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R. Grant Gilmore III, PhD RPA College of Charleston |
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Bio: Recognized leader in Heritage Management and Education with deep experience in developing diverse, equitable and just policies and procedures based upon research. During over twenty-five years of professional NGO development, fundraising, strategic planning, teaching, architectural and archaeological research experience have worked in the US, Netherlands, UK and sites across the Caribbean. Currently the Director of the Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program and hold the Addlestone Chair in Historic Preservation at the College of Charleston. Direct our graduate program in Community Planning, Policy and Design. Currently serve on the Board of Trustees for US/ICOMOS the foundation that represents the United States in the World Heritage program under UNESCO. Serve (and have served) in a variety of capacities in local and regional NGOs and governing bodies. Completed my BA and MA degrees at the College of William and Mary (http://www.wm.edu/as/anthropology/index.php) and worked for several years with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Department of Archaeological Research (http://research.history.org/Archaeological_Research.cfm). My fieldwork with Norman Barka introduced me to the island of St. Eustatius. The island became the focus of my doctoral research at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology) where I examined the African Diaspora in the Atlantic World. In addition to co-editing the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology with Basil Reid, I am the author of several book chapters, articles and monographs in professional and public journals and magazines. I established (2004) and ran the St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research until I left St Eustatius in 2011. I taught many professional, student and avocational volunteers in courses on artefacts, excavation techniques and historical archaeology. Through my appointment at Leiden University, I taught graduate courses in Historical Archaeology. My research interests include slavery and its impacts on societies, the origins of Capitalism within Caribbean economies, religious sites, vernacular architecture, heritage management, historic preservation and public archaeology. I also developed and managed the archaeological GIS for the island's 1000+ known archaeological sites. Specialties: Progressive Urban Design, Comparative Colonial Archaeology and Architecture, artifact analyses (statistical, chemical etc), Public Archaeology, Heritage Management, African Diaspora, Caribbean, GIS and Colonial Capitalism |
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