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CLAAS Annual General Meeting Keynote Presentation October 2024: Isabel Medina-González

Title: Towards a Hybrid (Indigenous) Heritage Conservation in Latin America: Experiences, Reflexions and Routes Abstract: The past few decades have seen the emergence of Post-Colonial Theory in various academic fields, including archaeology and, more recently, heritage conservation. This trend has prompted self-reflection within these disciplines and has led to the development of new approaches, particularly in museums. Indeed, in the museum context indigenous archaeology and conservation have introduced new strategies aimed at empowering aboriginal peoples and prioritizing native epistemological frameworks in managing, researching, and displaying material culture. In Latin America, in situ archaeological conservation has gradually become involved in decolonizing efforts due to various factors, which have yet to be fully analyzed within their historical and political contexts. This lecture presents a case study that critically examines the ways in which archaeological conservation combines Western and non-Western practices, introducing the concept of "hybridity". It focuses on the conservation project of Diquis Pre-Columbian Chiefdoms Sites, located in the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica. Over the past decade, an international partnership between the National Museum of Costa Rica and the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico has undertaken this initiative, representing a significant step toward a more holistic and inclusive approach to heritage conservation. This project has involved research and intervention in these sites and their monumental sculpture within a participatory process that includes the Boruca people. This interaction has led to a better understanding of the ways to conserve the Indigenous legacy of this territory, aspects which will be analysed here in terms of their foundations, experiences and resultant lessons. Isabel Medina-Gonzalez (B.A. Heritage Conservation (Hons) [ENCRyM-INAH], México); M.A. Archaeological Heritage Management. Honors (University of York, Reino Unido) y PhD Archaeology (University College London [UCL], United Kingdom). 2000 Young International Americanist Award. 2021. INAH Award. Best Research in Heritage Sector. She has worked for 30 years at INAH as restorer, researcher and teacher, particularly in the fields of Heritage Science, Conservation Theory, Museum and Conservation History, Archaeological Conservation and Indigenous Heritage. Today is the Leader of the Unesco Chair on Conservation Sciences and Senior Professor at National School of Conservatio, Restoration and Museum Studies. She has coordinated several projects on the investigation and preservation of Pre-Columbian, Industrial, and Indigenous Heritage in Latin America from interdisciplinary, intercultural and sustainable perspectives. She has presented several conferences, published papers and edited both books and journals worldwide.