Archaeology, Cultural Landscapes, and Indigenous Knowledge in Australian Cultural Heritage Management Legislation and Practice

Ross, Anne; Prangnell, Jonathan; Coghill, Brian

doi:10.1179/hma.2010.3.1.73

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“…Archaeological research has shown that humans have carried out these activities in the park for the past 6000 years: they actively contributed to maintaining biodiversity in the park rather than reducing it (d'Alpoim Guedes et al 2020). Similar observations have long been put forth by Indigenous scholars (e.g., Davis 1995;Cook et al 2012, Mason et al 2012Ross et al 2010, Rivera-Collazo 2015, regarding indigenous traditions of controlled burning to regulate wildfires in the Pacific Coast of the United States and Australia (Zahara 2020;Sherry et al 2019;McKemey et al 2021a,b).…”

Section: <Figure 2: Our Recommendations For Title IX and Dismantling Inequality> The Climate Crisissupporting

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Resistance and Care in the Time of COVID‐19: Archaeology in 2020

Guedes

Gonzalez

Rivera-Collazo

2021

American Anthropologist

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The COVID‐19 pandemic offered humanity a portal through which we could break with the past and imagine our world anew. This article reviews how over the course of 2020, a series of intersecting crises at the nexus of racism, settler colonialism, climate change, and sexual harassment have prompted acts of resistance and care in the field of archaeology. Throughout the article, we provide concrete suggestions as to how we can continue the work of movements begun over the course of the past year to improve dynamics within our field and use the lessons from our field to improve life for all people in the world and for our planet. [ resistance, care, COVID‐19, 2020, climate change, #MeToo, restorative justice ]

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Section: <Figure 2: Our Recommendations For Title IX and Dismantling Inequality> The Climate Crisissupporting

confidence: 61%

Resistance and Care in the Time of COVID‐19: Archaeology in 2020

Guedes

Gonzalez

Rivera-Collazo

2021

American Anthropologist

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“…Cultural heritage practice must recognize the importance of this present gaze through which the past is narrated (Bender, 2006). One way to achieve this is through the adoption of site-recording techniques that recognize the significance of both ancient and present-day narratives of place and thus avoid forcing Indigenous custodians into accepting oppressive legal frameworks that insist on promoting ancient connections to place as the sole (or at least primary) basis for native title or other land rights claims, or involvement in heritage management (Meskell, 2009;Prangnell et al, 2010;Ross et al, 2010).…”

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“…Authenticity is regarded as an essential component of legislative as well as community requirements for place protection and for meeting standards of what is considered heritage (Prangnell et al, 2010;Ross et al, 2010). In general, authenticity involves a focus on the tangible, the past, the unchanging (static) site (Andrews and Buggey, 2008;Byrne, 2003Byrne, , 2008Byrne and Nugent, 2004;Clarke, 2011;Ferrier, 2002;Harrison, 2010;Starn, 2002;Williamson and Harrison, 2002).…”

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Mapping an archaeology of the present: Counter-mapping at the Gummingurru stone arrangement site, southeast Queensland, Australia

Thomas

Ross

2013

Journal of Social Archaeology

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In 2010 a large project to map the 5ha Gummingurru stone arrangement site on the Darling Downs, southeast Queensland, Australia, was completed; 9368 rocks were plotted and recorded and many of these rocks make up the over 20 motifs on the site. But Gummingurru is a site that is more than rocks. It is part of a large cultural landscape which includes neighboring sites, resource tree plantings, scarred trees, story places and memoryscapes (Lavers, 2010). Current mapping of the site and the associated landscape features has been inhibited by the constraints of two-dimensional mapping. In this article we outline an alternative map for the site and its cultural landscape -the Prezi web-based tool. The Prezi 'map' allows the documentation of a fluid and contextual approach to place and is easily updated or modified as data or attachment to place change.

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“…However, past experience suggests that such values are difficult to recognise under the ACHA (Godwin & Weiner ; Robins ; Ross ; Ross et al . ; Rowland et al . ), and the legislative focus for heritage management in Queensland remains archaeological.…”

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Managing a contested cultural heritage place on K’gari (Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia

Weisse

Ross

2017

Archaeology in Oceania

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Contestation of culturally significant places is a phenomenon that is regularly encountered in heritage management. Takky Wooroo (Indian Head), on World Heritage-inscribed K'gari (Fraser Island), is no exception. The research presented in this paper uses a multi-vocal methodology situated within the constructivist paradigm of "Indigenous archaeologies" to evaluate contested evidence for cultural and historical significance at Takky Wooroo.Much of the contestation relates to whether or not Takky Wooroo was the site of a massacre in the nineteenth century and if so, how this impacts on the management of the place. Evidence for the massacre is investigated using oral history from Traditional Owners as well as archival sources. Perceptions of the headland held by Traditional Owners, tourists and other stakeholders are assessed as the basis for a review of management strategies for this contested place.Themes of memorialisation and association are explored and, in the absence of tangible "scientific" evidence to link Takky Wooroo with its past uses, the inclusion of intangible understandings, such as Indigenous Knowledge, are shown to be paramount in assigning significance. In particular, we argue that memorialisation, association and the archaeology of absence allow the historically documented massacre event to be linked with Takky Wooroo in a manner that is not possible through material culture assessment alone. RÉSUMÉEn gestion du patrimoine, il est fréquent que les lieux culturellement importants soient l'objet de contestations. Takky Wooroo (Indian Head), situéà K'gari (Fraser Island), inscrit au Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, n'est pas une exception. La recherche présentée dans cet article utilise une méthodologie pluridisciplinaire se plaçant dans le paradigme constructiviste des "Archéologies indigènes" afin d'évaluer les preuves contestées portant sur l'importance historique et culturelle du site de Takky Wooroo.Le débat repose essentiellement sur la possibilité que Takky Wooroo soit le lieu d'un massacre s'étant produit au dix-neuvième siècle, et si tel est le cas quel en serait l'impact pour la gestion du lieu. Les indices portant sur le massacre sontétudiésà partir de l'histoire orale des "Traditional Owners" ainsi qu'à partir d'archives. Les représentations du site de Takky Wooroo aux yeux des "Traditional Owners", touristes et autres parties intéressées sontévaluées et utilisées comme base de l'examen des stratégies de gestion du site.Les thèmes de la commémoration et de l'association sontétudiés. En l'absence de preuves "scientifiques" tangibles liant Takky Woorooà ses utilisations antérieures, les représentations intangibles -telles que le "Savoir Indigène" -sont utilisées. Ces dernières sont en effet capitales pour le processus d'attribution d'importance. En particulier, nous soutenons que la commémoration, l'association et l'archéologie de l'absence permettent de lier ce massacre historiquement avéré au lieu de Takky Wooroo, un lien que l'étude de la culture matérielleà elle seule ne permettrait pas...

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Archaeology, Cultural Landscapes, and Indigenous Knowledge in Australian Cultural Heritage Management Legislation and Practice

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Resistance and Care in the Time of COVID‐19: Archaeology in 2020

Resistance and Care in the Time of COVID‐19: Archaeology in 2020

Mapping an archaeology of the present: Counter-mapping at the Gummingurru stone arrangement site, southeast Queensland, Australia

Managing a contested cultural heritage place on K’gari (Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia

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