Mapping Memories of Freetown

The Meanings of a Native American House in a Black Neighborhood

Bibliographic Data

ID18968981
AuthorsAllison Manfra Mcgovern (0000-0002-6486-1788, VHB Engineering, Survey, Landscape Architecture and Geology, PC, Hauppauge, NY, USA), Allison J M McGovern (corresponding author), Anjana Mebane-Cruz (Farmingdale State College (SUNY), Farmingdale, NY, USA), Anjana Mebane‐cruz (Farmingdale State College)
Year2019
Volume8
Issue1-2
Pages131-146
Publication date2019-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2161-9441 • E-ISSN: 2161-9468
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21619441.2019.1650475
OpenAlexW2807798382
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

The recent recognition of a twentieth-century Montaukett home in what has been considered a “Black neighborhood” brings into question the historical construction of race categories and boundaries, as well as the construction and production of history, giving us new perspectives on the histories of Long Island. Along with memories and other input from descendants and other community members, the authors use the methodologies of archaeology and cultural anthropology to understand relationships of kin, kind, and power in the Freetown neighborhood. In so doing, they interrogate and deconstruct the colonialist interpretations of the people and the way they lived their day to day lives. In this article, the authors unpack racialized histories as a method for framing their Mapping Memories of Freetown project, and shed light on the discursive relationship between constructed histories and lived experiences

Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Native american · Sierra leone · Architecture, Design, and Social History · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Race, History, and American Society

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