New perspectives in global public archaeology

Introduction: new perspectives in global public archaeology.-Is a shared past possible? The ethics and practice of archaeology in the 21st century.- Engaged archaeology: whose community? Which public?.- "Public archaeology" in China: a preliminary investigation.-Public archaeology in Canada.- From object-centered to people-focused: exploring an invisible "gulf" between archaeologists and the public in contemporary Japan.- Public archaeology in Korea: a duet of popularity and nationalism.- Public archaeology in Thailand.- Archaeology in a multicultural and multi-ethnic nation under construction: the case of New Caledonia.- Digging on contested grounds: archaeology and the commemoration of slavery on Goree Island, Senegal.-The heritage uncertainty principle: excavating air raid shelters from the second world war.- Archaeology dreaming: post-apartheid urban imaginaries and the remains of the Prestwich Street dead.-Archaeology by the (Far) East in the West: what do local people think if Japanese archaeologists excavate the "Villa of Augustus" in Italy?.- Meaning-making process of cultural heritage in Jordan: the local communities, the contexts and the archaeological sites in the Citadel of Amman.- The excluded past in Jordanian formal primary education: the introduction of archaeology.- Archaeological education and reasons why: a personal view from the United Kingdom.- The role of archaeology and its challenges in Japanese school education: the curriculum and history textbooks.- Multivocality in multimedia: collaborative archaeology and the potential of cyberspace.- Looking for an identity: archaeologists, local communities, and public archaeology in Peru.- Sharing the pleasure of excavation: the public archaeology program at the Miharashidai site, Japan.-