Equity and Inclusion Hub
Welcome to the Equity and Inclusion Hub! The CBA has curated these resources to help the sector learn, seek advice, and find support regarding equity, inclusion, and diversity.
We acknowledge that we have work to do to better understand the barriers people face, and we are committed to creating changes that ensure archaeology is accessible to everyone.
Getting Involved
This hub is an evolving resource. If you are aware of any tools, organisations, or materials that would be beneficial to share here, please get in touch.
CBA Statement on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Heritage
The CBA has released a statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Heritage.
CBA Code of Conduct
We are committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment. Our Code of Conduct sets out the behaviours required of everyone engaging with CBA services and events.
Key Sector Guidance
Historic England's Inclusive Heritage Advice Hub
A comprehensive new advice hub offering guidance on inclusion, diversity, and equality. This is a vital tool for making heritage projects accessible and inclusive for everyone.
CIfA's Equality, diversity and inclusion Resources
Resources to support professional standards in the sector. This includes policy statements, practice guides, and tools to help archaeologists and organisations embed EDI into their work.
Resources by Topic
Anti-Racism
Organisations
- European Society of Black & Allied Archaeologists - A collective of anti-racist archaeologists, led by women of colour.
- Museum Detox - The Network for Museum and Heritage Workers who identify as of colour.
- Society of Black Archaeologists - promoting academic excellence and social responsibility by creating a space for Black archaeologists and other scholars who support SBA’s goals and activities.
- Black in Arts and Humanities - a global Twitter community of Black people in the Arts & Humanities.
- Black Cultural Archives - Black Cultural Archives is the only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain.
- Migration Museum - The Migration Museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has made us who we are – as individuals and as a nation.
- People’s History Museum - the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.
- The Runnymede Trust - The UK's leading independent race equality thinktank.
- The Peace Museum - The Peace Museum explores the history and the often untold stories of peace, peacemakers, social reform and peace movements.
- International Slavery Museum - Increasing the understanding of transatlantic, chattel and other forms of enslavement.
Resources
- Anti-racism Resources - A resource to enable white people and parents to deepen their anti-racism work.
- Guide to Allyship - An open source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources - A resource to facilitate growth enabling white people to become allies, and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work.
- Race Ethnicity and Equality Report (2018) Royal Historical Society.
- How to talk to your children about race and racism, BBC - A guide to help you navigate conversations with children about race and racism.
- Bound for Britain, National Archives - Experiences of Immigration to the UK.
- Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century, University of Glasgow - A searchable database of well over eight hundred newspaper advertisements placed by masters and owners seeking the capture and return of enslaved and bound people who had escaped.
- From Great War to Race Riots - An archive relating to the position of black ex-servicemen, seamen and factory workers stranded or left destitute in Liverpool after the First World War.
- Anti-racism Action Plan - Action plan for Kettle's Yard which sets out actions, a timeline and commitment of resources to contribute to structural change in the organisation.
Articles, podcasts, & presentations:
- Empire, a regular podcast by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand
- Why the Whiteness of Archaeology is a Problem by William White and Catherine Draycott in Sapiens
- Comments on Why the Whiteness of Archaeology is a Problem by Victoria Alexander in ba.nr British archaeology news resource
- Archaeology must open up to become more diverse by Raksha Dave in The Guardian
- For our white friends desiring to be allies by Courtney Ariel, Sojourners
- Performing Solidarity by Ananda Rutherford, Museums Data Laundry
- About Race with Renni Eddo-Lodge podcast
- Access, diversity, representation in the heritage sector talk by Sara Wajid and Reyahn King, York Heritage Research Seminars
- Re-loading the Archaeological Canon: Decolonising the Undergraduate Archaeology Curriculum by Colleen Morgan
- A reading list of scholarship by people of colour on slavery and colonialism, c.1500-1750 by Brodie Waddell on The Many Headed Monster.
- Relationships and Reconciliation at Fort Edmonton by Darren Dalgleish - Supporting the Indigenous voice in Canadian history.
- Myths within myths: Edward Colston and that statue by Roger Ball on the Bristol Radical History Group website.
- The myth of Edward Colston: Bristol Docks, the ‘merchant’ elite and the legitimisation of authority, 1860-1880 by Spencer, Jordan, in Poole, S (ed.) (2013) A city built upon the water: maritime Bristol, 1750-1880, pp. 175-196
- The Coen Case presentation by the Director of Westfries Museum, Dr Ad Geerdink - dealing with a statue celebrating the life of a governor of the Dutch East India Company.
- The Best in Heritage YouTube channel - Includes a number of presentations discussing contested histories.
- 1919: The Year of Race Riots and Revolts, a podcast by Jamie Baker
- Black Lives Matter and Museums in 2020: A Personal and Professional Perspective, article by Jeanette Plummer Sires
- 5 ways to make your board more inclusive, article by Zoe Amar
CBA resources:
- Diversifying participation in the historic environment workforce, CBA Research Bulletin No 2, 2012
- Supporting Community Archaeology in the UK Results of a 2018 Survey, CBA Research Bulletin No 6, 2018 - Includes data on the lack of diversity within community archaeology in the UK.
Disability & Accessibility
Organisations
- Vocal Eyes - Bringing theatre, museums, galleries and heritage sites to life for blind and partially sighted people.
- The National Autistic Society - The UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families.
- Autism Alliance - Raising awareness and providing information for autism-friendly communities.
- British Dyslexia Association - Working to achieve a dyslexia-friendly society for all.
- The Dyslexia Association - Support and services for dyslexic children and adults of all ages, their parents/families, educators, employers and the wider community.
Resources
- Guides for Teaching and Learning in Archaeology - Good practice guidelines for including disabled students and self-evaluation in archaeological fieldwork training.
Reports
- Dyslexia in Archaeology Survey Summary by CIfA and Mentoring Women in Archaeology and Heritage.
- Neurodiversity and Archaeological Practice by Amy Talbot and Rosie Loftus in The Archaeologist, Sumer 2020, Issue 110, pages 26-27.
Digital accessibility
- Historic England website accessibility statement - Statement outlining how Historic England make their website accessible.
- UK Government website accessibility guidelines - Overview and links to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are international recommendations for improving web accessibility.
- W3 Web Accessibility initiative - Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities.
Gender & Sexual Orientation
Resources
- British Women Archaeologists - A public Facebook group for women in archaeology.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission - Sexual orientation discrimination
- Seeing Red Guide (PDF) - Period and menstrual hygiene equality guide.
- LGBT Foundation - Supporting the needs of the diverse range of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
- Stonewall - Resources and information for LGBT people.
- Switchboard LGBT+ helpline
- Gendered Intelligence
- Building Equality
- Toolbox - Zero Tolerance for Homophobia, Biphobia or Transphobia
Articles
- Tackling discrimination on archaeological sites by Magnus Copps, MOLA.
Harassment and Bullying
Organisations
- National Bullying Helpline - Practical help and advice for children and adults dealing with bullying at school or work.
- The Cybersmile Foundation - Committed to digital wellbeing and tackling all forms of bullying and abuse online.
Resources
- Respect: Acting against harassment in Archaeology, BAJR guide 44 - A short guide primarily aimed at field archaeologists.
- Reporting of Bullying & Sexual Harassment in Archeology, a presentation by Kayt Hawkins of RESPECT - This presentation was created at a live online workshop with CIfA on the results of a BAJR RESPECT survey on Bullying, and Sexual Harassment within the industry.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Organisations
- Mind UK - Providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
- The Mental Wellbeing Project, Elmet Archaeology - A community engagement service that aims to provide a range of sessions in the community setting.
- Campaign Against Living Miserable - Leading a movement against suicide.
- Andy’s Man Club - Non-judgmental, talking groups for men.
Unions & Employer Bodies
Organisations
- CIfA - The leading professional body representing archaeologists working in the UK and overseas.
- CIfA Equality & Diversity Special Interest Group - The group’s core function is to work with and support CIfA individual members and Registered Organisations to challenge the lack of equality and diversity in the profession.
- Prospect - The Archaeologists' branch of Prospect independent trade union.
- FAME - The distinctive voice of archaeological employers and managers.
- Historic England - The organisation's equalities statement.
- The RSA - The RSA’s work on Heritage and Inclusive Growth is about how to make sure that economic growth driven by heritage is sustainable, with benefits for everyone in the local community, not just a few.
Other resources
Other relevant resources
- Local Heritage Engagement Network (LHEN) - providing guidance to the public on how to champion archaeology in their local areas.
- Archaeological Ethics Database - holds over 500 sources relating to ethics in archaeology. A resource run by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (the Register) and the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA).
Submit an EDI resource
This hub is an evolving resource designed to support the entire archaeology sector. If you know of any tools, networks, or guidance materials that are missing from this list, please get in touch so we can share them with the community.
