this might be of interest to people on this list:
Archaeological Ethnographies
A special double issue of Public Archaeology, Volume 8 nos. 2-3
Edited by Yannis Hamilakis and Aris Anagnostopoulos (University of Southampton,
UK)
ISBN: 978 1 906540 73 9
September 2009 Paperback 256 pages
Price: £36.00/$62.00
Order by 15 September to take advantage of the pre-publication price of
£28.00/$49.00
Order online at www.maney.co.uk/books/archaeological_ethnographies
Please contact Alison Holgate (Maney Publishing) with any queries.
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This volume charts archaeological ethnography as a new territory of engagement
and research. Archaeological Ethnography is defined here as a
trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural space, a meeting ground for diverse
publics and researchers, in archaeology, social anthropology, and potentially
other disciplines practices and traditions. It is a space that encourages and
fosters dialogue, collaboration and critique on materiality and temporality, on
archaeology as a social practice in the present, on the links, interactions
and associations amongst things and people, on local and trans-local
valorisations of past material remains. Bringing together the most notable
practitioners of this new area from archaeology and social anthropology, and
building on a wide range of case studies from England, Greece, Italy,
Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States, the volume explores
issues of definition and ontology, epistemology and method, but also ethics and
politics. This dialogic book will inspire readers to shape their own view and
position on this emerging field, and experiment with their own archaeological
ethnographies.
“This collection is a major, ground-breaking contribution from archaeology to
the Public Culture area. In this diverse, much contested field, this volume
takes us on a major enquiry into the role that archaeology as a collective
practice can play in transforming this wider area ... The answers given in
this volume are perhaps the most insightful in a decade of such discussions.”
Mike Rowlands, University College London
“The archaeological ethnographies depicted in this volume open a door away from
the habitual disciplinary monologue...”
Alejandro Haber, Universita de Catamarca, Argentina
“This volume explores ways of enfranchising those who live near archaeological
sites… [it] will be required reading for students and scholars seeking to
formulate new protocols for archaeological practice in the twenty-first
century.”
Charles Stewart, University College London
ARTICLES
1. What is Archaeological Ethnography?
Yannis Hamilakis and Aris Anagnostopoulos
2. Researching Ekina ta Khronia [Times Past] in a Rural Greek Community
Hamish Forbes
3. Rhythm, Tempo, and Historical time: Experiencing Temporality in the
Neoliberal Age
Michael Herzfeld
4. Archaeological Sites and Local Places: Connecting the Dots
Anna Stroulia and Susan Buck Sutton
5. Using Ethnographic Methods to Articulate Community-Based Conceptions of
Cultural Heritage Management
Julie Hollowell and George Nicholas
6. Practicing Archaeology - As If It Really Matters
K. Anne Pyburn
7. Researching Biographies of Archaeological Sites: The Case of Sikyon
Eleftheria Deltsou
8. Myth of the Anasazi: Archaeological Language, Collaborative Communities, and
the Contested Past
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh
9. Scripta Manent: Notes on a Book
Anastasia Chourmouziadi
10. Situating the Greenham Archaeology: An Autoethnography of a Feminist Project
Yvonne Marshall, Sasha Roseneil and Kayt Armstrong
11. Reflections on an Archaeological Ethnography of ‘Looting' in Kozani, Greece
Ioanna Antoniadou
12. The ‘Past' as Transcultural Space: Using Ethnographic Installation in the
Study of Archaeology
Quetzil Castañeda
13. Postcards from the edge of time: Archaeology, Photography, Archaeological
Ethnography (a photo essay),
Yannis Hamilakis, Aris Anagnostopoulos, Fotis Ifantidis
COMMENTARIES
1. A comment on Hybrid Fields and Academic Gate-keeping
Cornelius Holtorf
2. Concluding Remarks
Roger Just
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