Dr Katharine Fernstrom’s research in the archaeology of art and material culture sits at the intersections of colonial, dominant, and oppressed cultures. Current research includes the position of murals on the North American landscape from earliest pre-contact to most recent Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) statements. Examination of the full assemblage of human artmaking behavior on the landscape opens discussion of both shared and contested spaces.
