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- Title
Unsettled Archaeology with a Resettled Community: Practicing Memory, Identity, and Archaeology in Hebron.
- Authors
Davies, Michelle Tari
- Abstract
The Hebron Family Archaeology Project is a multi-year project which works towards increasing our understanding of twentieth-century life in Hebron, a former Inuit community in northern Labrador whose residents (Hebronimiut) were forcibly relocated in 1959. The primary goal of the project is to provide opportunities for the residents of Hebron to return to their homeland and to record the stories and memories of Elders before they are lost. Based on the expressed interests of community members, the scope of research has shifted from household excavation to non-invasive archaeological recording methods, familybased interviews, and increasing accessibility. Project goals and methods are flexible in nature in order to suit the needs of the people I am trying to serve, and my role as a researcher has changed as a result. While these factors have unsettled the original goals of the project, ultimately, they have provided critical guiding lessons to develop an Inuitdriven narrative that will be relevant and accessible to present and future generations of Hebronimiut.
- Subjects
ARCHAEOLOGY; EXCAVATION; EARTHWORK; HOMELAND (Christian theology); INUIT
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 2020, Vol 44, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
0705-2006
- Publication type
Article