Mid-Atlantic (Virginia) (Geographic Keyword)
1-1 (1 Record)
Archaeology as Medicine: Rebuilding Trust Through Community-Engaged Archaeology (2024)
DOCUMENT
Citation Only
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Like individual people, no two communities are alike. Successful public history museums focus on building trust with and reaching out to the communities whose stories they share. But conflicts still arise, especially when an institution has in the past played a role in that community's historical erasure. This paper explores...