Appropriated Pasts

Indigenous Peoples and the Colonial Culture of Archaeology

AvIan J. McNiven,Lynette Russell

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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: Archaeology has been complicit in the appropriation of indigenous peoples' pasts worldwide. While tales of blatant archaeological colonialism abound from the era of empire, the process also took more subtle and insidious forms. Ian McNiven and Lynette Russell outline archaeology's "colonial culture" and how it has shaped archaeological practice over the past century. Using examples from their native Australia— and comparative material from North America, Africa, and elsewhere— the authors show how colonized peoples were objectified by research, had their needs subordinated to those of science, were disassociated from their accomplishments by theories of diffusion, watched their histories reshaped by western concepts of social evolution, and had their cultures appropriated toward nationalist ends. The authors conclude by offering a decolonized archaeological practice through collaborative partnership with native peoples in understanding their past.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-09-08
Mått:147 x 228 x 19 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Archaeology in Society
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759109070
Utmärkelser:28

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Ian J. McNiven is Senior Lecturer and co-director of the Programme for Australian Indigenous Archaeology within the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University.

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The authors have given solid support to their goal of producing a manuscript that calls attention not only to the ways that archaeology has been used to subordinate, objectify, and appropriate the heritage and past of indigenous populations in Australia but they have found the means of supporting that goal through lucid writing and documentation. The text will be a useful tool to social scientists studying the issues inherent in Indigenous studies and reflexive examinations of archaeology as a political enterprise, as well as to those archaeologists in North America or in Australia struggling with the idea of a shared stewardship. As such, I see the volume as being a major textbook within classes examining Indigenous Archaeology and Critical Archaeology courses of study.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Colonial Culture of ArchaeologyChapter 2 Progressivism: The Invention of PrehistoryChapter 3 Antiquation: Aboriginal Peoples as Living FossilsChapter 4 Migrationism: The Archaeology of DispossessionChapter 5 Diffusionism: The Archaeology of AlienationChapter 6 Subjectation: Appropration Through ScienceChapter 7 Shared Nations: The New AppropriationChapter 8 Partnerships: Pathways to a Decolonised PracticeChapter 9 ReferencesChapter 10 Index