Archaeology has no Relevance

Richer, Suzi; Stump, Daryl; Marchant, Robert

doi:10.11141/ia.53.2

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“…To avoid this risk, we need to carry out detailed cost/ benefit analyses that can quantify these trade-offs over space and time, and which form part of broader integrated research efforts providing the social and cultural data that archaeological datasets often lack (Richer et al 2019). In the case of the Konso highlands, this means assessing whether the economic advantages of sediment capture are sufficient to offset the loss of productivity created by hillside erosion (Stump and Richer 2017).…”

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“…This method also provides a useful framework from which archaeological projects can be structured, providing a guide to help fit together the wide range of archaeological and anthropological information and allow temporal comparisons of food system processes. This is particularly key when archaeology, along with other disciplines, is being asked to demonstrate its wider societal relevance (Richer, Stump, and Marchant 2019;Reed and Ryan 2019;Van der Leeuw and Redman 2002).…”

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Food systems in archaeology. Examining production and consumption in the past

Reed

2021

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Research on food has a long history in archaeology and anthropology, with many agreeing that we need to examine the food of complex societies in a more holistic way, through the various stages from production to disposal. Typically, this has occurred through the application of the concept of foodways, although this has a range of definitions and is generally only used in historical archaeological and anthropological research. By building on this important area of research this paper will explore the usefulness of applying a food-systems framework to understanding food in the past. Systems research is already well established in archaeology, sharing elements with approaches such as social-network analysis and complexity science. These theories have been used to address a broad array of questions about the relationships between actors, activities and outcomes for individuals and larger groups at a range of social scales. Thus food systems can help us to explore greater connections between food, human society and the environment via a combination of different archaeological evidence and comparative data.

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“…First, a minority of authors employ the term transdisciplinary to indicate research that is relevant to society and that involves collaboration with stakeholders (e.g. Richer et al 2019; see also Pohl et al 2017). The appropriate term for such research in the sciences, however, is the 'coproduction' of knowledge (Kirchhoff et al 2013).…”

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Why archaeology's relevance to global challenges has not been recognised

Smith

2021

Antiquity

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Archaeologists are increasingly publishing articles proclaiming the relevance of our field for contemporary global challenges, yet our research has little impact on other disciplines or on policy-making. Here, the author discusses three reasons for this impasse in relevance: archaeologists do not understand how relevance is constructed between fields; too little of our work follows a rigorous scientific epistemology; and we are confused about the target audiences for our messages concerning our discipline's relevance. The author suggests two strategies for moving forward: transdisciplinary collaborative research and the production of quantitative scientific results that will be useful to scientists in disciplines more closely involved in today's global challenges.

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Archaeology has no Relevance

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Usable Pasts Forum: Critically Engaging Food Security

Usable Pasts Forum: Critically Engaging Food Security

Food systems in archaeology. Examining production and consumption in the past

Why archaeology's relevance to global challenges has not been recognised

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