01830nas a2200241 4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653000800044653001300052653001600065653001900081653002300100100001400123700001800137700001800155245007700173856015400250300001200404490000600416520114600422022002001568 2019 d10aGIS10aheritage10aarchaeology10aPostindustrial10aspatial humanities1 aD. Trepal1 aS.F. Scarlett1 aD. Lafreniere00aHeritage making through community archaeology and the spatial humanities uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070935682&doi=10.1080%2f20518196.2019.1653516&partnerID=40&md5=8918081f37d5d98c5d7f44fd2d8238bd a238-2560 v63 aThe archaeology of postindustrial landscapes is still relatively undeveloped. The impact of economic, social, and urban development efforts on both tangible and intangible heritage complicate our attempts to understand these places. Despite this, integrating heritage practice and promotion into the regeneration of a postindustrial landscape continues to grow in popularity. Within this context, genuine public-expert collaboration is the most effective means towards developing a sustainable compromise between protecting community heritage values and fostering economic development and regeneration. In this paper, we suggest three broad categories of challenges for studying and promoting heritage in postindustrial regions–physical, social, and political–and propose a digital data-focused geospatial approach to how community archaeologists and heritage specialists may overcome these challenges. We argue that coupling this data and technology with a robust research agenda and public programming can serve as a crucial two-way link, enabling long-term sustainable heritage-promotion and protection in post-industrial communities. a20518196 (ISSN)