29 for the first class and get pumped for the quarter!

Your Excited Muwekma ETAs,
Jenna & Hoku


Here's a short description of the class and its requirements ...
This seminar will focus on the prevalent issues that Native people face in the twentieth-century. By looking at these present-day issues, from revitalization efforts and government relations to media representations and stereotypes, we will also discuss and learn about the past. In-class discussions will be supplemented with readings, film screenings, and field trips in order to give participants an understanding of the lives of Native people and their story over time. The class will be very open and tailored to students’ wants and needs in order to allow students to bring up issues they are interested in and to also learn from each other.
Topics Covered:
· cultural revitalization efforts
· history of Native peoples
· violence against Native women
· sovereignty
· defining Native identity
· Native stereotypes
· Natives in media and literature
· Native dance, language, & education

Outside Events:
· trip to hear Sherman Alexie speak
· trip to Alcatraz
· Law School Conference


Final Paper (1-3pgs, double-spaced, 12pt font) due December 9, 5pm in envelope
· Write a reflection synthesizing the topics we have discussed in class
· Choose a topic from class that interests you and discuss its relation to class themes

Class Requirements
· Passing Grade - can be taken for 1 unit
o Attend all class sessions except in cases of extenuating circumstances (need approval from ETAs)
o Attend 2 out of 3 outside events
o Complete final paper

All Muwekma-Tah-Ruk Residents
· Required to attend and pass an entire quarter (Fall or Winter)
· Required to complete at least 4 volunteer hours at either the Stanford Lū’au or Powwow Spring quarter

E-mail Jenna Hailey (jhailey@stanford.edu) or Hoku Ching (hching@stanford.edu) with questions or concerns


**Consistent enrollment is encouraged but participation is welcome and open to the entire Stanford community each week**

Location:

Muwekma-Tah-Ruk Lounge, 543 Lasuen Mall

Event Contact:

Hoku Ching and Jenna Hailey

Contact Email:

hching@stanford and jhailey@stanford

Description:

Kaorihiva (Stanford's Polynesian Dance Group) will practice weekly in the Clubhouse Ballroom, aka the "A3C Ballroom"...upstairs from the Native American Cultural Center.

Come to learn about the new cultures and dance to the rhythm of the islands. Open to both men and women. NO experience necessary!

Feel the beat!

Location:

Clubhouse Ballroom (Upstairs from the NACC) 524 Lasuen

Event Contact:

Hoku Ching

Contact Email:

hching@stanford

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