Marina La Salle

PhD Candidate

MA Anthropology, University of British Columbia 2008
BA Archaeology, Simon Fraser University 2006

Supervisors: Dr. Sue Rowley (UBC) and Dr. George Nicholas (SFU)

Email:  mlasalle(at)alumni.ubc.ca

Research Interests:

I am interested in the social and political context of archaeology, the impact of heritage research on people today, and the implications of archaeological philosophy in society more broadly. This includes considering representations of archaeology; control over anthropological research and its products; anti-oppressive and applied archaeology; and the intersection between archaeology, heritage, place, and identity.

Dissertation:

My PhD research considers how ideology is constructed, communicated, and controlled in Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver, B.C. Using a cultural landscape perspective, my focus is on representations of the park and its history as a site of conflict between Indigenous and settler interests.

Selected Works:

La Salle, Marina
2011    Klahowya Village: Heritage and Aboriginal Tourism in Stanley Park. The Midden 43(2):8-10.

2011    "Making Nature." Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 2011, Seattle, WA.

2011    "the 'Place and Promise' of UBC.' Paper presented at the UBC Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, March 2011, Vancouver, BC.
    
2010    "The Cultural Landscape of Point Grey." Paper presented at the Canadian Archaeological Association 43rd Annual Meeting, April 2010, Calgary, AB.

2010    Community Collaboration and Other Good Intentions. Archaeologies: The Journal of the World Archaeological Congress Vol.6(3):401-422.

2009    Review of Cultural Heritage and Human Rights, edited by Helaine Silverman and D. Fairchild Ruggles. The Midden Vol.41(3):15-16.

2009    "C is for...Community, Consultation, Capitalism, Colonization...and Collaboration." Paper presented at the 2009 CASCA/AES Conference, April 2009, Vancouver, BC.

2008    Beyond Lip Service: an analysis of labrets and their social context on the Pacific Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C. (Supervisor: Andrew Martindale)

2008    "Lip-readings - or, the archaeology of material identity." Paper presented at the Sixth World Archaeological Congress, July 2009, Dublin, Ireland.

2008    "capital-C Consultation." Paper presented at the Northwest Anthropology Conference, April 2009, Victoria, BC.

La Salle, Marina and Richard Hutchings
2009    "(inter)Tidal Reflections." Paper presented at the BC Studies Conferences, April 2009, Victoria, BC.

Associations:

The Archaeological Society of British Columbia
   * Editor of 'The Midden'
   
Canadian Archaeological Association
   * Chair, Student Committee
   
"Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage" MCRI Project, SFU
   * Graduate Student Associate
   
World Archaeological Congress
   * Junior Representative for Northern America