PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Material Culture
- Place
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
The roundtable brings together researchers, community members, and other heritage practitioners working in and/or originating from West Africa to discuss how public history and public archaeology methodologies can be uniquely applied, adjusted, and implemented in the West African context. We are not just interested in academic scholarship, but in scholarship that directly relates to public history principles of shared authority, collaboration, and relevance to communities.
DESCRIPTION
We are recruiting panelists, discussants, experts, community members, and those who can speak to the topic. West African historical archaeology and public history still tend to be relatively siloed fields, and we hope to have a diversity of viewpoints, national origins, topics of study, and professional tracks represented.
If you have a direct offer of assistance, sensitive criticism, or wish to pass along someone’s contact information confidentially, please get in contact directly:
Megan Crutcher, Trinity College, [email protected]
All feedback and offers of assistance should be sent by November 15, 2025. If you have general ideas or feedback to share, please feel free to use the comments feature below.