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27 produkter
Archaeology of Performance
Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics
Av Takeshi Inomata, Lawrence S. Coben
Inbunden, 2006
1844 kr
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Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are …
Archaeology of Performance
Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics
Av Takeshi Inomata, Lawrence S. Coben
Häftad, 2006
784 kr
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Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are …
Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique
Av Matthew Liebmann, Uzma Z. Rizvi
Häftad, 2010
618 kr
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In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society—with repect to both the …
Social Construction of Communities
Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest
Av Mark D. Varien, James M. Potter
Inbunden, 2008
1608 kr
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The Social Construction of Communities draws on archaeological research in the Southwest to examine how communities are created through social interaction. The archaeological record of the Southwest is important for its precise dating, exceptional preservation, large number of sites, and length of …
Collaboration in Archaeological Practice
Engaging Descendant Communities
Av Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, T. J. Ferguson
Häftad, 2007
807 kr
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In Collaboration in Archaeological Practice, prominent archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research). They offer philosophical and practical advice on how to improve the practice of …
Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique
Av Matthew Liebmann, Uzma Z. Rizvi
E-bok, 2008
674 kr
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In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society-with repect to both the …
Social Construction of Communities
Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest
Av Mark D. Varien, James M. Potter
E-bok, 2008
1766 kr
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The Social Construction of Communities draws on archaeological research in the Southwest to examine how communities are created through social interaction. The archaeological record of the Southwest is important for its precise dating, exceptional preservation, large number of sites, and length of …
Collaboration in Archaeological Practice
Engaging Descendant Communities
Av Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, T. J. Ferguson
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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In Collaboration in Archaeological Practice , prominent archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research). They offer philosophical and practical advice on how to improve the practice of …
Archaeology of Performance
Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics
Av Takeshi Inomata, Lawrence S. Coben
E-bok, 2006
883 kr
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Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are …
Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya
Relational Archaeology at Chunchucmil
Inbunden, 2009
1462 kr
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Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Contrary to contemporary notions of the self as individual and independent, the identities of the ancient Maya grew from their everyday relations and …
Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya
Relational Archaeology at Chunchucmil
E-bok, 2009
1523 kr
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Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Contrary to contemporary notions of the self as individual and independent, the identities of the ancient Maya grew from their everyday relations and …
In Defense of Things
Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects
Inbunden, 2010
1420 kr
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In much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to—or detached from—things, materiality, and landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are entirely 'constructed' by social or cultural perceptions and have no existence in and of themselves. Bjornar …
In Defense of Things
Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects
Häftad, 2013
572 kr
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In much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to—or detached from—things, materiality, and landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are entirely 'constructed' by social or cultural perceptions and have no existence in and of themselves. Bjornar …
In Defense of Things
Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects
E-bok, 2010
624 kr
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In much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to-or detached from-things, materiality, and landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are entirely ''constructed'' by social or cultural perceptions and have no existence in and of themselves. …
Dark Abyss of Time
Archaeology and Memory
Inbunden, 2011
1389 kr
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The field of archaeology continues to face a major crisis of interpretation. The traditional view is that the basic business of archaeology is to reconstruct the history of cultures and civilizations through their material productions. Olivier challenges this view with a new approach to …
Dark Abyss of Time
Archaeology and Memory
Häftad, 2015
647 kr
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The field of archaeology continues to face a major crisis of interpretation. The traditional view is that the basic business of archaeology is to reconstruct the history of cultures and civilizations through their material productions. Olivier challenges this view with a new approach to …
UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value
Value-based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions
Inbunden, 2012
1702 kr
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This book explores the international legal framework developed by UNESCO to identify and protect world heritage and its implementation at the national level. Drawing on close policy analysis of UNESCO’s major documents, extensive professional experience at UNESCO, as well as in-depth analyses of …
UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value
Value-Based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions
E-bok, 2012
631 kr
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This book explores the international legal framework developed by UNESCO to identify and protect world heritage and its implementation at the national level. Drawing on close policy analysis of UNESCO’s major documents, extensive professional experience at UNESCO, as well as in-depth analyses of …
Archaeology beyond Postmodernity
A Science of the Social
Inbunden, 2013
1753 kr
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In the last decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and post-modernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity re-evaluates current interpretive …
Archaeology beyond Postmodernity
A Science of the Social
E-bok, 2013
1926 kr
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In the last decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and post-modernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity re-evaluates current interpretive …
Archaeology of Resistance
Materiality and Time in an African Borderland
Inbunden, 2014
1759 kr
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An Archaeology of Resistance: Materiality and Time in an African Borderland studies the tactics of resistance deployed by a variety of indigenous communities in the borderland between Sudan and Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa is an early area of state formation and at the same time the home of many …
Maya Cultural Heritage
How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past
Inbunden, 2016
1321 kr
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Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern México and northern Central America who became detached from “the ancient Maya” through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century …
UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value
Value-based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions
Häftad, 2015
580 kr
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This book explores the international legal framework developed by UNESCO to identify and protect world heritage and its implementation at the national level. Drawing on close policy analysis of UNESCO’s major documents, extensive professional experience at UNESCO, as well as in-depth analyses of …
Dark Abyss of Time
Archaeology and Memory
E-bok, 2024
1477 kr
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The field of archaeology continues to face a major crisis of interpretation. The traditional view is that the basic business of archaeology is to reconstruct the history of cultures and civilizations through their material productions. Olivier challenges this view with a new approach to …
Appropriated Pasts
Indigenous Peoples and the Colonial Culture of Archaeology
Av Ian J. McNiven, Lynette Russell
Inbunden, 2005
1505 kr
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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.
Appropriated Pasts
Indigenous Peoples and the Colonial Culture of Archaeology
Av Ian J. McNiven, Lynette Russell
Häftad, 2005
660 kr
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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 …
Collaboration in Archaeological Practice
Engaging Descendant Communities
Av Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, T. J. Ferguson
Inbunden, 2007
1492 kr
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In Collaboration in Archaeological Practice, prominent archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research). They offer philosophical and practical advice on how to improve the practice of …
