1 Introduction: Toward an Engaged Feminist Heritage Praxis Tiffany C. Fryer Princeton University and Teresa P. Raczek Kennesaw State University ABSTRACT We advocate a feminist approach to archaeological heritage work in order to transform heritage practice and the production of archaeological knowledge. We use an engaged feminist standpoint and situate intersubjectivity and intersectionality as critical components of this practice. An engaged feminist approach to heritage work allows the discipline to consider women’s, men’s, and gender non-conforming persons’ positions in the field, to reveal their contributions, to develop critical pedagogical approaches, and to rethink forms of representation. Throughout, we emphasize the intellectual labor of women of color, queer and gender non-conforming persons, and early white feminists in archaeology. [feminism, engaged research, heritage praxis, intersubjectivity, intersectionality] Introduction Archaeologists increasingly identify as heritage practition- ers, turning toward the many publics, communities, and audiences seeking to connect to history through the mate- rial past. This shift has many roots, including postmodern thought, postcolonial and Native American activism, and feminist critique. We argue that feminist influence in her- itage work has not reached its full potential, and as a result, the project of reforming archaeological heritage practice remains unfinished. While archaeologists have started the hard work of grappling with their colonialist origins head- on they have rarely explored or challenged the links be- tween archaeology, cultural heritage, and heteropatriarchy. However, the goals held by many heritage practitioners— empowerment, democracy, equality, and community transformation—can only be fulfilled by acknowledging, and deciding to incorporate, feminist approaches. We chal- lenge archaeologists and heritage practitioners to recognize gender as a malleable and complex construction, embedded in the forms of social dominance that permeate archaeo- logical and heritage practice. In this volume, we advocate employing a variety of feminisms and emphasizing a gender-conscious lens in archaeological heritage work in order to provide clarity to our practice. In this age of #MeToo, #Won’tBeErased, and #CiteBlackWomen we are inspired by the continued potential of ground-up move- ments for social, political, and epistemological change. Contributors to this volume thus draw on a wide range of feminisms including critical black, indigenous, queer, post- and de-colonial scholarship in order to transform heritage practice and the production of archaeological knowledge. We root this volume in anthropological theory and methods while showcasing multiregional approaches to archaeology. The contributors rely predominantly on two standpoints: feminist intersubjectivity, influenced by feminist phenomenological, ethical, and psychoanalytic scholarship; and intersectionality, drawing specifically on ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. 31, pp. 7–25, ISSN 1551-823X, online ISSN 1551-8248. © 2020 The Authors. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12124. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.