Co-Creating Digital Heritage Resources in Ghana: How Is It Going?

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Capacity Building or Community Making? Training and Transitions in Digital Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Funded by a Canadian SSHRC-funded partnership development grant, our working group of collaborators is engaged in training and capacity building in digital heritage methods in Ghana. Project aims include fostering a community of practice inclusive of archaeologists, heritage practitioners, students and community members who appreciate the value of and are versed in practices of sustainable digital archiving; are committed to producing digital heritage resources relevant to communities and usable in local schools; and who are committed to expanding the community of practice through development of accessible training resources. I'll provide an assessment of how things are going as we approach the end of our first year in a 3-year project, sharing our successes but also addressing the challenges we've faced in co-creating sustainable and relevant digital heritage resources.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Capacity Building or Community Making? Training and Transitions in Digital Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 22922