Open science/open archaeology: a Latin American view

IZETA , ANDRES; CATTANEO ROXANA

Berna

Workshop; The second colloquium in the Digital Archaeology Bern series; 2023

Universität Bern Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften Prähistorische Archäologie

Open science and open archeology have been developing steadily on a global level. However, there are still regions in which development is incipient. Particularly in what was once called the third world and is geopolitically recognized as the global south. In particular, our experience in Latin America, through contact with colleagues from various countries with whom we share research interests and language, allows us to offer a general look at this interaction between open science and open archaeology. It is interesting to note the great activity that has existed for decades in Latin America to achieve greater openness towards the adoption of open science as recently proposed by UNESCO. However, for the archeology of this region there is still a lack of a greater number of activists who fight for its adoption within professional practice. Therefore, in this paper we propose to present a state of progress in the implementation of open science/open archeology at the regional level, focusing on the Argentine Republic. In particular, to present the actions of what is now known as the Argentine Digital Archeology Network (RadAr). This network has brought together over time more than 19 different institutions in the national territory interested in the various aspects that involve an archaeological practice located in a digital ecosystem and within an increasingly committed archaeological practice. In this framework, present the questions and discussions that place us in the state of the art in relation to this topic, where the discussion of the problem of preservation and shared use of data generated within archaeological projects of basic and applied research continues. and impact studies; and advance in the same questions asked in 2019 in the first digital Archeology symposium held in Córdoba (Argentina). Why is this important for the development of the discipline at a local and regional level? What is at stake when sharing and releasing data on open digital platforms in Latin America? What do researchers gain or lose with this new practice within the framework of local South American science?