This book presents a valuable exploration of the potential for citizen science in archaeology within southern Europe.
This book presents a valuable exploration of the potential for citizen science in archaeology within southern Europe.
The examination of citizen science in archaeology has been heavily influenced by case studies and theories from Anglophone countries, where a distinctive policy and social framework exists. However, there is currently a notable absence of consideration on the subject in the Mediterranean context. This book, through an examination of the strengths and limitations of citizen science in southern Europe, provides fresh insights and perspectives that inform the development of more effective citizen science projects in southern Europe and beyond. It seeks not only to explore the region in question but to facilitate cross-cultural and international collaboration and promote a greater understanding of the role of citizen science in diverse contexts. Chapters feature different study approaches: legal conceptions, case studies from Spain, Italy and Greece, methodological, technical, and critical approaches, and updates of the citizen science literature, providing readers with diverse perspectives.
As the first volume about citizen science in archaeological research and practice in Southern Europe, this book is for researchers in and practitioners of citizen science, archaeology and Mediterranean Studies.
1. Introduction: Archaeological Citizen Science from Southern Europe;
Part II Science and communities;
2. "Of All Things, Man is the Measure":
Process and Risk-Based Thinking Approaches for Managing Heritage Communities
in Citizen Archaeology;
3. Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing in Archaeology
and Digital Heritage; Part III The right to participate in archaeology;
4.
The Nature of Heritage Communities and their Role in Promoting Heritage
Research in the Light of the Faro Convention;
5. Citizens participation in
taking care of cultural goods;
6. Trailblazing Citizen Science in Archaeology
in Italy: The Honorary Inspectors; Part III Hybrid contexts and tools for
participatory investigation;
7. Addressing Methodological and Ethical Issues
in Archaeological Citizen Science: Insights from the Laboratorio de
Arqueologķa Digital Abierta (LADA-UC3M);
8. Archaeology and Digital
Participation: Towards Verification Methods for Heritage Sharing and Access
Tools;
9. Linking Community Archaeology and Wellbeing: Opportunities and
Challenges in the '' Programme in Cyprus;
10. Final chapter:
Archaeology in evolution and communities in transformation
Dr. Jesśs Bermejo Tirado is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he is currently Chair of the Department of Humanities: History, Geography, and Arts. His main research lines are related to the household archaeology of rural communities in the ancient Mediterranean.
Dr. Mattia Sanna Montanelli is a research fellow in the Department of Humanities, Languages, and Cultural Heritage at the Universitą degli Studi di Cagliari. His main research lines are related to citizen science and public archaeology in Italy.
Dr. Antonio Giorri completed his PhD on the "digital divide" in the relations between communities and cultural heritage in the Department of Humanities, Languages, and Cultural Heritage at the Universitą degli Studi di Cagliari. He is currently working for the Italian Ministry of Culture in the Parchi Archeologici di Crotone e Sibari.
