Session: #674

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
Museums and the challenges of archaeological outreach in the 21st century
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each

Title & Content

Title:
Archaeology for all: social impact of archaeological research in collectives with social and special needs and newcomers
Content:
Archaeology has a great potential to motivate feelings of attachment and belonging. The materiality of remains, which can be seen and felt, creates deep connexions with those people of the past who contributed to create the world in which we live today. This sense of place - which we all need to avoid loneliness and depression -, is even more important to people with social and special needs, as well as newcomers. This includes people with physical or mental disabilities, and the elderly. Recent studies demonstrate the big impact and benefits that engagement with archaeological heritage can have on those sectors of society. With this session, we aim to connect researchers engaged with this social dimension of archaeology, and disseminate case studies in which archaeological heritage helped social inclusion and health"
Keywords:
public-archaeology; wellbeing; social-inclusion; newcomers; special-needs
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no

Organisers

Main organiser:
Dr. Clara Masriera-Esquerra (Spain) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Juan Francisco Gibaja-Bao (Spain) 2
Dr. Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas (Spain) 2
Mr. Anibal Nevado-Martínez-delaCasa (Spain) 1
MA Richard Bennett (United Kingdom) 3
Affiliations:
1. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
2. Institució Milà i Fontanals (CSIC-IMF) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Departament d'Arqueologia i Antropologia
3. Breaking Ground Heritage