The Benefits of Collaboration: Multi-agency Partnerships and Capacity Building within Underwater Archaeology
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2018
As the field of underwater archaeology continues to expand, the importance of partnerships and capacity building has enhanced the ability to share knowledge and resources between colleagues near and far. Capacity building develops the skills and processes needed to strengthen communities, while including a number of stakeholders in the form of museum exhibits, university graduate programs, advocacy groups, government organizations, and cultural heritage research institutions. Numerous multi-agency partnerships have developed supportive relationships, aiming to engage with communities for the shared purpose of cultural heritage protection with demonstrable results. These partnerships not only create a strategic alliance amongst organizations, but also serve as a means of cost-sharing. Such projects strive to create a sustainable approach to infrastructural development for the preservation and protection of submerged cultural resources.
Other Keywords
remote-sensing •
capacity building •
Underwater Archaeology •
Artifact Conservation •
Underwater Heritage •
19th-century Anchor Manufacturing •
Partnerships/Collaboration between the US Federal Government and Universities
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Geographic Keywords
North America •
Coahuila (State / Territory) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Oklahoma (State / Territory) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
Texas (State / Territory) •
Sonora (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Chihuahua (State / Territory) •
Nuevo Leon (State / Territory)
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A Global Exchange: NPS Collaborations with the Slave Wrecks Project in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mozambique (2018)
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For the past few years, the National Park Service has been involved with the Slave Wrecks Project, an international multi-agency effort to document sites related to the International Slave Trade. Student and academic representatives from Mozambique and Senegal participated in a workshop, supported by the U.S. State Department, where information, techniques, and perspectives were exchanged during a 10-day project hosted by the NPS at Buck Island National Reef Monument and Christiansted National...
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Realizing Autonomy: Building the Capacity of Senegal’s First Underwater Archaeologists (2018)
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In April and May of 2017, two National Park Service (NPS) staff from the Submerged Resources Center (SRC) joined Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) staff and post-graduate students in Dakar, Senegal. The three-week project was a response to a request for technical assistance by the U.S. State Department, UCAD, and other partners for underwater archaeological training and capacity building as part of the Slave Wrecks Project (SWP). While in Senegal, SRC staff contributed to ongoing marine...
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Way Hay and Up She Rises: The Recovery, Conservation, and Documentation of a Historic Admiralty Anchor from the Gulf of Mexico (2018)
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In 2013, a historic anchor was recovered from the Gulf of Mexico by a contractor working for an offshore energy operator. Because the operator failed to notify the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) of the discovery, the operator was in violation of regulations protecting submerged archaeological resources. A compromise was reached between the bureau and the operator resulting in the transportation of the anchor to the University of West Florida (UWF) for conservation and...