2026/05/01 by Linda Monckton · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies #Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation #Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.11141/ia.73.1
openalex publication_date 2026/05/01 · openalex created_date 2026/05/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
This article discusses the need for protective factors for health and wellbeing through heritage and archaeology-led practice, and the range of benefits attributed to such practice in specific circumstances working with communities with unmet needs. It introduces the volume by considering the articles within it, in relation to the Historic England framework on the six ways that heritage can deliver wellbeing. It covers the broad scope of how adding a wellbeing lens to our work can promote the democratisation of heritage and link to social justice objectives, and articulates, in more detail, the Rejuvenate project, which works through archaeology to support young people. This example shows how the foundations of feasibility and planning, and the nature of evaluation, can provide evidence on the specificity of impact and degree of benefit to individuals needed to ensure we make the case for the public benefit and enormous potential for the social impact of heritage and archaeology.