From 5f86b0cbb90085fd3f6d84beb11ba91f4954977c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandros Tsakos Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 16:31:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] davies abstract --- content/article/davies.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/article/davies.md b/content/article/davies.md index 1e7ab2a..9f43eed 100644 --- a/content/article/davies.md +++ b/content/article/davies.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Booker T. Washington’s Challenge for Egyptology: African-Centered Research in the Nile Valley" authors: ["vanessadavies.md"] -abstract:In 1909, Egyptologist James Henry Breasted sent a letter to Booker T. Washington, along with a copy of an article Breasted had recently published in The Biblical World. To fully understand the short correspondence between the two scholars, this article delves into three related topics: Washington’s philosophy of industrial education and its complementarity with the educational program of his contemporary W. E. B. Du Bois; Washington’s prominent standing in educational, political, and social circles, including his professional relationship with the president of the University of Chicago William Rainey Harper and his advisory role to US president Theodore Roosevelt; and Breasted’s perspective on race and Egyptology. Washington, unlike Breasted, considered connections between ancient Nile Valley cultures and cultures elsewhere in Africa, a point of inquiry that has recently gained momentum in a variety of fields. In the correspondence between Washington and Breasted, we see demonstrations of precarity and privilege as related to scientific research, an imbalance seen also in the infamous syphilis study carried out at Tuskegee. This article points out the continued need to interrogate benefit by asking who constructs research questions and whom does research benefit. +abstract:"In 1909, Egyptologist James Henry Breasted sent a letter to Booker T. Washington, along with a copy of an article Breasted had recently published in The Biblical World. To fully understand the short correspondence between the two scholars, this article delves into three related topics: Washington’s philosophy of industrial education and its complementarity with the educational program of his contemporary W. E. B. Du Bois; Washington’s prominent standing in educational, political, and social circles, including his professional relationship with the president of the University of Chicago William Rainey Harper and his advisory role to US president Theodore Roosevelt; and Breasted’s perspective on race and Egyptology. Washington, unlike Breasted, considered connections between ancient Nile Valley cultures and cultures elsewhere in Africa, a point of inquiry that has recently gained momentum in a variety of fields. In the correspondence between Washington and Breasted, we see demonstrations of precarity and privilege as related to scientific research, an imbalance seen also in the infamous syphilis study carried out at Tuskegee. This article points out the continued need to interrogate benefit by asking who constructs research questions and whom does research benefit." keywords: ["Booker T. Washington", "James Henry Breasted", "W. E. B. Du Bois", "William Rainey Harper", "Theodore Roosevelt", "Egyptology", "ancient Nile Valley cultures", "Africa"] ---