Educating for Sustainability in Archaeology

Abstract

________________________________________________________________ 'Sustainability' is a concept that suffuses the present. Policy initiatives require 'sustainability' as one of the criteria by which projects are judged. In recognition of their role as interpreters and custodians of the past, archaeologists are one of the many groups contributing to the creation of 'a sustainable historic environment' and 'sustainable communities'. Accordingly, sustainability is a concept that we perhaps need to incorporate into our activities as educators of future good citizens and into our training for the profession of archaeology. This paper seeks to address this issue, particularly in the light of Themes and Sessions relating to both sustainability and education at WAC8, but where the link between them remains unexamined. ________________________________________________________________ Résumé: La durabilité est un concept qui baigne le présent. Les initiatives politiques exigent que la «durabilité» soit un des critères d'évaluation des projets. En reconnaissance de leur rô le d'interprètes et de gardiens du passé, les archéologues font partie des nombreux groupes qui contribuent à la création d'un «environnement historique durable» et de «communautés durables». La durabilité est donc un concept que nous devons potentiellement intégrer dans nos activités d'éducateurs, pour former des citoyens de demain et des professionnels de l'archéologie de premier rang. Cet article tente de cerner cet enjeu, particulièrement à la lumière des thèmes et séances du WAC-8 relatifs à la durabilité et l'éducation, mais là où le lien qui les unit demeure mal étudié. ________________________________________________________________ Resumen: La sostenibilidad es un concepto que cubre el presente. Las iniciativas políticas requieren ''sostenibilidad'' como uno de los criterios mediante el cual se juzgan los proyectos. En reconocimiento de su papel como intérpretes y custodios del pasado, los arqueó logos son uno de los muchos grupos que contribuyen a la creació n de 'un entorno histó rico sostenible' y de 'comunidades sostenibles'. Por consiguiente, la sostenibilidad es un concepto que quizás necesitemos incorporar a nuestras actividades como educadores de buenos ciudadanos futuros y a nuestra RESEARCH ARCHAEOLOGIES Volume 12 Number

Global Congresses and Global Crises

“…We are not aware of any archaeologists who will contribute directly to discussions at COP26 but there are other events involving archaeologists taking place alongside, including lecture series on issues of sustainability by archaeologists at Glasgow, in London and in the Orkney Islands. Sustainability was a significant theme at WAC-8 in Kyoto in 2016 (Editorial Archaeologies, 2016 ; Howard and Trelka, 2016 ), and we published specifically on educating in archaeology on that topic in the same issue (Carman, 2016 ). It did not arise directly at the Intercongress in 2020, and no specific theme on Sustainability is planned for 2022: we nonetheless expect it to appear in various guises in 2022, especially in relation to issues of environmental change and engagement with communities, both of which concerns are reflected in WAC-9 themes.…”

Archaeological Site Conservation and Enhancement: An Economic Evaluation Model for the Selection of Investment Projects

“…However, in modern and contemporary practice, strategies for the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage rarely take into account the surrounding environment, limiting themselves to the prediction of episodic, mostly punctual, interventions [29]. So, both because of too much sectorial and limited programming, and due to objective financial limits, the process proves to be unsustainable in the majority of cases [30].…”

Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

“…). Such perspectives are part of a broader movement of an engaged archaeology, in which archaeological methods, practices, and knowledge are harnessed as a way to contribute to a more equitable, sustainable world (Carman ; Kowalczyk ; Logan ; Simms and Riel‐Salvatore ; see also 2016 Southwest Symposium papers published in the tDAR).…”

“…Beyond working with other colleagues, collaborations with local and descendant communities are a central concern of our discipline (Carman ; Darling et al. ; Guilfoyle and Hogg ; Leiuen and Arthure ; McAnany and Brown ; Plog et al.…”