Towards New Futures for Archaeological Data Production

Challenging Archaeonormativity through Storytelling

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ID6435566
AutoresSara Perry (0000-0002-9694-000X, University College London), Anna Simandiraki‐grimshaw (0000-0002-1107-4991, University College London), C Morgan (0000-0001-6907-5535, University of York), James Stuart Taylor (0000-0003-3466-9581, University of York), Aida Fadioui (0000-0002-5900-7376, University of Antwerp), Lise Foket (0000-0001-5149-1346, University of Antwerp), Piraye Hacıgüzeller (0000-0002-8227-2901, University of Antwerp), Despoina Vasiliki Sampatakou (0000-0002-6101-7354, University of Glasgow), Paola Derudas (0000-0003-2700-4143, Lund University), Holly Wright (0000-0002-3403-4159, University of York), A F Clough (0000-0002-3471-113X, University of Bristol)
Año2025
Volumen50
Número8
Páginas796-815
Fecha de publicación2025-05-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00934690.2025.2504235
OpenAlexW4410767886
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas68

Archaeologists create vast amounts of specialized data, which are often difficult to access, maintain, and reuse, even for practitioners themselves. In this article, we explore the implication of professional practices of data production in fueling archaeonormativity—i.e., the naturalization of behaviors and structures in archaeology that strip it of affect and meaning and that deny human (and non-human) agency and equity. We contend that storytelling with archaeological data-making, grounded in a narrative hermeneutic model, has promise for subverting the current archaeonormative establishment. Via experimentation on the cross-European Transforming Data Reuse in Archaeology project, we discuss the challenges of intervening in excavation and post-excavation activities through storytelling, from siloing of results to epistemic anxieties to destabilization of trust, leadership, and institutional authority. Nurturing creative, “story-critical” risk-taking in the course of archaeological data production may enable archaeologists to improve their own working contexts whilst also (re)distributing power inside and outside the profession

Archaeology · Art · Business · Economics · Futures contract · Literature · Narrative · Production (economics · Storytelling · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · History