{"id":1885,"date":"2024-10-17T05:44:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T05:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/?page_id=1885"},"modified":"2025-04-25T02:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:12:21","slug":"theme-16-endangered-archaeological-sites-and-cultural-landscapes-addressing-climate-conflict-and-human-impacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-16-endangered-archaeological-sites-and-cultural-landscapes-addressing-climate-conflict-and-human-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"THEME 16: Endangered Archaeological Sites and Cultural Landscapes: Adaptability, Sustainability, and Responses to Climate, Conflict, and Human Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Convenors: <\/strong>Dr Ania Kotarba-Morley (Australia) and Dr Ziad Morsy (Egypt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This theme explores the increasing threats facing archaeological sites and cultural landscapes globally. Archaeological sites are being lost or irreparably damaged due to climate change, natural disasters, human expansion, industrial activities, and armed conflict. These pressures not only destroy tangible heritage, but also disrupt ancestral and cultural connections, particularly for Indigenous communities whose knowledge systems are deeply embedded within these landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to addressing contemporary challenges, this theme considers how past societies adapted to environmental change and natural disasters, offering insights into long-term resilience and sustainability. By examining archaeological evidence of past human responses to shifting climates, resource scarcity, and ecological transformations, we can better inform present and future heritage management strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme emphasises interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and innovative responses to protect, manage, and\u2014where appropriate\u2014digitally preserve endangered places. Participants will explore how partnerships between Indigenous knowledge holders, archaeologists, and scientists can foster meaningful, sustainable approaches to safeguarding heritage, ensuring long-term cultural continuity. Discussions will also engage with ethical concerns around community participation and data ownership. Additionally, the theme will explore how cutting-edge digital technologies\u2014such as AI, machine learning, and virtual reality\u2014can contribute to documenting and presenting cultural heritage in ways that not only mitigate loss but also enhance resilience for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Ania Kotarba-Morley
Archaeology and Curatorial and Museum Studies and Environment Institute, the University of Adelaide, Australia 
ania.kotarba@adelaide.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Ziad Morsy
Honour Frost Foundation and Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, the University of Alexandria, Egypt
Zmorsy@honorfrostfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THEME 16 SESSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 01: Protecting Endangered Coastal Archaeological Sites and Maritime Cultural Landscapes: Integrating Archaeology, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Systems, Climate Science, and Digital Technologies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 02: Rethinking Climate Justice from Indigenous Land-based Perspectives and Northern Indigenous Community Perspectives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 03: International Archaeological Heritage Management of Endangered Sites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 04: Living Water Heritage: Managing the Heritage of Martuwarra\/Fitzroy River, Australia in a Time of Social and Environmental Uncertainty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 05: Archaeology in the Time of Climate Change: A Call for Interdisciplinary and International Collaboration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 06: Indigenous Building Heritage: Sustainability, Knowledge Systems, and Global Perspectives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Session 07: Entangled Architectures: Human and Non-Human Relationships in the Built Environment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THEME 16 WORKHOPS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Workshop 01: Decolonising Disaster Heritage Research from Indigenous Land-based Knowledge and Art Activities from Canada and Bangladesh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T16\/Workshop 02: Grass-root Responders in Changing Island Landscapes: Recording Heritage Sites Impacted by Natural Disasters in the Pacific<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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