Critical Heritage research at the UCL Institute of Archaeology is concerned with the critical investigation of both intellectual and practical approaches to key issues in the field.
°ÄÃÅÀúÊ·¿ª½±¼Ç¼is a European leader in developing critical archaeological perspectives on the interpretation of cultural heritage. Institute research focuses on post-conflict heritage policy, conflict archaeology, and the politics of heritage in disputed territories and in former colonial societies as well as continuing to develop work on decolonising conservation as well as heritage and wellbeing. Ambitious interdisciplinary research to explore the potential for innovationÌýand creative exchange across a broad range of heritage and related fields, in partnership with aÌýnumber of academic and non-academic institutions and interest groups, is led by Institute staff.
Projects
Current projects
- Ancient Merv Project
- Archaeological Site Management
- The Archaeology of Air Raid Shelters
- Black Atlantic Innovation Network
- Cane River African Diaspora Archaeological Project
- Children and the Material Culture of Conflict
- Collections in Exile, Persons in Exile
- Evaluating the cultural cost of development in the new South Africa
- Heritage of Historic Cities and Multiculturalism (external network)
- Heritage Protection and AI
- Keys of the Past: Keys to the Future
- People Based Conservation
- Skatepark Heritage Research Group
- Towards Inclusive Digital Museum InnovationÌý
- Understanding Heritage Wellbeing
Recent projectsÌý
- Apps and the Humanities
- BigPicnic
- Building Solomon's Temple
- CHEurope: Critical Heritage Studies and the Future of Europe
- Craft China
- Cultures of Commodity Branding
- Digital Lahun Papyri
- Documentation of Iraqi Archaeological Sites
- Egypt's Dispersed Heritage
- Egypt Object Subject: 'treasuring things' as knowledge-histories
- MicroPasts Knowledge Exchanges
- Projet Segou, Mali
- Restricted Access Pilot Project
- TOPOI-The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilisations (external network)