Community-based Economic Development: Is it Pragmatic? Should it Be?

Summary

Does pragmatism work in practice? More particularly, does pragmatic philosophy actually contribute to the well being of stakeholders, especially those from the local community who have historically been marginzalized and have not benefitted from archaeological practice? Can archaeological practice be expanded beyond the production of knowledge to include the needs and desires of community members as they themselves express them? This paper will explore these questions, utilizing the community-based economic development programs of the Sustaianble Preservation Initiative as a springboard to an inclusive and not self serving archaeological practice incorporating a reality based pragmatism.

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• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22595