The Interpretation and Presentation of Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Sites: Evolving Horizons

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

New philosophical trends in public interpretation are reshaping the messages delivered at archaeological and cultural heritage sites worldwide. The role of the expert, as well as the participatory engagement of audiences and stakeholders, is being redefined and reassessed. For example, facilitated dialogue is being utilized by professional interpreters to connect and interact with audiences and is designed to engage and foster an environment where the experiences of participants are shared and explored. It is designed to join the experiences and expertise of participants to think through the conditions and opportunities necessary to impact the topic or issue being discussed. Dialogue facilitators do not need to be experts on the topic being discussed. This session examines new trends in public interpretation. Do these actions represent new emphases in interpretation, or more fundamental pedagogical shifts? Therefore, are they resulting in more effective interpretation in creating connections and facilitating perceptions and meaning for audiences?

Other Keywords
Interpretation • Education • Public Archaeology • Outreach • Community • heritage • public • Public Interpretation • Museums • Plantations

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • Early 19th Century • Early to Mid 20th Century • 18th Century • Historic • 19th and 20th centuries • Spanish colonial • colonial to contemporary • 17th century, WWII • 5th to 21st 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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  1. Community Archaeology and Collaborative Interpretation at a Rosenwald School (2018)
  2. Conflict Landscapes: Mitigating Inter-generational Trauma through Collaborative Archaeology (2018)
  3. Dialogues on the Experience of War: Difficult Heritage (2018)
  4. The Evolution of Public Interpretation: Instagram, Promotion, and the Passive Narrative (2018)
  5. Evolving Native American Participation in the Excavation and Interpretation of a Tutelo Site in Ithaca, New York (2018)
  6. Facilitated dialogue: A new emphasis, or pedagogical shift for the interpretation of cultural heritage sites? (2018)
  7. Geo-locating Community Memory and Archaeological Heritage Via an Adaptive App (2018)
  8. The Heritage Education Network: From Individual Efforts to Professional Action (2018)
  9. Integrating Teacher Professional Development with Archaeological Summer Camps (2018)
  10. Interpreting Fur Trade Sites: A View from the Pacific Northwest (2018)
  11. Issues in Interpretation and Presentation of Cherokee Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (2018)
  12. A New Attitude: Balancing Site Confidentiality and Public Interpretation at Delaware State Parks (2018)
  13. The Politics of Landscape Representation and Kamakhya (2018)
  14. Programme to Practice: Public Archaeology Is Feminist Archaeology (2018)
  15. The Ralph J. Bunche Community Project (2018)
  16. Restoration and Archeology at San Jacinto: Dividing Legend from Fact through Dialogue (2018)
  17. "We can do better, we have to do better": Reevaluating and Remounting a Traveling Exhibit (2018)
  18. What Do All These Broken Things Mean? Collectively Interpreting the Archaeology of The Hill Neighborhood in Easton, Maryland (2018)