community archaeology (Other Keyword)
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Schools are a key component of urbanism, places where the regulatory apparatus of the state reaches into the lives of families. High density, busy, with ever shifting power politics creating spaces of fear and safety; creativity and control. In many ways they are hyper-urban. The establishment of Board Schools at the end of the 19th century in Britain coincides with the expansion of coastal cites such as Portsmouth. Throughout the 20th century ideology has been explicitly and publicly expressed...
"We are not ready for musealization – the conflict is not over yet" - A multisource and community approach to a 20th century protest camp site in Germany (2018)
This paper presents my PhD project which investigates the contested site of Gorleben, the iconic camp with 2000 inhabitants protesting against a nuclear waste facility, which was forcibly dismantled by the police in May 1980. Today it is a reference point for the German green movement and the sustainable energy discussion. In a multi-source approach, written accounts, photographs, excavation data and oral history are interpreted in a comparative perspective to reconstruct what happened (everyday...
What’s in a Name? Discussions of Terminology, Theory and Infrastructure of Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology: Session Introduction (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "What’s in a Name? Discussions of Terminology, Theory and Infrastructure of Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Questions have arisen concerning the semantics of and theory behind citizen science in maritime archaeology. Shifts from the use of the term “citizen science” to community and/or public archaeology have led to interest in further understanding the purpose and...
Who is Part of the Community?: When Terms Like "Stakeholder" and "Descendant" Don’t Quite Cut it (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. For decades the archaeological community has worked towards a more publically-minded and inclusive discipline that strives for collaboration with the communities that it serves. Many of these discussions rightly center the descendants of the groups under study, or the people who live where archaeology is being conducted. Some...
"Who Would Be Free Themselves Must Strike the Blow": An Archaeology of Armed Resistance at Christiana, PA (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "African American Voices In The Mid-Atlantic: Archaeology Of Elusive Freedom, Enslavement, And Rebellion" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the aftermath of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, profiteering vigilantes and corrupt local officials consipred to kidnap and enslave African-American people in the border states of the Mid-Atlantic. Banding together in mutual aid and vigilance societies,...
Why We Need to Succeed: Assessing the Outcomes of Community Archaeology Practices in County Galway, Ireland (2016)
Public involvement and collaboration with communities are major concerns for archaeologists around the world. Community outreach efforts are major components of research projects and require an immense amount of resources. Further, different stakeholders have varied responses to those efforts. This paper uses data from the Cultural Landscapes of the Irish Coast (CLIC) project’s community outreach on Inishark and Inishbofin, County Galway, Ireland, islands five miles into the Atlantic Ocean. This...
The Work of Studying Labor: Archaeological Taskscapes and Community Engagement in the Andean Highlands (2021)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Oral History, Coloniality, and Community Collaboration in Latin America" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper will examine labor relationships between a mostly North American archaeological project, Proyecto de Histórico-Arqueológico-Santa Bárbara (PIHA-SB) and the local descendent community of Santa Bárbara. Since 2013, PIHA-SB has worked collaboratively with Santa Bárbara through an archaeological...
WWII-Related Caves, Community Archaeology and Public Service Announcements: A Community Approach to Raising Awareness and Protecting Caves (2016)
A recent ABPP-funded project explored community consensus building for the protection of WWII-related caves on the island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The project utilized radio and television public service announcements for the purpose of sharing a local message of protection and preservation of caves with the island community. This paper outlines the process of community engagement and involvement, recording privately owned WWII cave sites, developing a...