Public engagements with Lapland’s Dark Heritage : Community archaeology in Finnish Lapland

Research project Lapland’s Dark Heritage organized a one-week public excavation in Inari, Finnish Lapland, at a Second World War (WWII) German military hospital site in August 2016. #InariDig took place with the help of international experts and pre-registered volunteers. In this field report, two o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banks, Iain, Koskinen-Koivisto, Eerika, Seitsonen, Oula
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2018
Subjects:
Lappi
Suomi
public archaeology
dark heritage
Lapland
Finland
arkeologia
toinen maailmansota
etnografia
yhteisöarkeologia
Inari
Online Access:http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201811264870
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Summary:Research project Lapland’s Dark Heritage organized a one-week public excavation in Inari, Finnish Lapland, at a Second World War (WWII) German military hospital site in August 2016. #InariDig took place with the help of international experts and pre-registered volunteers. In this field report, two of the archaeologists leading the excavations and an ethnographer who took part in documenting this community archaeology experiment introduce the excavation sites and activities reflecting on the engagements with volunteers and local community. peerReviewed

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