The decolonization project seeks to address the power imbalances between W estern-based archaeological knowledge and diversity of Indigenous perspectives. A significant challenge to a decolonized archaeology is the tension between decolonizing a discipline and the broader decolonization of society as whole.
Will we ever reach the point of decolonization ?
Indigenous archaeologies are diverse in practice, necessarily adapting to different circumstances, social protocols, and worldviews of different Indigenous communities around the world.
Not all indigenous groups are the same different methods for different tribes
h e re a re a n u m b e r o f term s u sed to re fe r to a re la ted set o f approaches in archaeology: collaborative archaeology, com m unity-based archaeology, c o m m u n ity -o rie n te d archaeology, a n d I n d ig e n o u s a r c h a e o lo g
Terms used for collaborative archaeology
Emerging from collaborative p artn ersh ip s is a push to “decolonize” archaeology
This can be true, but some indigenous communities turn away from working collaboratively.
T h e im p le m e n ta tio n o f In d ig e nous, collaborative, a n d com m unity-oriented a p p ro a c h e s in arc h aeo lo g ica l re se a rc h a n d practice is p ro m o te d by m any archaeologists as th e p a th to th e d eco lo n izatio n o f a rc h a e o logy.
The end of colonization in archaeology begins here