The "Color" of Heritage
Decolonizing Collaborative Archaeology in the Caribbean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3036337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward González‐tennant (Monmouth University, corresponding author), Edward González-Tennant |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-50 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2161-9441 • E-ISSN: 2161-9468 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/2161944114z.00000000012 |
| OpenAlex | W2006496161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 71 |
This article explores the intersection of postcolonial theory and archaeology as it relates to the process of collaboratively investigating Afro-Caribbean heritage. Decolonizing archaeology involves asking uncomfortable questions regarding fundamental aspects of archaeological practice. The author examines the possibility that historical archaeologists sometimes miss collaborative projects due to a site’s assumed racial classification. The grouping of sites around the perceived ancestry of its inhabitants may restrict the ability of archaeologists to craft collaborative projects with various publics in postcolonial locations like the Caribbean. Recent research on Nevis provides a case study demonstrating how groups develop deep affinities for locations and how these affinities may cut across lines of color. The author’s goal is not to critique other approaches, but to challenge his own practice of archaeology by reflexively constructing a cosmopolitan past, one which reflects increased agency for groups feeling connected to a site regardless of any externally-defined racial affiliation
Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Craft · Feeling · Geography · Historical archaeology · Intersection (aeronautics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Psychology
Local Voices, the Uses of Archaeological Heritage in the Caribbean
Caribbean Historical Archaeology
Working With(In) Ambiguity
Without a Roadmap
Afro-diasporic Expressions in Contexts of Invisibility
Collaborative Archaeology to Revitalize an Afro-Ecuadorian Cemetery
Engraved Ship Iconography in The Bahamas
Self, Service, and Social Activism
Exploring Archaeological Sites and the Transformative Power of Local Practices of Heritage in the Caribbean
Defining Measures in Community-Based Archaeology in Suriname
Recent Directions and Future Developments in Geographic Information Systems for Historical Archaeology
Cimarrona soy»
Introduction
Seeking Radical Solidarity in Heritage Studies
Challenging collaborative archaeology
The Practice and Theory of New Heritage for Historical Archaeology
Archaeologies of Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean
Haitian Archaeological Heritage
Exploring the Contemporary in Old Places
Colonial representations of race in alternative museums
The racial regime of international cultural heritage law
The "Color" of Heritage
The Past is a Foreign Country
Cuban counterpoint
Places in Mind
The Fortifications of Nevis, West Indies, from the 17th Century to the Present Day
Community-Based Archaeology
Uses of Heritage
Vemurafenib and ipilimumab
Archaeology and the Image of the American Indian
Archaeology and the Image of the American Indian
Public Archaeology
Collaborative Indigenous Archaeology
Industrial Archaeology
A Sea of Diversity
Vernacular Cosmopolitanism
Setting Some Terms for Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism
Anthropology and Archaeology
Archaeology as Political Action
Discourse on Colonialism
The Wretched of the Earth
The Logic of Practice
Archaeological ethnography
Resurrection Men” in Dallas
Boundaries, Borders, and Reference Points
Silences and Mentions in History Making
Voices of New Philadelphia
Edward Said, Orientalism. New York
The Prehistoric Settlement Pattern of Nevis, West Indies
What is the use of plantation archaeology
The maintenance of cultural and personal identities of enslaved Africans and British soldiers at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St. Kitts, West Indies
New PhiladelphiaAn Archaeology of Race in the Heartland
Excavation of a slave cabin
The Afro-Caribbean Ware from the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St. Kitts, West Indies
Community Collaboration and Other Good Intentions
Handbook of Postcolonial Archaeology
The Archaeology of Class in Urban America
Status and ceramics for planters and slaves on three Georgia coastal plantations
Descendants, decisions, and power
Class confrontations in archaeology
Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism
Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Seizing intellectual power
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Heritage Pasts and Heritage Presents
Concepts of community in the pursuit of an inclusive archaeology
Decolonizing Anthropology Moving further toward and Anthropology for Liberation
Archaeologies that hurt; descendants that matter
Why are there so few black American archaeologists
The "Color" of Heritage
Collaborative Archaeology, Oral History, and Social Memory at Timbuctoo, New Jersey
The Use of Oral and Documentary Sources in Historical Archaeology
Decolonizing Methodologies
New Heritage and Dark Tourism
Identity and violent death
The Role of Small Islands in Marine Subsistence Strategies
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |