Rebaking the Case for Participatory Archaeology as Cognitive Heritage Preparedness

SpangenI wish to thank everyone who read and commented on my keynote on parti cipatory archaeology as a contribution to heritage preparedness in the face of the wicked problem of antidemocratic discourse.The responses provide food for thought and a welcome opportunity to 'rebake' my suggestions and arguments, which Harald Fredheim compares to deliciouslooking but underbaked cinnamon buns.In the space available here, I cannot address every point raised, but I will elaborate on a selection of them in the hope of inspiring further debates, or bakeoffs, around these crucial issues in the times ahead.Fredheim is entirely correct that my thinking on this topic remains a work in progress, and I therefore welcome John Schofield's broader contex tualisation of my text in his comment.Schofield's book Wicked Problems for Archaeologists (2024) was an important source of inspiration during the writing of my keynote, so it is unsurprising that we agree on the princi pal points of how archaeologists may address the wicked problem of anti democratic discourse.To further the discussion, I draw attention to his