Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The multivocal conversations in this session will advance the core agenda of the World Archaeological Congress, particularly in relation to social justice, Indigenous land rights, and ethical globalization. The session will feature presentations in a conversation format between archaeologists and the various people with whom they work. Conversations will be in person, in real-time via the internet, or pre-recorded. Presentations will discuss themes such as climate change, food security, health and well-being, and Indigenous land rights. The papers in this session will inform the developing agenda for WAC-10, which will be held in Adelaide, Australia, in June 2025.

Other Keywords
Historic • Communities of Practice • Ethics • Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Public and Community Archaeology • Historic Preservation • Education • Cultural Resource Management • Theory • Climate Change

Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) • Wisconsin (State / Territory) • Michigan (State / Territory) • Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre (Country) • Minnesota (State / Territory) • Canada (Country) • South Dakota (State / Territory) • North Dakota (State / Territory) • Worldwide • United States of America (Country)

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  • Against the Alienability of Archaeology (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Matthews. Emma Gilheany. Megan Hicks. Eric Johnson.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Working with marginalized Black and Indigenous communities shines a light on the use of archaeological research to support struggles for heritage, recognition, and well-being in settler colonial states. We highlight archaeology’s potential to alienate, whether alienating heritage as...

  • Archaeology and Well-Being Delivered through Authentic and Meaningful Participation (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Everill.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeology, heritage, and the historic environment more broadly are increasingly recognized as powerful tools in the delivery of community mental health and well-being benefits. Archaeology as a therapeutic intervention for veterans achieved significant public profile through the work...

  • Being an Expert Witness in Mexico’s Heritage Management Process: Requirements and Issues (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sandra Lopez Varela.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2022, the Mexican government introduced a new heritage management process, requiring the participation of expert witnesses to determine the property of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities’ knowledge, traditions, intellectual property, and heritage. Mexico’s experience with expert...

  • Civil Rights Heritage Preservation and the Malcolm X House: Archaeology in the Service of a Grassroots Movement (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Krysta Ryzewski. Tareq Ramadan. Aaron Sims.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. An unassuming 800-square-foot home in working-class Inkster, Michigan, was, in some sense, the birthplace of Civil Rights leader Malcolm X in 1952. While living there he changed his name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X and assumed the leadership roles in the Nation of Islam that...

  • Climate Change and Archaeology (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter Biehl. Johannes Mueller.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This contribution will discuss the relationship between climate change research in archaeology and its application in the heritage management sector, museums, education, and policies. We will do so within a global framework of past climate change action in intergovernmental panels,...

  • Decolonizing Archaeology: Learning from Indigenous Land and Water Epistemology (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ranjan Datta. William Marion.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ongoing colonization of the environment and natural resources has negatively impacted environmental heritage rights in many parts of the world, particularly Indigenous environmental rights and their relationships with the environment. For many Indigenous communities, the history of...

  • Doing Archaeology in a Good Way: Reflections with and from Grand Ronde (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sara L. Gonzalez. Briece Edwards. Yoli Ngandali. Ian Kretzler.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since 2014, Field Methods in Indigenous Archaeology has worked in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon’s Historic Preservation Office to create a Grand Ronde way for doing archaeology. This approach is grounded in the values and protocols of the...

  • Indigenous Archaeologies across the Global South: Confronting World-Building and World-Destroying Capacities and Realities (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Martin Porr.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In recent years, archaeological research and cultural heritage management have advanced considerably toward the integration of community-guided practices and processes. The dimensions of research ethics and social justice appear to play increasingly prominent roles in the design and...

  • The Individual and Collective Journeys of Community-Based Archaeology Participants (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Kelvin. Lisa Rankin.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The success of community-based archaeology projects is often measured on a larger scale by things like research outputs and community development. During this conversation between archaeologists and community members previously hired as student field technicians, we are interested in...

  • Long-Term Collaboration and Advocacy around the Ludlow Massacre (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Karin Larkin. Fawn-Amber Montoya. Robert Butero.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The 1913–1914 southern Colorado coalfield strike and Ludlow Massacre had lasting impacts on labor law reforms that occurred in Colorado and the United States over the subsequent decades. The Colorado Coalfield War Archaeological Project (CCWAP) worked with the United Mine Workers of...

  • Turnaround Archaeology: Reorienting Archaeology So Its Main Purpose Is the Pursuit of Social Good (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Claire Smith. Kellie Pollard. Anita Painter. Maria Ortiz. Andrew Coe.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This conversation is between archaeologists (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) and Aboriginal people from the Barunga region of the Northern Territory Australia. We present our emerging vision for reorienting archaeology so its primary purpose is as a tool for social good. We discuss...