Open Access“But How Do You Go About It?”: Mobilization Processes in Partnership Building Concerning the Public Face of Contract Archaeology
Author(s) -
Mats Engström,
Göran Gruber
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current swedish archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2002-3901
pISSN - 1102-7355
DOI - 10.37718/csa.2011.13
Subject(s) - general partnership , theme (computing) , reflexivity , perspective (graphical) , face (sociological concept) , sociology , political science , public administration , law , computer science , social science , art , visual arts , operating system
Partnership and dialogue are central concepts in na- tional heritage management. This article problema- tizes the concepts on the basis of a theme project con- ducted in a high school, where the aim has been to give the pupils insight into history-making processes. The school project was carried out as part of the public activity in a major contract archaeology project. The text has a self-reflexive perspective, analysing mobili- zation processes in connection with the establishment and implementation of the theme project. The article shows the pragmatic attitude of the institutional ac- tors to different educational ideals, with partnership as an instrument on its own in terms of market as- pects. This raises ethical questions about the pupils and the conditions for the desired partnership.