Pacific Rock Art from 2015-2019:

Archaeology and social justice in island worlds

“…Although different in many ways, the insular Caribbean and Hawaiian Islands have a shared history of extractive capitalism and (neo)colonialism. In this opinion piece, we, two white women academics from the Global North, with extensive experience working in the Dutch Caribbean and Hawaiian Islands (see Fricke 2020 ; Hoerman 2021 ), note striking similarities in the ways that archaeology operates in these locations, based on personal observations. The majority of stakeholders consulted in the development of this editorial agreed with the similarities and personal observations that we note, and in some cases also offered additional localised insights that we were unfortunately not always able to include in the scope of this opinion piece, although they would be extremely relevant for subsequent such work.…”