Unquiet Pasts - Risk Society, Lived Cultural Heritage, Re-designing Reflexivity (Hardcover, New Ed)

This important book addresses critical themes in the development of archaeology as a reflexive, self-critical discipline in the modern world. It explores the ethical, political and cultural tensions and responsibilities which need to be addressed by archaeologists when working within networks of global ecologies and communities, examining how authoritarian traditions can exacerbate the divide between expert and public knowledge. Moreover, it analyses how localized acts of archaeology relate to changing conceptions of risk, heritage, culture, identity, and conflict. Bringing insights from Alain Schnapp, Michael Shanks, Isabelle Stengers, Bruno Latour, Ulrich Beck, John Urry and others to cross-disciplinary discussions of these themes, Unquiet Pasts shows how archaeological discourse can contribute towards engaging and understanding current dilemmas. It also shows how archaeology, as a localized and responsibly exercised practice, can play a part in building our commonly shared and experienced world.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Heritage, Culture and Identity
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Ian Russell
Authors:	Stephanie Koerner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	442
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7548-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	0-7546-7548-3
Barcode:	9780754675488

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