There is an irony to this political moment, writing from where I am, commenting on this wonderful collection of essays. Much of my research has been in and on South American archaeology, in particular theory. The context of archaeological praxis in South America is very different, as we know, to that in North America, where I currently live and work. As I write, the current US federal administration is attempting to dismantle a domestic and global political order. There is a gross and blatant attempt by the US government to take over the running of universities, to mandate who they hire and what can and cannot be taught. It is an aggressively political move. Grants have been canceled, university professors and students threatened and deported, diversity and inclusivity has been “canceled” and policed on a massive scale. This is frightening and new. Here. Not new for many of my South American colleagues, of course, who have been living through cycles of repression and relative freedom, financial stability and long periods of instability, since I started my work in Argentina in the 1990s and far before.