Critical Public Archaeology

Camille Westmont is the postdoctoral fellow in historical archaeology in the Department of Southern Studies at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She received her doctorate in anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

“This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in doing more subversive and committed work in the field of social archaeology, now that it has a critical theoretical framework…One of the strengths of this publication is that the narratives arising through the different chapters of this book will contribute to fostering archaeologies and heritage management commitments to addressing contemporary issues and proposing more diverse, dialogic, and reflexive methods.” • Public Archaeology“… this is a strong and coherent collection of papers which constitutes an advancement of the field of public archaeology. The volume exemplifies many of the most important themes, practices and processes of contemporary public archaeology, such as the politics of the past and the socio-economic-political contexts in which archaeologists operate.” • Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology

• Introduction: In Pursuit of a Critical Public ArchaeologyV. Camille WestmontPart I: Work with CommunitiesChapter 1. Aiming for Anti-Racism: Policies and Practices of a Publicly Engaged Archaeology DepartmentMary Furlong Minkoff, Terry P. Brock, and Matthew B. ReevesChapter 2. Legacies of Shame, Legacies of Hope: Community Archaeology at a World War II Japanese American Internment CampJeffery Burton and Mary M. FarrellChapter 3. Archaeology as Performance: Reanimating the Portland Wharf Landscape with Critical Public ArchaeologyM. Jay StottmanPart II: Advancing MethodsChapter 4. Towards a Critical Archaeological MuseumMonika StobieckaChapter 5. “You can’t replant old trees”: The Combined Approach of Memory and Public Archaeology to Reinvestigate Court Housing in Liverpool, UKKerry Massheder-RigbyChapter 6. Archaeological Narratives as Critical Public Archaeology: Illuminating the Realities of Past and Present Forced Prison Labor through StoryV. Camille WestmontChapter 7. Expanding Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Building User Interfaces and Sharing the Assemblages of Archaeology in Annapolis Across the GlobeAdam FracchiaPart III: Situating Critical ArchaeologyChapter 8. Public Archaeology through the Lens of HistoriographyTorgrim Sneve GuttormsenChapter 9. Public perceptions of archaeology in the museumChiara ZuanniConclusion: Critical Public Archaeology in ContextSuzie Thomas