A model graduate training programme in public archaeology

Antiquity ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (283) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent R. Weisman ◽  
Nancy Marie White
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Terminal Degree

As cultural resource management (CRM) in the United States struggles through another period of introspection, one need for improvement consistently identified is in the area of graduate training of future practitioners of CRM archaeology (Fagan 1996; Green & Doershuk 1998; Schuldenrein 1998; Messenger et al. 1999). To what extent training in the practicalities of the field needs to be embodied in curricular coursework, the relative role of research versus applied emphases in the graduate programme, the most appropriate terminal degree for CRM practice, and the very specifics of what constitutes adequate preparation for the diverse and dynamic challenges that constitute contemporary archaeology in the United States, all provide points for the emerging discussion between professionals operating in the field and those in academia who design programmes (e.g. Society for American Archaeology 1995).

Public Archaeology

Anthropology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A. Sabloff
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Museum Exhibits ◽  
Key Aspects

Public archaeology refers to those aspects of the broad field of archaeology that relate to the public interest. It has a number of key aspects, but perhaps the most significant in the United States are cultural resource management and communication with various community groups and public audiences about the practice of archaeology. Cultural Resource Management (CRM) is the set of practices that derive from fulfilling the mandates of heritage protection laws. In the United States, a number of statutes could be cited, but the principal statutes in this regard are the National Historic Preservation Act (and particularly Section 106 of the law) and the National Environmental Protection Act, as well as the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act. In regard to communication, there are a wide variety of communication avenues. One form of outreach involves the active engagement among archaeologists and various publics. This kind of engaged outreach has been labeled “Community Archaeology” or “action archaeology.” Elsewhere, I have defined the latter, for instance, as “involvement or engagement with the problems facing the modern world through archaeology.” This means that archaeologists are “working for living communities, not just in or near them.” Other forms of outreach are not as engaged but nevertheless are quite important. Such outreach includes communication through lectures, newspaper and magazine articles, television, movies, museum exhibits, and Internet blogs, among others.

Ename International Colloquium: Between Objects and Ideas: Rethinking the Role of Intangible Heritage: Ghent, Belgium, March 26–28, 2008

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-442
Author(s):  
Neil Asher Silberman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
International Colloquium ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Heritage Policy

The Fourth Annual Ename International Colloquium, entitled “Between Objects and Ideas: Rethinking the Role of Intangible Heritage,” was held in Ghent, Belgium, March 26–28, 2008. Focusing on the intellectual and practical relationship between tangible and intangible heritage and its implications for the shaping of international heritage policy, it featured 40 speakers representing universities, museums, universities, and heritage organizations in Belgium, Canada, China, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As in previous years, the colloquium was organized by the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, with support from the Province of East Flanders.

scholarly journals Advocating for Preservation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kimball M. Banks ◽  
J. Signe Snortland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
State And Local

Abstract Over the past few years our body politic has become increasingly polarized: Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals. That polarization filters down to governmental actions, policies, and decisions, evidenced in disagreements over regulation versus deregulation and fossil fuels versus renewable energy. Such polarization—whether legislative, administrative, or judicial and whether at the federal, state, or tribal level—can and does impact the management of our archaeological resources and the way cultural resource management is practiced in the United States. Given that most archaeologists in the United States are employed in cultural resource management, these actions affect their employment. Consequently, it is more critical than ever that archaeologists become cultural resource management and historic preservation advocates. This article discusses the whys and hows of preservation advocacy. Active, science-based advocacy by preservationists can engage governmental decision-makers to give due consideration to cultural resources and their management when making decisions or drafting and voting on legislation. Although the discussion focuses on advocacy at the federal level, the observations and suggestions are applicable at the state and local level.

The Advocate’s Devil

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Jay C. Martin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Expert Witness ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource

The maritime historian working as litigation support and expert witness faces many challenges, including identifying and analyzing case law associated with admiralty subjects, cultural resource management law, and general historical topics. The importance of the unique knowledge of the historian in the maritime context is demonstrated by a case study of attempts to salvage the shipwreck Atlantic, the remains of a merchant vessel built and enrolled in the United States and lost in the Canadian waters of Lake Erie in 1852.

Incorporating Multicultural Counselling and Gender Issues into Rehabilitation Counsellor Education

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin G. Brodwin ◽  
Joseph E. Havranek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Counsellor Education ◽  
Multicultural Counselling ◽  
Cultural Minorities ◽  
Consumer Population ◽  
And Gender

In today’s rapidly changing society, counsellors need to have knowledge and skills to work effectively with a diverse consumer population. A review of rehabilitation counsellor education programs in the United States applying for CORE (Council on Rehabilitation Education) re-accreditation between 1991–1994 revealed that two-thirds of the programs had content deficits in multicultural and gender issues. Australia and other countries besides the United States have experienced increases in the number of cultural minorities entering the workforce. The role of women in the modern workforce also has undergone significant change. These issues need to be considered by rehabilitation counsellors in all countries. The importance of infusing these content areas in graduate training is addressed. The authors offer suggestions for infusion of cultural and gender issues into rehabilitation counselling curricula.

Some thoughts on cultural resource management archaeology in the United States

Antiquity ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (234) ◽  
pp. 72-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Adovasio ◽  
Ronald C. Carlisle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Salvage Archaeology ◽  
The University

The relations between rescue and research have been a lively issue in those many countries where salvage work has become the context for much, or most, funding for archaeological fieldwork. Nowhere has the debate been livelier than in the USA, where the last decade has seen the growth of cultural resource management (CRM), in part ‘as a rebellion against the connotations of the term “salvage archaeology”’ (Knudson 1986:400).The University of Pittsburgh is one of the most active anthropology departments in the field; here the CRM issues are explored, with examples from the Pittsburgh programme.

The Role of Gender and Sensation Seeking in Film Choice

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smita C. Banerjee ◽  
Kathryn Greene ◽  
Marina Krcmar ◽  
Zhanna Bagdasarov ◽  
Dovile Ruginyte
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Arousal ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Happy Mood

This study demonstrates the significance of individual difference factors, particularly gender and sensation seeking, in predicting media choice (examined through hypothetical descriptions of films that participants anticipated they would view). This study used a 2 (Positive mood/negative mood) × 2 (High arousal/low arousal) within-subject design with 544 undergraduate students recruited from a large northeastern university in the United States. Results showed that happy films and high arousal films were preferred over sad films and low-arousal films, respectively. In terms of gender differences, female viewers reported a greater preference than male viewers for happy-mood films. Also, male viewers reported a greater preference for high-arousal films compared to female viewers, and female viewers reported a greater preference for low-arousal films compared to male viewers. Finally, high sensation seekers reported a preference for high-arousal films. Implications for research design and importance of exploring media characteristics are discussed.

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