Tiffany C . Fryer
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I am an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. I was previously a Cotsen Postodoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows and Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Humanities Council at Princeton University. I hold a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.
My current research interests include heritage theory, political violence, collective memory, historical archaeologies/anthropology, European colonialism, race, indigenous theory, diaspora, feminist theory, materiality, Peircean semiotics, community-based research methods. Americas, Maya Yucatán and Quintana Roo, Mexico; Western Australia.
Supervisors: PhD: Richard Leventhal, MA: Lynn Meskell, and BA: Ian Hodder
I am an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. I was previously a Cotsen Postodoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows and Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Humanities Council at Princeton University. I hold a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.
My current research interests include heritage theory, political violence, collective memory, historical archaeologies/anthropology, European colonialism, race, indigenous theory, diaspora, feminist theory, materiality, Peircean semiotics, community-based research methods. Americas, Maya Yucatán and Quintana Roo, Mexico; Western Australia.
Supervisors: PhD: Richard Leventhal, MA: Lynn Meskell, and BA: Ian Hodder
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Articles & Chapters by Tiffany C . Fryer
In this chapter we discuss positioning land as a commodity in the Maya world. How would we define land? How would we account for "the Maya"? What is at stake in labeling land a commodity and what do we trade off if we refuse to do so? With these questions in mind, we use this opportunity to respond to the identification of land as solely (or even primarily) a commodity for some contemporary Maya communities.
We outline some of the ways a landscape approach might complicate the status of land as commodity. We use a comparative model of the turn toward landscape framing in archaeologies of the the American Southwest and Australia to consider how a similar approach might transform ways of thinking about Maya relationships to land, past and present. We apply this framework to two case studies from Quintana Roo and Belize.
Book Reviews by Tiffany C . Fryer
postcolonial archaeology of Mesoamerica, Rani T. Alexander’s
newest edited volume focuses on the question
of technological change following Spanish invasion of
Mesoamerica. Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica
after the Spanish Invasion uses technological change
as a window through which to understand the uneven
and all but instantaneous imposition of Spanish—and
Spanish descendent—cultural forms, values, and economies
throughout Mesoamerica. The themes explored in
the volume range from early technological shifts in the
decades immediately following the initial invasions of
the 16th century, to transformations that took well over
three centuries to unfold. Authors speak to themes classic
to archaeology—such as changes in ceramic
production—and those more commonly encountered
in science and technology studies—including innovations
in water management and the industrialization of
fiber production.
Talks by Tiffany C . Fryer
In the wake of global civil unrest following the brutal killings of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Atatiana Jefferson, Aura Rosser, Elijah McClain, and countless others at the hands of police in the United States, Black Lives Matter protestors and their allies have critiqued the anti-Black racism imbued in the erection and maintenance of Confederate historical monuments. The legacy of social movements seeking to remove Confederate statues is longstanding. However, unlike in previous moments, what began as the forced removal of Confederate statues during protests has rippled to the removal of colonialist, imperialist, and enslaver monuments all over the world. In this webinar, scholars and artists share their insights on the power of monumentality and the work they are doing to reconfigure historical markers.
Featuring:
LaVaughn Belle, Visual Artist
Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax Multi-Disciplinary Artist
Dell Upton, PhD, Professor and Chair of Art History, UCLA
Tsione Wolde-Michael, Curator, Smithsonian-NMAH
Moderated by Tiffany Cain, PhD, Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows
CART captioning by Joshua Edwards
Books by Tiffany C . Fryer