Turbo Island, Bristol: Excavating a Contemporary Homeless Place

John Schofield; Gillian Crea; Andrew Dafnis; Jane Hallam; Rachael Kiddey

doi:10.1179/0079423614Z.00000000050

Turbo Island, Bristol: Excavating a Contemporary Homeless Place

John Schofield, Gillian Crea, Andrew Dafnis, Jane Hallam, Rachael Kiddey

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Abstract

This paper provides an assessment of the excavation of an apparently ordinary space in Bristol (UK) in 2009. Although the space appears unremarkable to most passers-by, it is unusual in being a place used routinely by many of the city’s street-drinking and homeless community. Homeless people were ‘colleagues’, involved in excavation, finds processing and interpretation. The collaborative nature of this project goes further than merely attempting to represent social groups who have traditionally been excluded from heritage practice and interpretation — it lays methodological foundations for praxis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-150
Number of pages	18
Journal	Post-Medieval Archaeology
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/0079423614Z.00000000050
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

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