Putting the Soul into Archaeology—Integrating Interpretation into Practice

Linde, Sjoerd J. van der; Dries, M.H. van den; Wait, G. R.

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“…Exemplen lyfter en variation av förslag, som alla på sina sätt har potential att bidra till arbetet med angelägna samhällsfrågor som rör ut bildning, social hållbarhet, tillväxt, vård och ett framtida inkluderande samhälle. I jämförelse med hur uppdragsarkeologi är organiserad i andra länder, är förut sättningarna i Sverige goda för att skapa en sådan utvecklad uppdragsarkeologi ( se diskussion i Bofinger & Krausse 2012, Florjanowicz 2016, Kristiansen 2009, Orange & Perring 2017, PargaDans 2019, Ravn 2013, Schlanger & Aitchison 2010, Stefánsdóttir 2019, van der Linde et al 2018, Watson 2019, Webley et al 2012, Willems 2014. Det har aldrig funnits så många högutbildade arkeologer inom svensk uppdragsarkeologi som nu, forskning har aldrig tidigare präglat så stora delar av verksamheterna och styrdokument har tidigare inte så tydligt som nu förankrat uppdragsarkeologins verksamheter i relation till nationella kulturpoli tiska mål och målen för kulturmiljöarbetet.…”

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In this text we discuss how Swedish contract archaeology can develop its socialengagement by creating new areas of relevance to society, beyond the generalactivities of disseminating results. We do so by giving concrete examples of howthis can be done, using archaeological excavations as a starting point. The examplesinclude engaging the local community in future planning for a social sustainableliving environment, collaboration with the tourism sector, development of teachingmaterials for secondary schools, memory training for people with acquired braindamage, and school programs focusing on a socially sustainable and inclusive society.The purpose of the text is to inspire change, by showing development opportunitiesfor future contract archaeology that will benefit both performers and recipients,and contribute to society’s multifaceted needs.

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“…They either (1) exclude artifacts from their education efforts to deemphasize the focus on objects or (2) provide what the public wants—the presentation of artifacts, mock excavations, and interactions at professional excavations and archaeological sites. Although there are notable exceptions to this generalization (e.g., Smardz 2000; van der Linde et al 2018), these two reactions have the potential to color either the public's or our experiences as archaeologists when we meet at the archaeology education table.…”

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Touching the Past to Remember the Past

Dudley

Domeischel

2020

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Although we, as archaeologists, recognize the value in teaching nonprofessionals about our discipline and the knowledge it generates about the human condition, there are few of these specialists compared to the number of archaeologists practicing today. In this introductory article to the special section titled “Touching the Past to Learn the Past,” we suggest that, because of our unique training as anthropologists and archaeologists, each of us has the potential to contribute to public archaeology education. By remembering our archaeological theory, such as social memory, we can use the artifacts we engage with on a daily basis to bridge the disconnect between what the public hopes to gain from our interactions and what we want to teach them. In this article, we outline our perspective and present an overview of the other three articles in this section that apply this approach in their educational endeavors.

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“…It has led some archaeologists to design projects and innovate field workflows that include a plurality of native experts and heritage interpreters in research, from “the trowel's edge” to the formulation of a narrative about the past (Perry ; Van der Linde et al. ).…”

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New Digs: Networks, Assemblages, and the Dissolution of Binary Categories in Anthropological Archaeology

Kosiba

2019

American Anthropologist

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Anthropological archaeology has long been a process of categorization. The history of the subdiscipline could be rendered in terms of an ongoing project to create, critique, and then refashion the categories by which archaeologists understand and explain social and ecological processes. Despite ever-changing theoretical tides, many archaeologists have continued to adhere to a lingua franca that demarcates their object of study, whether "the past," "nature," complexity, material culture, or historical knowledge. In 2018, strong currents in archaeological scholarship have both challenged and washed out the boundaries of many of these epistemological mainstays. This was more than a postmodern exercise to question metanarratives of history or to destabilize supposed social universals. The recent scholarship develops innovative theoretical perspectives and sophisticated methodological tools to shed light on the varied human interactions, practices, and projects that were previously occluded by research too sharply focused on bounded categories such as periods, polities, adaptations, and meanings. Furthermore, archaeologists are now more than ever critically examining the colonial institutions that they perpetuate and seeking to establish new common ground with Indigenous communities. A decidedly archaeological perspective seems to be taking shape.This is a view that sees social life from the ground up in terms of complicated relationships between people, things, and other organisms that cannot be reduced to catchall categories. [year in review, archaeology, archaeological theory, current issues, Indigenous archaeology, environmental anthropology] RESUMEN La arqueología antropológica ha sido durante mucho tiempo un proceso de categorización. La historia de la subdisciplina podría ser descrita en términos de un proyecto continuo de crear, criticar y luego rehacer las categorías a través de las cuales los arqueólogos entienden y explican los procesos sociales y ecológicos. A pesar de las mareas teóricas siempre cambiantes, muchos arqueólogos han continuado adhiriéndose a una lengua franca que demarca su objeto de estudio, ya sea "el pasado", "naturaleza", complejidad, cultura material o conocimiento histórico.En 2018, corrientes fuertes en la investigación arqueológica han tanto retado como difuminado los límites de muchos de los pilares epistemológicos. Esto fue más que un ejercicio posmoderno para cuestionar metanarrativas de la historia o para desestabilizar supuestos universales sociales. La reciente investigación desarrolla perspectivas teóricas innovadoras y herramientas metodológicas sofisticadas para arrojar luz sobre las variadas interacciones humanas, prácticas y proyectos que estuvieron previamente ocluidos por investigación excesivamente enfocada en categorías delimitadas tales como períodos, unidades políticas, adaptaciones y significados. Además, los arqueólogos ahora están más que nunca examinando críticamente las instituciones coloniales que perpetúan y buscando establecer un nuevo terreno común con las c...

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Putting the Soul into Archaeology—Integrating Interpretation into Practice

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

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Touching the Past to Remember the Past

New Digs: Networks, Assemblages, and the Dissolution of Binary Categories in Anthropological Archaeology

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