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Archaeology for whom? The dozen well-known contributors to this
innovative volume suggest nothing less than a transformation of the
discipline into a service-oriented, community-based endeavor. They
wish to replace the primacy of meeting academic demands with
meeting the needs and values of those outside the field who may
benefit most from our work. They insist that we employ both
rigorous scientific methods and an equally rigorous critique of
those practices to ensure that our work addresses real-world
social, environmental, and political problems. A transformed
archaeology requires both personal engagement and a new toolkit.
Thus, in addition to the theoretical grounding and case materials
from around the world, each contributor offers a personal statement
of their goals and an outline of collaborative methods that can be
adopted by other archaeologists.
Archaeology for whom? The dozen well-known contributors to this
innovative volume suggest nothing less than a transformation of the
discipline into a service-oriented, community-based endeavor. They
wish to replace the primacy of meeting academic demands with
meeting the needs and values of those outside the field who may
benefit most from our work. They insist that we employ both
rigorous scientific methods and an equally rigorous critique of
those practices to ensure that our work addresses real-world
social, environmental, and political problems. A transformed
archaeology requires both personal engagement and a new toolkit.
Thus, in addition to the theoretical grounding and case materials
from around the world, each contributor offers a personal statement
of their goals and an outline of collaborative methods that can be
adopted by other archaeologists.
Archaeological practice is currently shifting in response to
feminist, indigenous, activist, community-based, and anarchic
critiques of how archaeology is practiced and how science is used
to interpret the past lives of people. Inspired by the calls for a
different way of doing archaeology, this volume presents a case
here for a heart-centered archaeological practice. Heart-centered
practice emerged in care-based disciplines, such as nursing and
various forms of therapy, as a way to recognize the importance of
caring for those on whom we work, and as an avenue to explore how
our interactions with others impacts our own emotions and heart.
Archaeologists are disciplined to separate mind and heart, a
division which harkens back to the origins of western thought. The
dualism between the mental and the physical is fundamental to the
concept that humans can objectively study the world without being
immersed in it. Scientific approaches to understanding the world
assume there is an objective world to be studied and that humans
must remove themselves from that world in order to find the truth.
An archaeology of the heart rejects this dualism; rather, we see
mind, body, heart, and spirit as inextricable. An archaeology of
the heart provides a new space for thinking through an integrated,
responsible, and grounded archaeology, where there is care for the
living and the dead, acknowledges the need to build responsible
relationships with communities, and with the archaeological record,
and emphasize the role of rigor in how work and research is
conducted. The contributions bring together archaeological
practitioners from across the globe in different contexts to
explore how heart-centered practice can impact archaeological
theory, methodology, and research throughout the discipline.
Archaeological practice is currently shifting in response to
feminist, indigenous, activist, community-based, and anarchic
critiques of how archaeology is practiced and how science is used
to interpret the past lives of people. Inspired by the calls for a
different way of doing archaeology, this volume presents a case
here for a heart-centered archaeological practice. Heart-centered
practice emerged in care-based disciplines, such as nursing and
various forms of therapy, as a way to recognize the importance of
caring for those on whom we work, and as an avenue to explore how
our interactions with others impacts our own emotions and heart.
Archaeologists are disciplined to separate mind and heart, a
division which harkens back to the origins of western thought. The
dualism between the mental and the physical is fundamental to the
concept that humans can objectively study the world without being
immersed in it. Scientific approaches to understanding the world
assume there is an objective world to be studied and that humans
must remove themselves from that world in order to find the truth.
An archaeology of the heart rejects this dualism; rather, we see
mind, body, heart, and spirit as inextricable. An archaeology of
the heart provides a new space for thinking through an integrated,
responsible, and grounded archaeology, where there is care for the
living and the dead, acknowledges the need to build responsible
relationships with communities, and with the archaeological record,
and emphasize the role of rigor in how work and research is
conducted. The contributions bring together archaeological
practitioners from across the globe in different contexts to
explore how heart-centered practice can impact archaeological
theory, methodology, and research throughout the discipline.
Archaeology impacts the lives of indigenous, local, or descendant
communities. Yet often these groups have little input to
archaeological research, and its results remain inaccessible. As
archaeologists consider the consequences and benefits of research,
the skills, methodologies, and practices required of them will
differ dramatically from those of past decades. As an archaeologist
and a Native American, Sonya Atalay has investigated the rewards
and complex challenges of conducting research in partnership with
indigenous and local communities. In "Community-Based Archaeology",
she outlines the principles of community-based participatory
research and demonstrates how CBPR can be effectively applied to
archaeology. Drawing on her own experiences with research projects
in North America and the Near East, Atalay provides theoretical
discussions along with practical examples of establishing and
developing collaborative relationships and sharing results. This
book will contribute to building an archaeology that is engaged,
ethical, relevant, and sustainable.
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