Note: This event will take place at 7:00 PM PDT.

Archaeological practice in Southeast Asia has recently shifted towards active engagement with local stakeholders. A growing number of investigations are actively seeking the involvement of communities as both contributors and as active and involved research participants. This undertaking humanizes community partners and counters the exclusivity often associated with the authority of scholarship. This panel will forefront examples from Southeast Asia where heritage conservation and management involved community inputs in Indonesia, Cambodia, Bali, Indonesia, and Thailand that underscores the importance of involving communities in heritage issues. 

 Panelists Peter Lape (University of Washington), JB Chevance (Archaeology and Development Foundation, Phnom Kulen Program, Cambodia), Wiwik Dharmiasih (Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia), Rasmi Shoocongdej (Silpakorn University, Thailand), and moderator Grace Barretto-Tesoro (University of the Philippines-Diliman-Archaeological Studies Program) will discuss these topics.

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