Winter Water Talks – Dugout Canoes and Watery Landscapes of Wisconsin

Description

The Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project highlights the persistence of cultural traditions and technological ingenuity. It embodies the Wisconsin Idea by engaging local and national museums, historical societies, and Tribal museums in this project that is documenting an important yet relatively rare form of material culture. New knowledge gained from the study of dugouts is also leading to a better understanding of Indigenous navigation and travel. 

Speakers

Sissel Schroeder

UW—Madison, Department of Anthropology

Sissel Schroeder is a professor of archaeology in the Anthropology Department at UW—Madison and the Bradshaw Knight Professor of Environmental Humanities in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies where she directs the Center for Culture, History, and Environment. Her research focuses on cultural-environmental systems and the impact of climate change on ancient peoples of the southeastern United States and the Midwest. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has received multiple awards that recognize her excellence in research, teaching, and service.  

Tamara Thomsen

Wisconsin Historical Society

Tamara Thomsen is a maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Maritime Preservation and Archaeology Program. Her research has resulted in the nomination of more than 60 submerged sites to the National Register of Historic Places. She has received awards from the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society, and, in 2014, she was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.