Reflections on Community Engagement & Digital Approaches: The Effects & Impacts of Different Tools
Author(s): Lynne Goldstein
Year: 2013
Summary
Archaeologists generally believe that public engagement is important and useful, and most believe they are doing so. Many have seen relative ease of use of the web as a panacea for such work. Having been involved in archaeological research, outreach and community engagement for over 40 years, I have experience with a variety of methods. As technology changes and we try to embrace new techniques, however, it is rare that we reconsider our overall engagement strategy, or create a specific plan. This paper looks at a variety of methods, shares successes and failures, and tries to create a way to develop an overall engagement plan that incorporates in-person and digital techniques. Examples used will vary, but most come from the Michigan State University Campus Archaeology Program that I direct. The overview will look at issues of audience, access, engagement and interaction, and learning curves of various approaches.
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Reflections on Community Engagement & Digital Approaches: The Effects & Impacts of Different Tools. Lynne Goldstein. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428319)
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Keywords
General
Community
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digital approaches
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Engagement
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 243