Life Writing In The History Of Archaeology
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Life writing in the History of Archaeology
Author | : Gabriel Moshenska,Clare Lewis |
Publsiher | : UCL Press |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2023-07-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781800084506 |
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Life-writing is a vital part of the history of archaeology, and a growing field of scholarship within the discipline. The lives of archaeologists are entangled with histories of museums and collections, developments in science and scholarship, and narratives of nationalism and colonialism into the present. In recent years life-writing has played an important role in the surge of new research in the history of archaeology, including ground-breaking studies of discipline formation, institutionalisation, and social and intellectual networks. Sources such as diaries, wills, film, and the growing body of digital records are powerful tools for highlighting the contributions of hitherto marginalised archaeological lives including many pioneering women, hired labourers and other ‘hidden hands’. This book brings together critical perspectives on life-writing in the history of archaeology from leading figures in the field. These include studies of archive formation and use, the concept of ‘dig-writing’ as a distinctive genre of archaeological creativity, and reviews of new sources for already well-known lives. Several chapters reflect on the experience of life-writing, review the historiography of the field, and assess the intellectual value and significance of life-writing as a genre. Together, they work to problematise underlying assumptions about this genre, foregrounding methodology, social theory, ethics and other practice-focused frameworks in conscious tension with previous practices.
Life Writing in the History of Archaeology
Author | : Clare Lewis,Gabriel Moshenska |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1800084528 |
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A study of life-writing as a vital part of the history of archaeology and a growing field of scholarship within the discipline. Travels and adventures of the "great archaeologists" have generated centuries worth of bestselling books that, in turn, have shaped the public perception of archaeology. The lives of archaeologists are entangled with histories of museums and collections, developments in science and scholarship, and narratives of nationalism and colonialism into the present. In recent years, life-writing has played an important role in the surge of new research in the history of archaeology, including ground-breaking studies of discipline formation, institutionalization, and social and intellectual networks. Sources such as diaries, wills, film, and the growing body of digital records are powerful tools for highlighting the contributions of hitherto marginalized archaeological lives including many pioneering women, hired laborers, and other "hidden hands." This book brings together critical perspectives on life-writing in the history of archaeology from leading figures in the field. These include studies of archive formation and use, the concept of "dig-writing" as a distinctive genre of archaeological creativity, and reviews of new sources for already well-known lives. Several chapters reflect on the experience of life-writing, review the historiography of the field, and assess the intellectual value and significance of life-writing as a genre. Together, they work to problematize underlying assumptions about this genre, foregrounding methodology, social theory, ethics, and other practice-focused frameworks in conscious tension with previous practices.
A Classical Archaeologist s Life The Story so Far
Author | : John Boardman |
Publsiher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2020-07-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781789693447 |
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Sir John Boardman is one of the foremost experts on ancient Greek art. His autobiography offers a mixture of scholarly reminiscence, reflection on family life, travelogue, and critique of classical scholarship worldwide. Illustrated with pictures of travels, friends and home life, it reflects on his experiences of more than 90 years.
Archaeology at Home
Author | : Hein B. Bjerck |
Publsiher | : Equinox Publishing (UK) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Dwellings |
ISBN | : 1800500734 |
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A deep dive into the entanglements between humans and their things. It explores the notion that things themselves "remember" when left by "their" people.
Making Histories
Author | : Paul Ashton,Tanya Evans,Paula Hamilton |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2020-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783110636352 |
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If historical culture is the specific and particular ways that a society engages with its past, this book aims to situate the professional practice of public history, now emerging across the world, within that framework. It links the increasingly varied practices of memory and history-making such as genealogy, podcasting, re-enactment, family histories, memoir writing, film-making and facebook histories with the work that professional historians do, both in and out of the academy. Making Histories asks questions about the role of the expert and notions of authority within a landscape that is increasingly concerned with connection to the past and authenticity. The book is divided into four parts: 1. Resistance, Rights, Authority 2. Memory, Memorialization, Commemoration 3. Performance, Transmission, Reception 4. Family, Private, Self The four sections outline major themes emerging in public history across the world in the 21st century which are all underpinned by the impact of new media on historical practice and our central argument for the volume which advocates a more capacious definition of what constitutes ‘public history‘.
The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices
Author | : Philip John Boyes,Philippa M. Steele,Natalia Elvira Astoreca |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 9781789254815 |
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Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of human life. 'The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices' explores these relationships in a number of different cultural contexts and from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including archaeological, anthropological and linguistic. It offers new ways of approaching the study of writing and integrating it into wider debates and discussions about culture, history and archaeology.
Key Concepts in Public Archaeology
Author | : Gabriel Moshenska |
Publsiher | : UCL Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781911576440 |
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This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology at UCL’s renowned Institute of Archaeology, the book also takes into account the growth of scholarship from around the world and seeks to clarify what exactly ‘public archaeology’ is by promoting an inclusive, socially and politically engaged vision of the discipline. Written for students and practitioners, the individual chapters provide textbook-level introductions to the themes, theories and controversies that connect archaeology to wider society, from the trade in illicit antiquities to the use of digital media in public engagement, and point readers to the most relevant case studies and learning resources to aid their further study. This book was produced as part of JISC's Institution as e-Textbook Publisher project. Find out more at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/institution-as-e-textbook-publisher Praise for Key Concepts in Archaeology 'Littered throughout with concise and well-chosen case studies, Key Concepts in Public Archaeology could become essential reading for undergraduates and is a welcome reminder of where archaeology sits in UK society today.' British Archaeology
The Archaeology of Roman Britain
Author | : Adam Rogers |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2014-10-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317633846 |
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Within the colonial history of the British Empire there are difficulties in reconstructing the lives of people that came from very different traditions of experience. The Archaeology of Roman Britain argues that a similar critical approach to the lives of people in Roman Britain needs to be developed, not only for the study of the local population but also those coming into Britain from elsewhere in the Empire who developed distinctive colonial lives. This critical, biographical approach can be extended and applied to places, structures, and things which developed in these provincial contexts as they were used and experienced over time. This book uniquely combines the study of all of these elements to access the character of Roman Britain and the lives, experiences, and identities of people living there through four centuries of occupation. Drawing on the concept of the biography and using it as an analytical tool, author Adam Rogers situates the archaeological material of Roman Britain within the within the political, geographical, and temporal context of the Roman Empire. This study will be of interest to scholars of Roman archaeology, as well as those working in biographical themes, issues of colonialism, identity, ancient history, and classics.