African American descendants, community outreach, and the Ransom and Sarah Williams Farmstead Project

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage Pub Date : 2020-01-29 DOI:10.1080/20518196.2020.1718408

M. Franklin, Nedra K. Lee

引用次数: 16

Abstract

ABSTRACT We participated in the research of a post-emancipation African American site in Texas that involved a community outreach programme with local descendants. We worked with the descendant community in producing knowledge and defining project outcomes, both of which benefitted the research and raised the public visibility of black Texas history and archaeology. Based on our experiences, we discuss how cultural resource management (CRM) firms can play an important role in diversifying the profession, and in engendering a long-term commitment to public archaeology among their employees. There were challenges we encountered working within the context of CRM, including funding allocations and enlisting local descendants in the site excavation, yet we hope that this case study helps to promote community archaeology in future CRM projects.

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非裔美国人后裔、社区外联以及Ransom和Sarah Williams Farmstead项目

摘要：我们参与了对德克萨斯州一个解放后非裔美国人遗址的研究，该遗址涉及与当地后裔的社区外展计划。我们与后代社区合作，创造知识并确定项目成果，这两项工作都有利于研究，并提高了德克萨斯州黑人历史和考古的公众知名度。根据我们的经验，我们讨论了文化资源管理（CRM）公司如何在职业多元化方面发挥重要作用，并在员工中形成对公共考古的长期承诺。在CRM的背景下，我们遇到了一些挑战，包括资金分配和招募当地后裔参与遗址挖掘，但我们希望本案例研究有助于在未来的CRM项目中促进社区考古。

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Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage Arts and Humanities-Archeology (arts and humanities)

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期刊介绍： Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage is a new journal intended for participants, volunteers, practitioners, and academics involved in the many projects and practices broadly defined as ‘community archaeology’. This is intended to include the excavation, management, stewardship or presentation of archaeological and heritage resources that include major elements of community participation, collaboration, or outreach. The journal recognises the growing interest in voluntary activism in archaeological research and interpretation, and seeks to create a platform for discussion about the efficacy and importance of such work as well as a showcase for the dissemination of community archaeology projects (which might offer models of best practice for others). By inviting papers relating to theory and practice from across the world, the journal seeks to demonstrate both the diversity of community archaeology and its commonalities in process and associated theory. We seek contributions from members of the voluntary sector as well as those involved in archaeological practice and academia.