Robyn Humphreys

Robyn Humphreys is a PhD candidate in Archaeology and African Studies at the University of Cape Town. Robyn advocates for an accountable archaeology which acknowledges communities and community institutions as important stakeholders in knowledge production and research. She argues that when we listen to communities as archaeologists and biological anthropologists, we create the potential for a new practice that is transformative, self-critical and beneficial to communities. Robyn currently lectures in Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape.

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Full Name
Robyn Humphreys
First Name
Robyn
Family Name
Humphreys
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Founding member of the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum and the San & Khoi Centre
Project Administrator (2020 - 2021)
Biography
Robyn Humphreys is a PhD candidate in Archaeology and African Studies at the University of Cape Town. Robyn advocates for an accountable archaeology which acknowledges communities and community institutions as important stakeholders in knowledge production and research. She argues that when we listen to communities as archaeologists and biological anthropologists, we create the potential for a new practice that is transformative, self-critical and beneficial to communities.

Robyn currently lectures in Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape.
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Research Team
Member of
UCT
A\Xarra Restorative Justice Forum
A/Xarra Women's Commission
startDate
2020
endDate
2021

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Indigenous Animal Names Collection Project
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!Gâ re – Rangatiratanga – Dadirri : Decolonizing the ‘capture of knowledge': 2019 - 2022 Event
Forty (40) Training Workshops Event