AHA Session 155
Conference on Latin American History 31
Conference on Latin American History 31
Saturday, January 4, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Gramercy West (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Chair:
Rebecca A. Goetz, New York University
Panel:
Leila K. Blackbird, University of Chicago
Anjali DasSarma, University of Pennsylvania
Linford D. Fisher, Brown University
Rebecca A. Goetz, New York University
Alexandre Pelegrino, University of Toronto
Anjali DasSarma, University of Pennsylvania
Linford D. Fisher, Brown University
Rebecca A. Goetz, New York University
Alexandre Pelegrino, University of Toronto
Session Abstract
In an effort to link efforts to deconstruct and understand colonialism in the context of the archive, this panel brings together scholars from history, Indigenous studies, slavery studies, and communication to engage questions of sourcing and perspectives regarding the enslavement of Indigenous people in the Americas. From the Spanish Caribbean to Brazil to the colonies in the United States, stories of Indigenous enslavement span many sourcing contexts (digital humanities, oral histories, freedom suits, newspaper advertising and others). Each context presents unique challenges that hinder attempts to disentangle histories from the project of colonialism. This roundtable aims to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives to provide multinational perspectives about these archives and what they can/do/cannot/do not tell us as historians. When do we accept ambiguity? Where do these sources prove generative and with what realms of knowledge do they interact? How should scholars today be engaging descendent communities? How can we think more robustly about race in the archive?
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