From the CEFP at Mississippi State University: Applications for the CEFP, a community-based field school centered around the preservation of Brush Arbor/Starkville Colored Cemetery, a historical African American cemetery located in Starkville, MS, are due January 31, 2024. The field school will take place from June 17-July 19, 2024.
Participants will:
- Learn how to conduct research using a decolonial framework
- Work with community members to develop projects
- Learn cutting-edge anthropological and archaeological methods students including: ground penetrating radar, pedestrian surveys, oral history, archival research and story mapping.
- Train with a team of interdisciplinary specialists at Mississippi State and beyond.
This is a fully funded research program. We are accepting 10 students this year and will be providing room and board as well as a $200 per week stipend.
Eligibility is open to upperclassman (rising junior or higher) and early career graduate students (MA or pre-quals PhD) from a variety of majors including applied/cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, history, African American studies, museum/archival studies. We are particularly interested in recruiting BIPOC and first gen students from humanities and social science disciplines. Applications are open now and will close January 31, 2024. The applications can be accessed through the www.cefp.msstate.edu .