Cultural Heritage Management on Alaska’s North Slope: Navigating without a Map in a Time of Rapid Change

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Current Research and Challenges in Arctic and Subarctic Cultural Heritage Studies" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Management of, and research on, cultural heritage in the Alaskan Arctic has changed significantly. The changes were much needed and long overdue, but they have brought new challenges to all parties. Accelerating permafrost degradation and coastal erosion have made traditional management strategies no longer viable. More clearly needs to be done to create a path forward that works for all concerned parties, especially descendant communities and local heritage centers. This paper looks at some of those challenges and suggests possible ways forward that might lead to stronger collaboration between researchers and descendant communities (as opposed to mere box-ticking consultations) and true co-management of cultural heritage.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Current Research and Challenges in Arctic and Subarctic Cultural Heritage Studies   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39006.0