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Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the fields of
cultural heritage studies and community archaeology worldwide with
expanding discussions about the mechanisms and consequences of
community participation. This trend has brought to the forefront
debates about who owns the past, who has knowledge, and how
heritage values can be shared more effectively with communities who
then ascribe meaning and value to heritage materials. Globalization
forces have created a need for contextualizing knowledge to address
complex issues and collaboration across and beyond academic
disciplines, using more integrated methodologies that include the
participation of non-academics and increased stakeholder
involvement. Successful programs provide power sharing mechanisms
and motivation that effect more active involvement by lay persons
in archaeological fieldwork as well as interpretation and
information dissemination processes. With the contents of this
volume, we envision community archaeology to go beyond descriptions
of outreach and public engagement to more critical and reflexive
actions and thinking. The volume is presented in the context of the
evolution of cultural heritage studies from the 20th century
"expert approach" to the 21st century "people-centered approach,"
with public participation and community involvement at all phases
of the decision-making process. The volume contains contributions
of 28 chapters and 59 authors, covering an extensive geographical
range, including Africa, South America, Central America, Western
Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Australasia. Chapters
provide exemplary cases in a growing lexicon of public archaeology
where power is shared within frameworks of voluntary activism in a
wide diversity of cooperative settings and stakeholder
interactions.
Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the fields of
cultural heritage studies and community archaeology worldwide with
expanding discussions about the mechanisms and consequences of
community participation. This trend has brought to the forefront
debates about who owns the past, who has knowledge, and how
heritage values can be shared more effectively with communities who
then ascribe meaning and value to heritage materials. Globalization
forces have created a need for contextualizing knowledge to address
complex issues and collaboration across and beyond academic
disciplines, using more integrated methodologies that include the
participation of non-academics and increased stakeholder
involvement. Successful programs provide power sharing mechanisms
and motivation that effect more active involvement by lay persons
in archaeological fieldwork as well as interpretation and
information dissemination processes. With the contents of this
volume, we envision community archaeology to go beyond descriptions
of outreach and public engagement to more critical and reflexive
actions and thinking. The volume is presented in the context of the
evolution of cultural heritage studies from the 20th century
"expert approach" to the 21st century "people-centered approach,"
with public participation and community involvement at all phases
of the decision-making process. The volume contains contributions
of 28 chapters and 59 authors, covering an extensive geographical
range, including Africa, South America, Central America, Western
Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Australasia. Chapters
provide exemplary cases in a growing lexicon of public archaeology
where power is shared within frameworks of voluntary activism in a
wide diversity of cooperative settings and stakeholder
interactions.
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