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On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:33:08 +0000, Krysta Ryzewski, List Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The SHA is one of the world's leading scholarly societies devoted to the >archaeology and material culture of the modern world. I had not read this more inclusive description of the SHA before. I wonder whether anyone knows if this is a new statement of purpose, or just a turn of phrase in the email? SHA used, at least until very recently, to describe itself as follows, without any mention of 'material culture': "the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is the largest scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400-present). The main focus of the society is the era since the beginning of European exploration" I ask partly because a colleague mentioned the other day that the SPMA has recently rewritten its "focus statement" to include 'the present day' among its concerns. Such changes in how this field in which we all find ourselves is understood or defined are always of interest, DH -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------