Reflecting on PASUC Heritage Initiatives through Time, Positionality, and Place

Heritage

Céline Lamb¹  Daniel Vallejo-Cáliz¹  Scott Hutson¹  Jacob Welch² 

[1] Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 211 Lafferty Hall, Lexington, KY 20506-0024, USA;Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 10 Sachem St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA;

关键词: archaeology;    community museums;    gender and sexuality;    Maya;   

DOI  :  10.3390/heritage3020014

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper reports on heritage initiatives associated with a 12-year-long archaeology project in Yucatan, Mexico. Our work has involved both surprises and setbacks and in the spirit of adding to the repository of useful knowledge, we present these in a frank and transparent manner. Our findings are significant for a number of reasons. First, we show that the possibilities available to a heritage project facilitated by archaeologists depend not just on the form and focus of other stakeholders, but on the gender, sexuality, and class position of the archaeologists. Second, we provide a ground-level view of what approaches work well and which do not in terms of identifying aspects of cultural heritage that are relevant to a broad swath of stakeholders. Finally, we discuss ways in which heritage projects can overcome constraints to expanding community collaboration.

【 授权许可】

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