Humphris, JE;
Bradshaw, R;
(2017)
Understanding ‘the Community’ before Community Archaeology: A Case Study from Sudan.
Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage (YCAH)
, 4
, Article 3. 10.1080/20518196.2017.1345364.
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Abstract
Since 2014, UCL Qatar has undertaken a diverse programme of community engagement as part of an archaeometallurgical research project at the Royal City of Meroe, Sudan. We present initial analyses of anonymous questionnaires conducted as part of this programme. We designed the questionnaires to evaluate qualitatively residents’ knowledge about, outlook on, and experience with local archaeological sites, to generate an understanding of the social fabric within which archaeology is situated. Additionally, we collected quantitative demographic data to assess critically the local community composition. Statistical analyses of the questionnaire have highlighted the heterogeneous nature of the local communities, and how their often-divergent knowledge, outlooks, and experiences with archaeology are influenced by numerous social, economic, historical, and political factors: an idealized audience for ‘community archaeology’ does not exist in our context. Nevertheless, community engagement, leading to community archaeology, should form an integral part of an archaeological research programme from inception to completion.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Understanding ‘the Community’ before Community Archaeology: A Case Study from Sudan |
Open access status: | An open access publication |
DOI: | 10.1080/20518196.2017.1345364 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way |
UCL classification: | UCL |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1562235 |
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