Becoming Archaeologist

Abstract

Chapter 9 returns the reader to the semi-fictional narrative of Student X. Spoiler alert: Student X has a happy ending! The chapter follows Student X’s development over her degree and into her career beyond, exploring how she addressed the issues of discrimination and marginalization that are presented in Chapters 3 and 5 , and how this process of becoming extends into her professional life as she becomes Graduate X. One of the turning points in Student X’s learning experience (although there are many others that we do not cover here) is a lecture in which a piece of cake is used as a device to highlight the interconnected material assemblages of modern western capitalism.