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Stewarding Space (WIP) serves as a central hub for sharing research and stories relating to community-driven care and protection of cultural places-- from monuments to mountains and everything in between.
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Grand Portal Point, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Emily A. Shirilla
She/Her | Doctoral Candidate | M.A.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Department of Anthropology
Originally from lower Michigan and presently in Champaign, IL, I am trained in archaeological heritage practices within the Great Lakes.
My heritage-related interests lie in site preservation, public education, spatial-temporal theory, and advocacy for Indigenous and local authority in heritage management.
In personal life I enjoy being outdoors, enthusiasm for tea, comic books, and video games, and rabbit tending.
