How do global trends affect our view of the past?
World trends such as tourism, diaspora, and media globalization
have led to new forms of relationship with the past. Yet these
global processes also threaten to silence local or alternate claims
to that past. How should archaeologists respond to this dispersal
of archaeological knowledge and interest? Many have come to accept
the need for dialogue. In "Archaeology Beyond Dialogue," Ian Hodder
argues that there is a need to do more than engage in dialogue with
participating communities; archaeologists must consider the
implications of globalizing trends for the way they excavate and
analyze their data.
Over the last two decades, Ian Hodder has been a central figure
in archaeological method and theory arguing for reflexive
techniques that are more transparent, dialogical, and
participatory. He explores these developments by examining the
diversification of archaeology, the effect of a more global
archaeology on archaeological methods and analysis, new theoretical
trends in social archaeology, and new interpretations of
prehistoric sites focusing on agency, power/knowledge, and subject
position. Hodder applies these concepts to the important site of
catalhoyuk in Turkey and the megaliths and monuments of the
European Neolithic. He contrasts alternative approaches that claim,
unsuccessfully in his view, to eschew meaning in the interpretation
of the past.
This book should stir the archaeological community to a
realization that it does not exist in a vacuum and that the part it
plays affects many people: those with ancestral ties to the
prehistoric inhabitants, those living in the general vicinity of
the site, and the workers doing the excavation.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Utah Press,U.S.
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry |
| Release date: |
March 2004 |
| First published: |
March 2004 |
| Authors: |
Ian Hodder
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| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
206 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-87480-779-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-87480-779-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780874807790 |
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