Australian Archaeological Association

Ouzman, S. (Participant)

Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference

Period	5 Dec 2023 → 8 Dec 2023
Event type	Conference
Location	Gold Coast, Australia, QueenslandShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National

Keywords

Australia
Wadjemup
Rottnest Island
Historical Archaeology
Archaeology
Indigenous
Kimberley Point

Documents & Links

Change and people’s responses to change, including resilience, are universal in human experience. Change, whether imposed or directed from within, includes alterations to: environments, social practices, economies, belief systems, and ways of knowing. Changes may be human induced, such as the current climate crisis, or generated by natural cycles, such as the extreme environmental changes of the Pleistocene, or result from a range of internal and external mechanisms, including colonisation, cultural change, and social upheaval. Resilience refers to the capacity to anticipate, prepare, withstand, recover from, and respond to changes: physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, culturally and spiritually. Resilience emphasises the capacity of people and societies to protect, improve, or modify their environmental, economic, social, or cultural practices. We invite delegates to explore how societies in Australia and surrounding nations initiated changes in their surroundings or had changes imposed upon them, and how they have addressed change through their cultural practices, social networks, economies, rituals, or other ways of life. We encourage the exploration of resilience, through topics such as how people tackled changing ecosystems; the drivers of stylistic change over time and space; how relationships between different cultural groups can drive or manage change; the sources and roles of change and resilience detected in the archaeological record; and how past responses to change, especially environmental change, can inform the present and prepare us for the future.