Interesting you were distracted by the wedding, have you thought of
studying the football ground? I'm not sure that chasing glory for the
sake of it is worth while, there will be plenty of sociologies of the
royal wedding that do exactly what you describe. We don't have an
archaeology of weddings at all, that im aware of, so mabe it would be
wiser to consider the royal wedding in a wider ritual and societal
setting enriched by a broad contextual understanding of the materiality
of matrimony in the 21st century.
Any archaeological studies about Michal Jacksons death? In
commemorative terms there as many, or more, memorials to him than
Diana. Which is interesting, both in terms of a comparative study and
what contemporary archaeologist do and do not look at.
Best Wishes
Duncan Sayer
Lecturer in Archaeology
UCLan
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From: Iain Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, 2 May 2011 5:28
Subject: The contemporary archaeology of the Royal Wedding
Thereason I raised this question (apart from a bit of stirring the
possum) is thatthere were a few archaeological studies of the death of
Diana in particular thememorials as an expression of public
grief. Surelythis is just a big an event (although lacking the
spontaneity) and deservesstudy. I wasn’t really thinking of studying
the “royals” butwhat the people in the street were doing – how they
expressed theirposition in it all. To camp out for days, to wave a flag
to buy a plate or aPeco N scale “Royal Wedding train” says something
about peoplesplace in British society. Were there subversives (remember
the Maori protestsof a few years back where they protested a Royal
Visit by flashing and slappingtheir bums in a traditional gesture of
protest)? What about people like myrelatives on Skye still reflecting
on the failure of ’45? Itseems like a rich opportunity is or was there
to be studied and maybe contemporaryhistorical archaeology missed
it! Ispent the occasion with 28,000 others at the Sydney Football
Ground in thepouring rain watching my team get beaten. The fans behind
me were watching thewedding on-line! Suchis life Dr Iain
StuartPartnerJCIS Consultants
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