ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the issues of heritage and human rights, which lead into a discussion of some of the harm caused by unequal access to or benefits from heritage. It focuses on the community-based initiatives that challenge existing power structures in archaeology and heritage research. The chapter also focuses on two approaches – community-based heritage practices and the use of intervention to change heritage policy – to illustrate the relevance of and urgency in addressing issues and concerns relating to colliding cultural values, inequities in heritage preservation and questions about access to and benefits from research on and development of indigenous heritage locales. One important trajectory of change in the realm of heritage has been indigenous archaeology, defined as: an expression of archaeological theory and practice in which the discipline intersects with Indigenous values, knowledge, practices, ethics, and sensibilities, and through collaborative and community-originated or -directed projects, and related critical perspectives.
