Queering Cultural Resource Management: defying norms in CRM archaeology

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dc.contributor.authorBadger, Madison P.
dc.contributor.authorUniversit of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilson, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-03T19:48:01Z
dc.date.available2025-06-03T19:48:01Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThrough ethnographic inquiry within the context of an Alberta-based Cultural Resource Management (CRM) firm, this thesis applies a queer perspective to CRM archaeology in the process of knowledge production and translation. Though archaeology is often thought of as being rather objective, results and analysis from this project suggest otherwise. Qualitative methods (participant observation, semi-structured interviews, thematic analysis, and discourse analysis) were used to explore and analyze how CRM employees’ ideologies regarding their role in the research process influence the production and translation of knowledge. Further, the ultimate goal of this research is to provide an example of and an argument for queering archaeology. Specifically, the analysis includes a discussion on the impact of queer as a verb on current archaeological methods, theories, and ideologies in CRM. I conclude that to queer (v.) is necessary to avoid narrowing perspectives of the past, and to move towards a more widely representative and inclusive future of CRM.
dc.embargoNo
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/7045
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectanthropology
dc.subjectCultural Resource Management
dc.subjectarchaeology
dc.subjectfeminist theory
dc.subjectqueer theory
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.subject.lcshSalvage archaeology--Fieldwork
dc.subject.lcshSalvage archaeology--Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshSalvage archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in science--Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshArchaeologists--Attitudes
dc.titleQueering Cultural Resource Management: defying norms in CRM archaeology
dc.typeThesis
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