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Archaeology As a Tool of Civic Engagement

by: Little, Barbara J.; Shackel, Paul A.; Britt, Kelly M.; Brooks, Meagan; Chidester, Robert C.; Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Chip; Gadsby, David A.; Gallivan, Martin D.; Jeppson, Patrice L.; McDavid, Carol; Moretti-Langholtz, Danielle; Moyer, Teresa S.; Mullins, Pa

Archaeology As a Tool of Civic Engagement

ISBN 13:
9780759110601
ISBN 10:
0759110603
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/17/2007
Publisher: AltaMira Press

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Little and Shackel use case studies from different regions across the world to 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.

List of Illustrations	p. vii
1 Archaeology and Civic Engagement	p. 1
2 History, Justice, and Reconciliation	p. 23
3 Civic Engagement at Werowocomoco: Reasserting Native Narratives from a Powhatan Place of Power	p. 47
4 Beyond Strategy and Good Intentions: Archaeology, Race, and White Privilege	p. 67
5 Politics, Inequality, and Engaged Archaeology: Community Archaeology Along the Color Line	p. 89
6 Remaking Connections: Archaeology and Community after the Loma Prieta Earthquake	p. 109
7 Voices from the Past: Changing the Culture of Historic House Museums with Archaeology	p. 131
8 Archaeology-the "Missing Link" to Civic Engagement? An Introspective Look at the Tools of Reinvention and Reengagement in Lancaster, Pennsylvania	p. 151
9 Civil Religion and Civically Engaged Archaeology: Researching Benjamin Franklin and the Pragmatic Spirit	p. 173
10 Reconnecting the Present with Its Past: The Doukhobor Pit House Public Archaeology Project	p. 203
11 Heritage in Hampden: A Participatory Research Design for Public Archaeology in a Working-Class Neighborhood, Baltimore, Maryland	p. 223
12 Civic Engagement and Social Justice: Race on the Illinois Frontier	p. 243
13 Learning through Visitors: Exhibits as a Tool for Encouraging Civic Engagement through Archaeology	p. 263
Index	p. 279
About the Contributors	p. 283
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Archaeology As a Tool of Civic Engagement

Archaeology As a Tool of Civic Engagement

9780759110601

0759110603

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