Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities - Wolforth

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities

 

CHAIR: THACKER, Paul (WFU)

 

THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans TREMBLAY, Adrienne (SWCA Env Consultants) Switching Gears: Flexibility and Adaptability in Cultural Resource Management WOLFORTH, Lynne M. (UHH) and ANDERSON, Clint K.P. (Kameheameha Sch) Bringing Historic Hawaiʻi to Life: New Directions in Teaching with Museum Artifacts for the Hawaiian Language Immersion School WOOD, W. Warner and PACIFICO, David B. (UWM) Notes toward Assembling an Anarchist Museum Anthropology STINE, Linda F. (UNCG) Linkages in Community- Engaged Archaeology 

 

THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Disaster contexts frequently expose multidimensional conflicts between national and international preservation ethics and local heritage constructs and values. Community narratives and opposition to national preservation management regulations powerfully shaped Post-Katrina preservation action in New Orleans. Content analysis of the public hearings and the iterative process determining the Section 106 preservation action for, and eventual demolition of, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Gentilly reveals the significance of locally-constructed New Orleans authenticities and heritage values. Stakeholder priorities were correlated with residence location, regional employment, gender, and community engagement. Understanding these dynamics of dissonance is important for developing meaningful community-based heritage management Strategies.

 

Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.