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Site Custody Activism: Sine qua non dell’‘Archeologia di comunità’

  • Oystein La Bianca

My goal with this chapter is to share our experience at Tall Hisban in Jordan with what I have chosen to call site custody activism or simply SCA. After introducing the notion of SCA, I briefly examine the historical role of overseas institutions with regard to the custody and care of archaeological sites. Next, I describe SCA activities initiated by Andrews University at Hisban in Jordan and offer some observations on the connection between SCA and the broader field of international community development. I also critically examining the role of narrative in SCA and conclude by offering a brief coda on what’s ahead for community archaeology and SCA in Jordan and beyond.

  • Keywords:
  • Community archaeology,
  • Global history,
  • Cultural heritage management,
  • Hisban,
  • Jordan,
  • Site custody activism,
  • Site management,
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Oystein La Bianca

University of St Andrews, United States - ORCID: 0000-0002-0286-3112

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Site Custody Activism: Sine qua non dell’‘Archeologia di comunità’

Authors

Oystein La Bianca

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.24

Peer Reviewed

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2024

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Florentia

Book Subtitle

Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini

Editors

Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

596

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2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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Firenze University Press

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