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The future of archaeology, interdisciplinarity and global challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2020

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Sarah Kerr*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK (✉ sarah.kerr@sheffield.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Understanding of the past can inform our approach to tackling a range of global challenges. Yet the inclusion of archaeologists and, more generally, those scholars engaged in studies of the past, is highly limited in most large, problem-oriented, interdisciplinary research projects, such as those supported by funding under Horizon 2020—the European Commission's major research and innovation programme. This article examines the interdisciplinary context of archaeological research and funding, and proposes potential ways forward to ensure that such work is fully integrated into projects supported under the next programme, Horizon Europe (2021–2027). In this way, archaeologists can contribute to and influence societal change.

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Horizon 2020interdisciplinarityfunding environmentarts and humanities research
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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 94 , Issue 377 , October 2020 , pp. 1337 - 1348
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2020

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