Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeology education reaches beyond the classroom, into the public sphere, and affects diverse audiences. To make archaeology relevant today, we must connect with students, members of the public, and policy makers. These audiences bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. To have a greater impact on diverse audiences, we must take their lived experiences, knowledge, and interests into account and broaden our teaching methods. This symposium discusses various experiences, case studies, and best practices for reaching diverse audiences.

Other Keywords
Public and Community Archaeology • Zooarchaeology • Paleoethnobotany • Woodland • Engagement • Museum education • Subsistence and Foodways • Conservation and Curation

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Delaware (State / Territory) • Georgia (State / Territory) • Mississippi (State / Territory) • Tennessee (State / Territory) • North Carolina (State / Territory) • Kentucky (State / Territory) • West Virginia (State / Territory) • Virginia (State / Territory) • South Carolina (State / Territory)

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  • Connecting Past and Present Landscapes through Museum Education and Public Archaeology (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan Kassabaum. Arielle Pierson. Erin Spicola.

    This is an abstract from the "Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Native American mound sites and their inhabitants are often misunderstood by local communities and are severely underrepresented in educational curricula despite being a primary research focus for North American archaeologists. These monuments stand as testament to the creativity and skill of their builders and provide...

  • Hands-On Archaeological Pedagogy: A Case Example of Teaching Food Pathways in Ancient and Modern Times (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Manzano. Renee Bonzani.

    This is an abstract from the "Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Active participation and hands-on analysis and activities in college-level classes can draw students with diverse interests into classes of archaeology. To move away from straight lecturing about archaeological principles, the authors developed a class on paleoethnobotany and zooarchaeology that actively involves students...

  • Meaningful Engagement on a Shoestring Budget in North Georgia (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only William Balco.

    This is an abstract from the "Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Engaging students, landowners, the public, and policy makers in the scientific process of archaeology is an essential component of our discipline and creates opportunities to impress upon these groups the value of historic preservation. Doing so demonstrates that archaeological and historic resources are limited and fragile,...