The Individual and Collective Journeys of Community-Based Archaeology Participants

Summary

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 discussing the impacts that working on community-based archaeology projects has had on the individual including their connections to the past and communities, their futures, and their well-being. We will also reflect on how the process of doing archaeology and developing understandings of the past are formed on both an individual scale as well as through networks of partnerships, mentorships, and friendships. The underlying theme of this conversation is that successful community-based projects are transformative not only for the community and archaeology but also for the individuals who participate in them.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeological Congress: Multivocal Conversations Furthering the World Archaeological Congress Agenda   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36615.0