SESSION INFORMATION:
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, DEBATE AND CRITIQUE
A Session Presented at the Society for Historical and
Underwater Archaeology Annual Conference Long, Beach, CA January, 2001
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SESSION
ABSTRACTS
Symposium:
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, DEBATE, AND CRITIQUE (PART
ONE) SYMPOSIUM
(SHA Public Education and Interpretation Committee [PEIC]
Invited)
Co-Chairs: Patrice L. Jeppson, Carol McDavid, and Linda
Derry
Thursday, January 11, 2001
9:40AM-12:00PM
1:30PM-4:00 PM
Much
recent conversation about public archaeological practice has revealed
a certain ambiguity about what the term "public archaeology" means.
Is all archaeology inevitably "public"? Or, are individual areas of
"public" expertise (education, "heritage", technology, politics, journalism,
performance, museums, tourism, CRM, etc.) beginning to form a legitimate
area of specialized archaeological practice? If this is so, what are
the implications of this growing specialization, both within archaeology
and in terms of public awareness? This session will explore the different
goals pursued under the rubric "Public Archaeology", and attempt to
provide critical and self-reflexive assessments of what we actually
do with our "publics", and (perhaps more importantly) what our work
with our publics does, within archaeology as a discipline and in social
life more generally. This symposium will be followed by panel discussion
of the same name which involve all participants as well as audience
members in discussing these issues.
Panel
Discussion:
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, DEBATE, AND CRITIQUE (PART
TWO) PANEL DISCUSSION
(SHA Public Education and Interpretation Committee [PEIC]
Invited)
Co-Chairs: Carol McDavid, Linda Derry, and Patrice L. Jeppson
Saturday,
January 13, 2001
9:40AM-12:00PM
While
it is true that archaeology characterized as "public" is often limited
to narrow descriptions of how-tos of engaging the public, the reality
is that, worldwide, practitioners of public archaeology are increasingly
conducting and writing theoretically informed scholarship that goes
far beyond the practical. Discussants in this panel, which leads from
the earlier formal symposium of the same name, will continue to discuss
(with each other and with audience members) the implications of this
recent work in public archaeology. Panel members will represent different
national and regional styles of doing "public archaeology" (such as
"Heritage", CRM, etc.), as well as different areas of specialization
within public archeological practice (such as museums, education, descendant
involvement, ethics, cultural tourism, etc.).
Discussants:
Carol McDavid Linda Derry James G. Gibb Ann E. Killebrew Eve Black John
P. McCarthy Ken Brown Patrice L. Jeppson Varna Boyd Alf Hatton Vergil
Noble George Brauer
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Presentations are listed below in the order in which
they appear in the session. Click on the underlined links following each
paper title to view relevant material. Posted material includes individual
abstracts for each paper in the session and, for some presentaions, text
of the paper or related papers, presentation graphics and websites.
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MC DAVID, Carol
From Archaeological Interpretation To Public Interpretation: Collaboration
Within The Discipline For A Better Public Archaeology - Phase One
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<Levi
Jordan web page>
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BROWN, Kenneth L.
From Archaeological Interpretation To Public Interpretation: Collaboration
Within The Discipline For A Better Public Archaeology - Phase Two
<abstract>
<Brown
Interview web page>
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HATTON, Alf
An Ethnomethodological Study Of Strategic Decision-Making In UK
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<full text of paper>
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BRAUER, George
HOW AN EDUCATOR WOULD DO IT: USING THE PETER GOFF TENANT HOUSE MUSEUM
AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL
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KILLEBREW, Ann E. , Neil A. Silberman,
Dirk Callebaut, and Daniel Pletinckx
NEW DIRECTIONS IN PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY: A VIEW FROM EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE
EAST
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<full text of paper>
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DERRY, Linda
CONSEQUENCES OF INVOLVING ARCHAEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY ISSUES
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<full text of paper>
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GIBB, James G.
Public Archaeologists As Teachers And Activists
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<full text of paper>
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JEPPSON, Patrice L.
Pitfalls, Pratfalls, And Pragmatism In Public Archaeology
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<full text of paper >
<web page>
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NOBLE, Vergil E.
Significance Vs. Value In Archaeology
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<Vergil
Noble's web page>
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MWAC web page>
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BLACK, Eve
From Site To Presentation - Public Perceptions
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<full text of
paper>
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BOYD, Varna and John P. McCarthy (Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc.)
A Critical Consideration Of "Hands-On" Education/Volunteer Programming:
Case Studies From Cultural Resources Management
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<web
page>
<full
text of AAA paper>
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