Creating Ties: Co-responsibility between Government and Community for the Safeguarding of the Prehistoric Caves in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, a World Heritage Site in Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Democratizing Heritage Creation: How-To and When" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the last four years, in the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Prehistoric Caves in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, effective relationships have been strengthened and created between the ejido commissary and the cultural managers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Through constructive dialogue, knowledge sharing, and joint actions with other governmental instances, the collaboration offered a better way to guard the site despite external limitations, thanks to inclusive spaces and the support the community and the institute find between them. The feeling of pride, belonging, and co-responsibility led to an archaeological project, national exhibition fairs, and cultural diffusion of the area where local worldviews, norms, and values were the base for co-creation processes. The union built has the potential to advance so that diverse cultural expressions can flourish and add to the protection and safeguarding of the World Heritage Site.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Democratizing Heritage Creation: How-To and When   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39286.0