Using Facebook to build a community in the Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona (Seville, Spain)

When the Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona (Seville) was inaugurated as the first open-air archaeological museum in Spain in 1885, the institution enjoyed a local community of people interested in archaeology, but this community lost strength over time. One hundred years later, the institution has th...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Rodríguez Temiño, Daniel González Acuña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JAS Arqueología 2017-01-01
Series:AP
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Online Access:http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/APJournal/article/view/44
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Summary:When the Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona (Seville) was inaugurated as the first open-air archaeological museum in Spain in 1885, the institution enjoyed a local community of people interested in archaeology, but this community lost strength over time. One hundred years later, the institution has the goal of being a participative museum, and rekindling a special relationship with the local population, to form a new community of users which complements visitors. This article presents the preliminary results of a descriptive and exploratory study involving Facebook use to find out the demographic characteristics of people interested in the Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona, as previous research to form a local community interested in archaeology and cultural heritage. Special attention is paid to the role played by education through archaeology as a means to improve social empowerment.
ISSN:2171-6315