Rock Art and Slow Science: What's the Connection?

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Painting the Past: Interpretive Approaches in Global Rock Art Research" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this paper, I will suggest that rock art research is an excellent example of how we can advance many of the goals of the slow science movement, despite continued practices by some rock art researchers that promote "the scoop" and other problems that slow science advocates are trying to work against. As rock art research has been developing over the past several decades, there are important lessons for the enactment of more cautious, humane and even heart centered approaches in archaeology that celebrate ambiguity and the interconnectedness of knowledge and knowledge production. A few examples will be presented as to how rock art research has begun to be a prime domain for moving forward a more "slow science."

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• Painting the Past: Interpretive Approaches in Global Rock Art Research

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Abstract Id(s): 39592.0