Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvBarbara J. Little,Paul A. Shackel,Paul a. Shackel

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Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement is an indispensable resource for archaeologists and the communities in which they work. The authors are intensely committed to developing effective models for participating in the civic renewal movement - through active engagement in community life, in development offor interpretive and educational programming, and for in participation in debates and decisions about preservation and community planning. Using case studies from different regions within the United States, Guatemala, Vietnam, Canada, and Eastern Europe, Little and Shackel challenge archaeologists to create an ethical public archaeology that is concerned not just with the management of cultural resources, but with social justice and civic responsibility. Their new book will be a valuable guide for archaeologists, community planners, historians, and museum professionals.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-05-17
Mått160 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor294
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759110595

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Barbara J. Little is an archaeologist with the National Park Service. She has edited four volumes, including Public Benefits of Archaeology (2002), and she is the co-author (with Donald L. Hardesty) of Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians (2000). Paul A. Shackel is professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland and is director of the Center for Heritage Resource Studies. He has edited six volumes and written four books and edited six volumes, including Memory in Black and White: Race, Commemoration, and the Post-Bellum Landscape (2003).

0 Introduction: Archaeology and Civic EngagementChapter 1 History, Justice, and ReconciliationChapter 2 Civic Engagement at Werowocomoco: Reasserting Native Narratives from a Powhatan Place of PowerChapter 3 Beyond Strategy and Good Intentions: Archaeology, Race and White PrivilegeChapter 4 Politics, Inequality, and Engaged Archaeology: Community Archaeology along the Color LineChapter 5 Remaking Connections: Archaeology and Community after the Loma Prieta EarthquakeChapter 6 Voices from the Past: Changing the Culture of Historic House Museums with ArchaeologyChapter 7 Archaeology- the "Missing Link" to Civic Engagement? An Introspective Look at the Tools of Reinvention and Reengagement in Lancaster, PennsylvaniaChapter 8 Civil Religion and Civically Engaged Archaeology: Researching Benjamin Franklin and the Pragmatic SpiritChapter 9 Reconnecting the Present with its Past: The Doukhobor Pit House Public Archaeology ProjectChapter 10 Heritage in Hampden: A Participatory Research Design for Public Archaeology in a Working-Class Neighborhood, Baltimore, MarylandChapter 11 Civic Engagement and Social Justice: Race on hte Illinois FrontierChapter 12 Learning through Visitors: Exhibits as a Tool for Encouraging Civic Engagement through Archaeology

There is a new kind of public archaeology emerging; one that takes seriously archaeology’s potential to understand the past to give a sense of meaning for our future. This work has the familiar goals of inventorying significant sites and doing better archaeology. It also aims to build better communities. Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement provides us with lessons, sometimes painful and sometimes exhilarating, from some of our most accomplished colleagues, whose research has explored the ways in which we tell the truth about the past and thereby is a source of hope for the future.