How can archaeology help shape decolonial futures?

about 80 scholars from five continents gathered at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge in the UK for the 'Envisioning Decolonial Futures Through Archaeology' conference (Figure 1).The conference facilitated interaction between a great variety of perspectives on what it means to decolonise archaeology and how our discipline can help shape decolonial futures.Based on our experience organising this conference, in this Guest Editorial we discuss what we think decolonising archaeology entails, some of its many challenges and the necessity to create spaces for interaction to take place so that guidance on 'decolonial thinking' can emerge.Here, we reflect on the critical themes of disambiguation, interaction, indigeneity, memory, practice and imagination for envisioning decolonial futures through archaeology.