Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Emily Poelina-Hunter; Margaret Rika-Heke; Jasmine Willika; Kellie Pollard; Des Kahotea; Zac Roberts

Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Emily Poelina-Hunter^*, Margaret Rika-Heke, Jasmine Willika, Kellie Pollard, Des Kahotea, Zac Roberts

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School of Communication, Society and Culture

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Abstract

Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals live in two worlds—as practitioners of a deeply colonial discipline and as Indigenous persons who have been brought up with Indigenous values and beliefs, as well as with responsibilities to their communities. This article explores the journeys that have been undertaken by Indigenous people who are archaeologists and/or cultural heritage professionals from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Using Indigenous standpoint theory, the coauthors share honest reflections from their lived experiences as university students through to becoming working professionals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies
Editors	Claire Smith, Kellie Pollard, Alok Kumar Kanungo, Sally K. May, Sandra L. Lopez, Joe Watkins
Publisher	Oxford Academic
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Dec 2024

Keywords

Indigenous
Aboriginal
Māori
Australia
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
standpoint theory
archaeology
cultural heritage
education
university

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Poelina-Hunter, E., Rika-Heke, M., Willika, J., Pollard, K., Kahotea, D., & Roberts, Z. (2024). Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). In C. Smith, K. Pollard, A. Kumar Kanungo, S. K. May, S. L. Lopez, & J. Watkins (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies Oxford Academic. Advance online publication.

Poelina-Hunter, Emily ; Rika-Heke, Margaret ; Willika, Jasmine et al. / Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals : perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies . editor / Claire Smith ; Kellie Pollard ; Alok Kumar Kanungo ; Sally K. May ; Sandra L. Lopez ; Joe Watkins. Oxford Academic, 2024.

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Poelina-Hunter, E, Rika-Heke, M, Willika, J, Pollard, K, Kahotea, D & Roberts, Z 2024, Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). in C Smith, K Pollard, A Kumar Kanungo, SK May, SL Lopez & J Watkins (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies . Oxford Academic.

Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). / Poelina-Hunter, Emily; Rika-Heke, Margaret; Willika, Jasmine et al.
The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies . ed. / Claire Smith; Kellie Pollard; Alok Kumar Kanungo; Sally K. May; Sandra L. Lopez; Joe Watkins. Oxford Academic, 2024.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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Poelina-Hunter E, Rika-Heke M, Willika J, Pollard K, Kahotea D, Roberts Z. Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals: perceptions and experiences from Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). In Smith C, Pollard K, Kumar Kanungo A, May SK, Lopez SL, Watkins J, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies . Oxford Academic. 2024 Epub 2024 Dec 18.