Values-Led Design Cards: Building Ethically Engaged Archaeology and Heritage Experiences

Francesca Dolcetti, Claire Boardman, Rachel Opitz and Sara Perry
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Francesca Dolcetti: Archaeology Department, University of York, York YO1 7EP, UK
Claire Boardman: The Digital Creativity Labs, University of York, York YO10 5GE, UK
Rachel Opitz: Archaeology, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Sara Perry: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London N1 7ED, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: The agenda for an engaged and impactful archaeology has been set out emphatically in a variety of recent reports, positioning archaeology and heritage as important sources of public value and social benefit. While many ascribe to these aims, how to put them into practice in concrete terms remains a real challenge. Tools, methods and methodologies developed for the wider research community as it engages with the “impact agenda” at large have been adapted and applied in archaeological and heritage practice with variable success. In this paper, we discuss the creation of a values-led, card-based design toolkit and the considerations involved in customising it for use by archaeology and heritage sector practitioners. We evaluate reflexive feedback from participants in a toolkit testing workshop, together with our own reflections on the workshop experience. Building on these, we assess the potential and limitations of the toolkit and its underpinning values-led design theory to generate critically engaged archaeological and heritage experiences.

Keywords: values-led design; design cards; archaeology and heritage engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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