Diversifying Heritage: A Foundation for Democratizing Heritage Production

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.

Archaeological practice has benefited from including diverse stakeholders in the production of narratives around heritage, which can result in democratizing heritage creation. If done well, it can lead to a more democratic production of knowledge around heritage. Democratization heritage production involves shifting power dynamics in who “rules” over the creation of narratives and investing authority in the related “people” or descendant communities. Because of archaeology’s roots in colonialism, democratizing the discipline is no easy task. This can be especially difficult to accomplish in compliance-based work and few archaeologists are trained in how to do this work. Here, we situate these ideas theoretically, in practice, and offer background on the topic.

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): 38782.0