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'Threats To Archaeology, its Importance, Values and Development'
Sessions
(Re) Defining Archaeology: Emerging Perspectives from International Student Research
SESSION ABSTRACT
This session highlights research by international student members of the World Archaeological Congress. Young scholars from around the globe are re-defining the importance, values, and development of archaeology through education and research. This research simultaneously supports archaeology’s history as a science of past cultures and tests the limits of contemporary methods, theories, and ethics. To some, emerging research may seem a “threat” to archaeology. We believe, instead, that the presentation and debate of innovative, revolutionary, and potentially controversial research will foster growth within our discipline. Stretching across themes of Indigenous Archaeology, Archaeology Education, Archaeology and Tourism, Community Archaeology, Public Archaeology, and more, this session will systematically overview important emerging perspectives in the field of archaeology.
This session was organized by the newly formed World Archaeological Congress Student Committee (WACSC). The WACSC is dedicated to facilitating communication and debate amongst WAC members, encouraging student membership and representation in WAC, encouraging and organizing student participation in academic events, and providing financial support to students. Through this session, the WACSC will promote student research, education, and professional participation as integral to the field of archaeology.
In order to facilitate the participation of students who could not attend the Inter-Congress, papers in this session are also available for viewing at http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/students/
Archaeologists in Action: Challenges and Problems in the Daily Practice - María Florencia Becerra- - Instituto de Arqueología y Museo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumá
The Public’s Archaeology: Utilizing Ethnographic Methods to Link Public Education with Accountability in Archaeological Practice.
Dru McGill
Student Faces of WAC: Who we are, where we are from, and what we are doing here - Ali Ghobadi, American University
Chicken or egg: dialogue with the public or colleagues? - Akira Matsuda - Institute of Archaeology, University College London
What is the Public Good? Submerged Landscapes and Community Archaeology - Brad Garrett
The role of the student researcher: notes from Hadrian’s Wall - Kirsty Norman (UK)
Settlement and Occupation of the Wellesley Islands, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia - Daniel Rosendahl - University of Queensland.
Museum Practice in Jordan: Standing still - Arwa Badran
Community archaeology: a challenge for any young scholar’s future and, quite ambitiously, for the future of Greek archaeology - Anastasia Sakellariadi
Somali Cultural Heritage: The clash between local and Western Heritage Theory and Practice - Sada Mire
Discussion – The Importance of students and their research to WAC and to archaeology in general – Dr. Peter Stone, WAC Chief Executive Officer
