{"title":"Sharing Collections and Sharing Stories","authors":"Nikki S. Mills","doi":"10.1017/aap.2021.42","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As archaeology has evolved, partnerships between private collectors and archaeologists have ebbed and flowed. This article contributes to a growing body of work dedicated to recognizing the contributions of the collecting community, with a focus on maintaining reciprocal models for long-term collaborations. This research article argues that for these collaborative efforts to progress, archaeologists must operate through an archaeological ethnographic lens that fosters work in partnership and generative dialogues. Utilizing ethics from the Society for American Archaeology's “Statement on Responsible and Responsive Stewards of the Past” (Society for American Archaeology 2018), an undergraduate student and private collector partnered to retroactively document an artifact collection collected over 60 years in Colorado's San Luis Valley. This article is distinct, however, in that it centers the research methods, offering a pragmatic example of utilizing an archaeological ethnographic framework alongside collaborative inquiry and oral history methodologies. The partnership cultivated within the research team opened a new line of inquiry into the collector's past collaborations with professionals, revealing a variety of informative and illuminating stories. As the academic discourse widens, incorporating such stories into the canon will improve collaborations and foster networks of partners to create sustainable long-term collaborations that ultimately lead to greater understanding of and care for the material past.","PeriodicalId":7231,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Archaeological Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Archaeological Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2021.42","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract As archaeology has evolved, partnerships between private collectors and archaeologists have ebbed and flowed. This article contributes to a growing body of work dedicated to recognizing the contributions of the collecting community, with a focus on maintaining reciprocal models for long-term collaborations. This research article argues that for these collaborative efforts to progress, archaeologists must operate through an archaeological ethnographic lens that fosters work in partnership and generative dialogues. Utilizing ethics from the Society for American Archaeology's “Statement on Responsible and Responsive Stewards of the Past” (Society for American Archaeology 2018), an undergraduate student and private collector partnered to retroactively document an artifact collection collected over 60 years in Colorado's San Luis Valley. This article is distinct, however, in that it centers the research methods, offering a pragmatic example of utilizing an archaeological ethnographic framework alongside collaborative inquiry and oral history methodologies. The partnership cultivated within the research team opened a new line of inquiry into the collector's past collaborations with professionals, revealing a variety of informative and illuminating stories. As the academic discourse widens, incorporating such stories into the canon will improve collaborations and foster networks of partners to create sustainable long-term collaborations that ultimately lead to greater understanding of and care for the material past.
摘要随着考古学的发展,私人收藏家和考古学家之间的合作关系时起时落。这篇文章为越来越多的工作做出了贡献,这些工作致力于承认收集社区的贡献,重点是维护长期合作的互惠模式。这篇研究文章认为,为了使这些合作努力取得进展,考古学家必须通过考古人种学的视角来运作,以促进合作和生成性对话。利用美国考古学会(Society for American Archaeology,2018)《关于过去负责任和负责任的管家的声明》(Statement on Responsible and Responsive Stewards of the Past)中的道德规范,一名本科生和私人收藏家合作,追溯记录了科罗拉多州圣路易斯山谷60多年来收集的一批文物。然而,这篇文章的不同之处在于,它以研究方法为中心,提供了一个利用考古人种学框架以及合作探究和口述历史方法论的实用例子。研究团队内部培养的合作关系为这位收藏家过去与专业人士的合作开辟了一条新的调查线,揭示了各种信息丰富、富有启发性的故事。随着学术话语的扩大,将这些故事纳入正典将改善合作,并促进合作伙伴网络,以创建可持续的长期合作,最终增进对物质过去的理解和关心。