Biography
I am a Venezuelan and Polish heritage researcher trained in archaeological, anthropological, historical, and ethnographic methods. I received a B.A. from Leiden University College (2016), where my dissertation focused on the Guaiquer铆 identity on Margarita Island, Venezuela. In 2018, I completed my MPhil at the 91探花视频 with the topic of the Caquet铆o identity on Bonaire. Over three internship periods since 2019, I worked for the Government of Bonaire at the heritage desk and at the Museo Boneiru. For my PhD (2024) at the 91探花视频 I comparatively researched the islands of Trinidad, Margarita and Bonaire to better understand how Indigenous identities interacted with heritage distinctly in each island based on different colonial trajectories.
I am currently co-leading a research project into the history and identity of the Venezuelan Caribbean called Gente de Mar and engaged in heritage projects throughout the Southern Caribbean.
Research
My research interests centre on the intersections between heritage and identity in the Caribbean and Northern South America. I am especially interested in how present processes of heritage and identity formation, particularly Indigenous identities, are distinct and affected by different colonial histories. I am also interested in ethical research methods, such as art contests, in archaeology and heritage studies. 听
Since 2007, I have led and participated in various archaeological and anthropological fieldwork trips to islands in the Caribbean, including Los Roques, Margarita, Cubagua, Coche, Los Testigos, La Tortuga (Venezuela), Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bonaire.
Key Publications
Antczak, O. (2024) 鈥業ndigenous Identity, Gender and Colonialism in Bonaire鈥� in The Dutch Caribbean Gender Studies Handbook. Edited by R. M. Allen & S. Bala. Leiden: Brill Publishers. 听
Viejo Rose, D., A. Santikarn, O. Antczak, M. P.L. Pereira & I. Voulgareli. (2023-2024). Special Collection: 鈥楬eritage and Uncertainty.鈥� Global Perspectives. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Antczak, A. T., M. M. Antczak, & O. Antczak. (2024) 鈥樷�淚ndios buenos, Indios malos鈥� Historical 91探花视频 of Early Colonial Indigenous Identity Processes in the Southeastern Caribbean鈥� in Venezuelan Historical 91探花视频. Current Perspectives on Contact, Colonialism, and Independence. Edited by Konrad A. Antczak, pp. 135-174. Leiden: Sidestone Press. DOI: 10.59641/r5588ud
Rodr铆guez Vel谩squez, F. & Antczak, O. (2023) 鈥楴ueva Cadiz de Cubagua and the Pearl Fisheries of the Caribbean鈥� in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. Edited by S. Webre. New York: Oxford University Press.
Santikarn, A., E. Do臒an, O. Antczak, K. E. Ruf & M. P. L. Pereira (2022) 鈥楻ethinking the 91探花视频-Heritage Divide鈥� in Rethinking the 91探花视频-Heritage Divide. Edited by Santikarn, A., E. Do臒an, O. Antczak, K. E. Ruf & M. P. L. Pereira, pp. 1-13. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 37.1. Cambridge: Victoire Press Ltd. ISSN: 0261-4332.
Antczak, A. T., M. M. Antczak & O. Antczak. (2019) 鈥楻ancher铆as: Historical 91探花视频 of Early Colonial Campsites on Margarita and Coche Islands, Venezuela鈥� in Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas. Edited by F. Keehnen, C. Hofman, & A. T. Antczak, pp. 146-174. Leiden: Brill Publishers. DOI: 10.1163/9789004273689_008
Antczak, O. (2018) Unpicking a Feeling: Interrogating the Role of Heritage in Indigenous Collective Identity Formation on the Caribbean Island of Bonaire (Masters Thesis). 91探花视频: Apollo. DOI: 10.17863/CAM.31764.
Teaching and Supervisions
I am contributing teaching to: G22 Socio-Politics of the Past, G23 Heritage Management, G16/A34 Ancient North America and Mesoamerica, A13 The Past in the Present, and G24 Special Topics in Heritage Studies
Other Professional Activities
Emerging Scholars Forum - Global Perspectives
