UC Berkeley Talk: Translocal Archaeologies of the Chinese Diaspora

This talk presents work-in-progress from a new book project about Chinese diaspora archaeology that connects archaeological research on historic Chinese American communities with parallel studies of qiaoxiang home villages of Chinese migrants – in Guangdong Province, China. Through close analysis of the production, circulation, and use of selected artifacts, this project traces the material practices through which Chinese migrants and their kin in China developed and sustained social and economic networks across the Pacific.

About the Speaker

Dr. Barbara L. Voss (CHCP Advisory Board Member) is a Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, where she is also affiliated with the Stanford Archaeology Center and the Asian American Research Center at Stanford. Her research projects include the Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project in San Jose, the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project, the Cangdong Village Project, and the Arboretum Chinese Labor Quarters Project.

This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

This talk will be in person at the Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) and on Zoom (Register for Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ARFtalks-2425)

For more information: Translocal archaeologies of the Chinese diaspora / Events at UC Berkeley