In this paper we adapted the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) community engagement model and applied it to archaeological practice. The case studies are parallel historical archaeological projects undertaken near the town of Kapunda, 75 km north of Adelaide, South Australia. Whilst each project had distinctive separate aims and outcomes, they were both underpinned by a commitment to collaborative practice. The IAP2 model provided clear steps for engagement and helped mitigate problems from the outset. This opportunity to put collaborative theories into practice has resulted in genuine relationships being established between ourselves and community members, the reconnection of descendant families with their shared stories, and the revealing of other versions of the past that had been erased, consciously or unconsciously, over time. It has proved to us that academic research projects can be integrated with real collaborative practice.
________________________________________________________________This paper examines Irish social identity ('Irishness') in a nineteenth century, working class Irish community based at Baker's Flat, Kapunda, in the midnorth of South Australia. The research centers on the concepts of identity and power, specifically, how the Baker's Flat community expressed identity through material culture, and what this tells us about the community and its power relations. An existing collection of metal artifacts, as well as archaeological data resulting from a site survey, are analyzed to determine the relationships of power and Irishness.
________________________________________________________________Résumé: Cet article étudie l'identité sociale irlandaise (la nationalité irlandaise) au dix-neuvième siècle au sein de la classe ouvrière irlandaise installée à Baker's Flat (Kapunda), dans le centre nord de l'Australie du Sud. Les centres de recherche sur les concepts d'identité et de pouvoir, en particulier, comment la communauté de Baker's Flat a exprimé son identité à travers la culture matérielle, et ce que cela nous apprend sur la communauté et ses rapports de force. Une collection actuelle d'objets métalliques ainsi que des données archéologiques issues d'une étude de site sont analysées afin de déterminer les relations de pouvoir et l'identité nationale irlandaise.
________________________________________________________________Resumen: El presente documento examina la identidad social irlandesa (''lo irlandés'') en una comunidad irlandesa de clase trabajadora del siglo XIX con base en Baker's Flat, Kapunda, en la mitad norte del Sur de Australia. La investigació n se centra en los conceptos de identidad y poder, específicamente, có mo la comunidad de Baker's Flat expresó su identidad mediante la cultura material, y qué nos dice esto sobre la comunidad y sus relaciones de poder. Se analizan una colecció n existente de artefactos de
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