Wicked Problems for Archaeologists

Heritage as Transformative Practice

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8070586
AutoresJ Schofield (0000-0001-6903-7395, Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management, University of York)
Ano2024
Data de publicação2024-05-16
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoWicked Problems for Archaeologists (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780192844880.001.0001
OpenAlexW4398254729
Open LibraryOL51058831M
ISBN9780192844880
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas85

Wicked problems’ were first defined in 1967, as a class of problems which are ill-formulated, where the information is confusing, where there are many clients and decision-makers with conflicting values, and where the ramifications in the whole system are thoroughly confusing. The adjective ‘wicked’ describes the mischievous and even evil quality of these problems, where proposed solutions often turn out to be worse than the symptoms. This book presents some of the novel ways that archaeology, alongside the closely related field of cultural heritage practice, can contribute to resolving some of the world’s most wicked problems through adopting a small-wins framework. With chapters covering climate change, environmental health, health and well-being, social injustice, and conflict, the book uses many and diverse examples to explain how, by studying the past in ways that are creative, bold and both inter- and transdisciplinary, significant ‘small wins’ can be achieved

Archaeology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Museums and Cultural Heritage · History