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Roberta Robin Dods

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Associate Professor, Anthropology

Degrees

• BA (Honours, Anthropology, University of Toronto)
• MA (Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Toronto)
• PhD (Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, London)

Analysis/Fieldwork Areas and Current Research

• North America (mostly Canadian Boreal Forest and Boreal/Deciduous Ecotones)
• Egypt, Botswana, Jordan
• Ancient pyrotechnology (use of fire as a tool) in the management of forests
• Landscape constructs in ancient times as indicators of cultural realities
• Science and Traditional Knowledge
• Subsistence systems

Selection of Publications

• 2009 R Canadian Edition of Cultural Anthropology: A Perspective on The Human Condition.  With E.A. Schultz and R.H. Lavenda. Oxford Press: Toronto.
• 2009 R The Syntax of Place and Space. Chapter 4 in Archaeology of Terrioriality and People.
  Edited by D. Gheorghiu and G. Nash.  Archaeolingua (Hu).
• 2007 R Intersubjectivity and the Meaning of Things.  The International Journal of the Humanities (Common Ground). 
• 2007 R Pyrotechnology and Landscapes of Plenty in The Northern Boreal. Chapter 9 in The Archaeology of Fire: Understanding Fire as Material Culture. D. Gheorghiu [gheorghiu_dragos@yahoo.com] and G. Nash, editors. Archaeolingua (Hu).
• 2004 R Knowing Ways/Ways of Knowing: Reconciling Science and Tradition. World Archaeology 36:4 (Dec.2004). Pp. 547-557.
• 2003 R Wondering The Wetland: archaeology through the lens of myth and metaphor in Northern Boreal Canada. Journal of Wetland Archaeology 3: 17-36. Oxbow Books.
• 2002 R The Death of Smokey Bear: the ecodisaster myth and forest management practices in prehistoric North America.  World Archaeology 33:3 (Feb.2002). Pp. 475-487.
• 2000 R Boundary Markers, Cultural Divisions, and Economic Landscapes. In Selected Papers of Rupert’s Land Colloquium 2000, compiled by David G. Malaher. Winnipeg Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Pp. 69-83. 

Affiliations

• European Association of Archaeologists
• Canadian Archaeological Association
• American Anthropological Association
• World Archaeology Group

Current Teaching Portfolio

UBC Okanagan Calendar Course Descriptions are available online.

• ANTH 100: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 205: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
• ANTH 211: Indigenous Peoples: North America
• ANTH 422: Modes of Subsistence

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Contact

ART275
Phone:  (250) 807-9371 
Fax: (250) 807-8001
Email: robin.dods@ubc.ca
Community, Culture, and Global Studies
Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences
The University of British Columbia Okanagan
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7