Many faces, many perspectives: archaeology and communities in practice.

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Mussington.

Citizen science has been a relatively new component of the curricular activities at Sir McChesney George Secondary School in Barbuda. This approach is designed to more effectively engage youth living in a technologically advanced age in a small island community. By using science to understand and develop solutions to everyday challenges associated with climate change and development, classroom work is made more relevant and science comes alive and is transformed from the abstract to the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cristina Franco.

The relationship between the academia and non-academic individuals is often challenging, as there are tensions between who owns the power to produce knowledge. Citizen science is breaking this untold rule by incorporating the communities, fostering interactions that help transform segregated relationships. Recovery of knowledge from traditional and local perspectives has shown that individuals and communities hold very valuable, deep knowledge regarding their specific surroundings and daily...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca Boger.

The island of Barbuda, West Indies has a relatively unique history, land tenure and geography. Despite its arid climate and thin soils, the enslaved and eventually free people of Barbuda developed a complex herding ecology and built historic wells that are strategically located around the island to support their sustainably resilient agricultural practices. Now, these wells are largely abandoned and people are increasingly dependent on external food and water. An interdisciplinary team of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Isabel Rivera-Collazo.

Adherence to codes of ethics is central to successful and respected practice of archaeology. The SAA’s Code of Ethics includes eight principles that address critical broad issues, including the importance of in-situ long-term conservation and protection of archaeological sites (Principle 1), establishing beneficial working relationships with all parties (Principle 2) and the importance of public outreach (Principle 4). Even though, as members of the SAA, we agree that these principles are the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jen-I Costosa.

As local communities are trying to adapt to the challenges of the anthropocene they are being faced not just with the loss of archaeological sites but also their livelihoods, identity and home. When living in a small island developing state (SIDS), the partnership of cultural heritage investigations with citizen science, transcends theory and provides the local participants with the tools to conserve and preserve the stories of the past while making empowered solutions towards challenges of the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sophia Perdikaris.

The small sister island of Antigua, Barbuda, has been the center of archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations over the last nine years. Archaeological presence on the island has progressed from seasonal projects with some local volunteers to the creation of two museums and a research center with a permanent presence on the island. This transition assisted in the founding of the first ever NGO on island, The Barbuda Research Complex focusing on research, heritage, education,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jose Garay.

Only in exceptional moments can we explore the thoughts of others. Community archaeology projects, together with the ethical practice of the discipline, foster communication between the academia and the communities. Being part of one of these projects as a research assistant has given me the opportunity of interacting with people of diverse backgrounds, and of learning about their concerns and interests towards archaeology and their historical and cultural heritage. This experience has taught me...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Karen Lopez.

El Programa Ciudadano Científico de Para la Naturaleza es un proyecto que da al ciudadano común la oportunidad de conocer, guiados por expertos, las huellas del pasado analizadas con técnicas del presente. Esto no sólo da una idea de cómo se vivía en aquel entonces sino permite conocer y entender las costumbres y estilo de vida del humano en el pasado. Comencé a participar de este Proyecto antes de finalizar mis estudios de escuela secundaria. Cuando formas parte de este proyecto aprendes...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Miguel Díaz-Díaz.

La erosión costera es el proceso por el cual la acción hidráulica del mar transporta los sedimentos de un lugar de la costa a otro. Esta situación es particularmente importante en islas, donde gran parte de la población ha vivido y continúa viviendo en zonas costeras. Dentro del contexto de ciencia ciudadana, en esta charla presento el desarrollo de mi investigación multidisciplinaria que combina geomorfología y arqueología para evaluar cómo la erosión puede amenazar un sitio arqueológico...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hector Rivera-Claudio.

Un interés personal por la historia me llevó a buscar cómo entender mejor mi presente, aprendiendo sobre los errores y los éxitos de nuestro pasado. La creación de las investigaciones de Ciudadano Científico coordinadas por Para la Naturaleza da oportunidades al público para obtener experiencia en varias áreas de la naturaleza y personalmente me abrió las puertas hacia el mundo de la arqueología. Mi experiencia en la investigación Descubriendo Nuestras Raíces y en proyectos anteriores del...