Despite the subject matter being the Neolithic, one could argue that the cut-up technique is pure contemp arch in "making the familiar unfamiliar" in order to foster new interpretations .... or perhaps even double-defamiliarising.
But wasn't it Tristan Tzara (my hero) or one of the Dada crowd who started the cut-up by writing poetry made from words cut out of newspapers and mixed up?
Not at all sensible but very nice. Thank you, Stuart.
Alice
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---- Stuart Rathbone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi thought i would share this paper with you that's just gone up on Robert Chapple's Blog. It's about using WS Burroughs notorious 'cut up' technique to explore problems in archaeology. I know the case study used in it was Neolithic archaeology, but I thought there was enough of interest to share it on this list.
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> http://rmchapple.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/archaeology-from-interzone-applications.html#links
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> I should stress that as the author I find the whole thing a little... silly... but maybe it makes a good read and would be of interest to some of the members of this list
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> Regards
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> Stuart Rathbone
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