You are invited to an IIHSA Online Lecture on Thursday, 27th January 2022 at 5.30 pm (Irish time) / 7.30 pm (Greek time) by Klairi Gianniri, Ph.D. Candidate in the University of Athens

Over the last years the significance of archaeology for the local communities in the Aegean has been under discussion. The archaeological ethnography research in the Anatoli village (Province of Hierapetra), has shown that archaeology’s impact may extend into matters of everyday life, such as the relatively small but vital functions of a rural community. These functions and their entanglement with archaeology on mountainous settlements of Crete is the topic whereupon this paper focuses. In particular, the relationship between a local community and archaeology as well as the ways it can be traced, comprehended, and utilised for the mutual benefit of both parties will be examined. Also, the contribution of archaeological ethnography and oral history will be discussed within the frame of the exploration of phenomena that shape a community’s identity. Events of public archaeology have the potential to reintroduce the world of archaeology to the contemporary social sphere. Consequently, this paper attempts not only to point out the multiple benefits of a rural community's involvement in the archaeological research, but also to highlight the ways through which tradition and collective memory can propose alternative and multivocal channels to talk about archaeology today and to make it socially relevant and useful to present day communities.

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