community & heritage

We understand our work as archaeologists and our role as an academic department to include active engagement with communities who are the present day inheritors of the heritage we investigate.  We value our strong links to local communities in the west of Ireland as well as similar work in other parts of the country.  We are pleased to have links with a number of museums locally and nationally and with other public heritage institutions such as The Heritage Council.  Staff members contribute to the development of heritage and planning policy at local, national and international levels.  Some staff work with communities and their organisations in other countries whose heritage is impacted by development, for example in Turkey, the Middle East and Latin America and with immigrant and asylum communities in Europe.  A key priority is making resources, skills and information available through outreach programmes for both adults and children, public talks, publications and providing support to communities investigating and defending their heritage.  One of the focal areas of our research and teaching is public archaeology, developing professional ethics and standards through mutual accountability between professionals and communities in support of their heritage. The various initatives concerning Community and Heritage which have been developed by members of the Department of Archaeology at NUI Galway may be explored under the following headings:

Education Includes information on various educational initatives targeted towards the wider community including the Diploma in Archaeology

Community Resources Includes information on public lectures given by staff members and contributions made by staff members to monument guidebooks, other popular publications and site information plaques.

Community Involvement in Heritage  Includes information on community excavations, excavation open days and community-based research in the public archaeology research cluster.

Heritage, Communities and Development Includes information on public archaeology projects to support communities defending their culture and heritage and advocacy work by members of staff.

Heritage, Communities and Development, Heritage and Planning Policy Includes information on institutions and committees on which members of staff serve locally, nationally and internationally.

Read Conor Newman on heritage - from Heritage Outlook, the magazine of the Heritage Council - Summer 2009 (811 KB) 

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