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We invite paper proposals to our session Archaeologies of Margaret Thatcher at
Tag-On-Sea in Bournemouth, 16th – 18th December, 2013.
https://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/tag2013/submit-a-session/
Archaeologies of Margaret Thatcher
The recent death of Margaret Thatcher revealed the sharp societal divisions that still remain over twenty years after the end of her tenure as Prime Minister. Despite this, the messages of Thatcherism now seem so embedded
that the acres of press coverage that followed her death seemed hard pushed to imagine how it could have been any other way, while simultaneously acknowledging the force of will that had been necessary to break the post-war consensus. The material significance
of Thatcher’s legacy is as present as the apparent acceptance of Thatcherism as an ideology. This session will examine the archaeological legacy of Thatcher as ideologue.
Johnson, Leoni, Mrozowski and others have attempted to draw out archaeologies of capitalism, and Buchli’s
An Archaeology of Socialism goes further in identifying the material context of ideological movements, their absorption and rejection. This session will address archaeologies of Thatcherism, principally through two avenues: the impact of ideological
political measures and events such as privatisation, planning legislation or the Miner’s Strike; or through the role of the individual in shaping the material landscape.
Papers are invited on (but are not limited to) the following themes:
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Deindustrialisation
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The Falklands War
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The family
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The decline in public spending
We are also keen to consider related comparative papers or papers that consider the global context, addressing, for example, Reagonomics or Glasnost.
We aim to publish this session, either as a journal special issue, or as a book.
Please contact us, either Sarah May [log in to unmask] or Sefryn Penrose,
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[log in to unmask] with any enquiries, or if you would like to discuss the project, or submit paper proposals at the link above. The deadline for proposals is September 2nd, 2013.
Yours,
Sefryn & Sarah
Sefryn Penrose
Senior Heritage Consultant, Water & Environment
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