TRAC Webinar: March 2

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Marta Alberti: Public archaeology of the Roman Frontier- from diggers to volunteers on Hadrian’s Wall and beyond

This webinar will take place on Zoom, Tuesday 2 March, at 17:00 GMT. Public archaeology of the Roman Frontier- from diggers to volunteers on Hadrian’s Wall and beyond<ul><li>Marta Alberti (University of Newcastle, Vindolanda Trust)</li></ul>Over the last 20 years the academic debate surrounding public archaeology has been a complex polarizer of opinions. Some scholars deemed that ‘true’ public archaeology could only come ‘from below’ (Faulkner 2000), while others included ‘top-down’ projects in their analysis of the field (Thomas and Lea, 2014). A third group believed that the discipline should move beyond attempts to define its subject matter and focus on the evaluation of its practices and results (Moshenka and Dhanjal, 2012). However, little academic attention has so far been paid to the contexts in which public archaeology takes place, and the ways in which they affect definitions, practices, and results. In other words: does public archaeology taking place at Romano British sites differ from public archaeology taking place at Bronze Age sites?In this webinar, I will focus on the public archaeology of Hadrian’s Wall. While interest in the archaeological remains of the Wall has endured from the 16th century to the present, the actors on its scene have changed radically through time. I will follow these changes, from antiquarians supervising farmhands and miners during excavations (MacIntosh,2019), to the establishment of Romano British studies as a field of academic inquiry, and the participation of students to research (Haverfield, 1915; Freeman 2007). I will then look at the 20th and 21st century flourishing of externally funded public archaeology projects- the Vindolanda excavations from 1970, the Wallquest project from 2012, the Hadrian’s Wall Community Champions project from 2014 and WallCAP from 2019. In examining different forms of public archaeology taking place on the Wall though time, I will explore how the field was affected by UNESCO’s World Heritage Site listing in 1987, UNESCO’s recognition of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003, and politics -from the introduction by a conservative government of the Manpower Service Commission in 1973 to the ‘Big Society’ proposed by New Labour 20 years later.Zoom link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/85989015606?pwd=N1hoMFRWQzVqcHV0SkwrMDRjMTA4UT09The required password will be included in your confirmation email after registration For any issues with registration, contact: Katherine A. Crawford (katherine.a.crawford@asu.edu)

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