Critical Public Archaeology : : Confronting Social Challenges in the 21st Century / / ed. by Camille Westmont.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Brock, Terry P.,; Burton, Jeffery,; Farrell, Mary M.,; Fracchia, Adam,; Guttormsen, Torgrim Sneve,; Massheder-Rigby, Kerry,; Minkoff, Mary Furlong,; Reeves, Matthew B.,; Stobiecka, Monika,; Stottman, M. Jay,; Thomas, Suzie,; Westmont, V. Camille,; Zuanni, Chiara,
• HerausgeberIn: Westmont, Camille,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

Critical approaches to public archaeology have been in use since the 1980s, however only recently have archaeologists begun using critical theory in conjunction with public archaeology to challenge dominant narratives of the past. This volume brings together current work on the theory and practice of critical public archaeology from Europe and the United States to illustrate the ways that implementing critical approaches can introduce new understandings of the past and reveal new insights on the present. Contributors to this volume explore public perceptions of museum interpretations as well as public archaeology projects related to changing perceptions of immigration, the working classes, and race.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction. In Pursuit of a Critical Public Archaeology -- Part I. Work with Communities -- Chapter 1. Aiming for Anti-Racism: Policies and Practices of a Publicly Engaged Archaeology Department -- Chapter 2. Legacies of Shame, Legacies of Hope: Community Archaeology at a World War II Japanese American Internment Camp -- Chapter 3. Archaeology as Performance: Reanimating the Portland Wharf Landscape with Critical Public Archaeology -- Part II. Advancing Methods -- Chapter 4. Toward a Critical Archaeological Museum -- Chapter 5. “You Can’t Replant Old Trees”: The Combined Approach of Memory and Public Archaeology to Reinvestigate Court Housing in Liverpool, UK -- Chapter 6. Archaeological Narratives as Critical Public Archaeology: Illuminating the Realities of Past and Present Forced Prison Labor through Story -- Chapter 7. Expanding Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Building User Interfaces and Sharing the Assemblages of Archaeology in Annapolis across the Globe -- Part III. Situating Critical Archaeology -- Chapter 8. Public Archaeology through the Lens of Historiography -- Chapter 9. Public Perceptions of Archaeology in the Museum -- Conclusion. Critical Public Archaeology in Context -- Index