Archaeology and social justice in island worlds

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ID4850065
AuthorsFelicia Fricke (0000-0001-9999-6669, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Rachel Hoerman (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Year2022
Volume54
Issue3
Pages484-489
Publication date2022-05-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2023.2179538
PMID37261101
OpenAlexW4323838096
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Ongoing discussions about the problems of white supremacy and colonialism in archaeology are useful but have not, thus far, fully considered the exacerbated effects of these issues on small islands. In this opinion piece, we, two white women academics from the Global North with extensive experience working in the Dutch Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands, observe these exacerbated effects in governance, academic hegemony, and community relations, and call for more consideration of the effects of our discipline in small island contexts. Ultimately, in line with the observations of local, descendant, and Indigenous scholars, we argue that archaeologists must invest in de-colonial, antiracist, and social justice efforts in heritage fields and industries by foregrounding the wishes and needs of island communities. This may involve modifying or altogether abandoning current motivations and practices to build a discipline that can be a positive rather than a negative in island worlds

Archaeology · Colonialism · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Foregrounding · Hegemony · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · White supremacy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Gender Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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