Community Based Participatory Research in Hawaiian Historical Archaeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Community-based participatory research necessitates community members to be equal participants in every stage of the archaeological research process. Archaeology in Hawai‘i frequently involves community participation, but projects in which community members are engaged as equal partners throughout each stage of the process remain uncommon. This paper will cover the importance of a truly CBPR project for the University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu (UHWO) program built to serve the community. A preliminary UHWO field school was held in the summer of 2021 at the local Kalaeloa Heritage Park in Kapolei, O‘ahu that aligned with the needs of this community park. The paper will discuss how this project is currently serving the needs of the community as well as how the project needs to evolve in the future to be truly participatory and a potential model for future historical archaeology projects in Hawai‘i.

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• SHA 2022 General Sessions   •
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