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To browse Academia. The paper discusses the emergence of a heart-centered practice in archaeology, emphasizing the need for emotional engagement and relationality in archaeological work.
It explores the influence of community, healing, and the incorporation of diverse cultural perspectives, particularly in the context of Indigenous peoples and their histories. The authors argue for a holistic approach that integrates intellectual, emotional, and ethical considerations, proposing that such a practice can transform how archaeologists interact with both historical narratives and living communities. Indigenous scholars propose that the outside researchers most useful to Indigenous communities are those willing to engage in a process of self-discovery and transformation.
These researchers are willing to learn from, not just about, the people they work with. This paper contemplates the challenges and opportunities that arise when archaeologists embark on a transformative journey. I use personal examples drawn from two decades of conducting archaeology with and for Indigenous communities to suggest ways in which heart-centred archaeology can transform our discipline.
This Forum contribution builds on the ethnographic engagement with restitution projects as places of transcultural encounter. Based on data collected in during repatriation ceremonies in Berlin and Leipzig, I show how a responsibility for human remains that was shared between European museums and Australian Indigenous custodians set in motion processes of healing, both among Indigenous groups and those working with these collections in Europe.
I further argue that ethnographic museums change in these processes from supposedly passive exhibition spaces to spaces of socio-critical engagement. Finally, I explore the decolonial potential of such collaborative engagements with heritage within and beyond European borders that are motivated by provenance research and repatriation practices. Our research, teaching, and outreach engagements with descendant communities are identifying a therapeutic role for archaeology.