Theme:
Archaeology and the European Year of Cultural Heritage
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
Archaeological education beyond archaeology: looking at the cultural and social relevance of research
Content:
The recognition of the role that archaeological dissemination and heritage education can play as a tool to boost social integration and enhancement of democratic values, beyond conservationist objectives, has been embodied in the Council of Europe Framework Convention on The Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, signed in Faro (Portugal) in 2005. This document not only demands, the commitment to “facilitate the inclusion of cultural heritage dimension at all levels of education”, but also presents three innovative values associated with cultural heritage: diversity, cultural rights and peaceful and democratic coexistence.
The purpose of this session is to reflect and provide successful archeological cases related to the educational field, placing special emphasis on two aspects: firstly, which contents and methodologies of archaeological research are relevant for educational practices in the broad sense developed by the Faro Convention; and secondly, which mechanisms for a critical understanding of past and contemporary societies are provided by archaeology to the adults of the future.
Keywords:
education
Faro Convention
archaeology
society
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Main organiser:
Dr. Paloma Gonzalez-Marcen (Spain) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Don Henson (United Kingdom) 2
Ivonne Dutra (Sweden) 3,4
Maria Cacheda (Spain) 5,6
Affiliations:
1. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2. University of York
3. Kalmar läns museum
4. GRASCA - Linnaeus University
5. Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural
6. CEPAP - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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