Unmarginalising participation in the past and enabling engagement in community archaeology – Dig Greater Manchester, a case study

Nevell, Michael

doi:10.1080/20518196.2022.2130594

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“…For example, Bardavio et al (2004) demonstrated the role of educational excavation projects in promoting local identity in student samples. Similarly, in a study by Nevell (2013), participants from deprived urban areas reported an increased sense of pride of their community following a community excavation project, as well as perceiving the community as a better place to live in and seeing their neighbors as friendlier people. Overall, this research suggests that heritage engagement in the form of local archeological excavation projects may be associated with stronger cohesion within participating communities.…”

Section: Heritage Engagement and Psychological Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 88%

Psychological outcomes of local heritage engagement: Participation in community archeological excavations increases well‐being, self‐efficacy, and perceived community support

Brizi

Rabinovich

Lewis

2023

J Applied Social Pyschol

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There is evidence that engagement with tangible heritage is linked to improvements in well‐being. However, experimental tests of this association, as well as theoretical accounts explaining this relationship, are lacking. The present study aims to compensate for this gap by developing a theoretical framework based on the social identity approach that explains the effect of community‐based heritage engagement on well‐being, and testing this effect in a quasi‐experimental field study in the context of community test pit archeological excavations. In line with the predictions, the results demonstrate that excavation participants (but not participants in the control condition) report improvements on a number of psychological outcomes after (as compared to before) participation in a 2‐day excavation program (including well‐being, self‐efficacy, and perceived community support). The findings offer implications for community‐based approaches to enhancing well‐being, as well as the practice of conducting community‐based archeological excavations.

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Section: Heritage Engagement and Psychological Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 88%