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- Berggren, Åsa, et al.
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From Spectator to Critic and Participant : A New Role for Archaeology in Ritual Theory
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 10:2, s. 171-197
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to understand ritual in the past, archaeology has long relied on theories developed in other disciplines. While these theories, which often rely on written or oral information, have added many important dimensions to our interpretation of the archaeological record, they have often proven difficult to successfully articulate with the archaeological sources. Moreover, archaeology has tended to remain on the receiving end of the formulation of social theory, and has only rarely participated in the theoretical development and critique. In this article we argue that we see a central role for archaeology to contribute to the development of ritual theory. Through two case studies from Scandinavian prehistory we illustrate how the application of a practice-based ritual theory allows us to more firmly connect the theoretical framework to our archaeological sources. This connection not only leads us toward a synchronization of materials, methods and theories, but it also allows us to engage in the broader interdisciplinary theoretical discussion about ritual. The specific challenges posed by the archaeological sources and the archaeological process of interpretation point to new questions relating to the application of theoretical frameworks, and may even suggest some solutions.
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- Bolin, Annalisa, et al.
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Rwandan solutions to Rwandan problems : Heritage decolonization and community engagement in Nyanza District, Rwanda
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : Sage Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 22:1, s. 3-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Highlighting the rural district of Nyanza in Rwanda, this article examines community relations to heritage resources. It investigates the possibilities for more ethical, engaged models of heritage management which can better deliver on agendas of decolonization and development. Our research finds that Nyanza’s heritage stakeholders highly value heritage’s social and economic roles, but communities are also significantly alienated from heritage resources. In seeking to bridge this gap, heritage professionals utilize a discourse of technocratic improvement, but community leaders emphasize ideas of ownership, drawing on higher state-level discourses of self-reliance and “homegrown solutions.” They mobilize the state’s own attempts to filter developing, decolonizing initiatives through Rwandan frameworks to advocate for communities’ right to participate in heritage. This local agency offers a roadmap for utilizing favorable aspects of existing governance to push heritage management toward community engagement and decolonization.
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- Burström, Mats, 1962-, et al.
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Dealing with difficult heritage : The case of Bückeberg, site of the Third Reich Harvest Festival
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 11:3, s. 266-282
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- From 1933 to 1937 the German National Socialist (Nazi) Party arranged an annual harvest festival at Bückeberg, close to the city of Hamelin. The festival was one of the symbolically most important celebrations in the Third Reich; at its height, more than one million people are reported to have gathered there. A special arena, designed by Albert Speer, was built to handle the large number of participants. Although extensive remains of this arena have survived, local feeling has prevented them from receiving official recognition as a historical monument. This paper presents the Bückeberg site and discusses the responsibilities of heritage professionals towards sites which may have significance as testimony to the past but which are not actively championed by the public.
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- Burström, Mats, 1962-, et al.
(författare)
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Memories of a world crisis : The archaeology of a former Soviet nuclear missile site in Cuba.
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - Los Angeles : SAGE. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 9:3, s. 295-318
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Santa Cruz de los Pinos is a small town like most others in the Cuban countryside. But half a century ago it was the epicenter of the 1962 Missile Crisis. During that time it served as a Soviet base for middle-range nuclear missiles, and the US air reconnaissance photos of it were spread through media all around the world. The crisis was solved through negotiations without Cuban involvement, and as a result of this neglect the Missile Crisis has been an under-communicated part of history in Cuba. A Swedish-Cuban research project has now investigated what kinds of memories of the crisis remain today at the former missile base – in the ground as well as in people’s minds. Digging in the ground has proved to be an effective way to start a remembering process and to help disarm a politically loaded history and uncover other stories than those dominating ‘big history’.
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- Ekblom, Anneli, 1969-, et al.
(författare)
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Negotiating identity and heritage through authorised vernacular history, Limpopo National Park
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : Sage Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 7:1, s. 49-68
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we assess vernacular history, traditional authority and the use of heritage places as mediums for negotiating ancestry, identity, territory and belonging based on conversations, interviews and visitations to heritage places together with residents in Limpopo National Park. We explore how particular vernacular histories become dominant village history through the authorisation of traditional leaders and their lineage histories and how traditional leaders use heritage places to mediate narratives. Authorised vernacular histories are narratives about mobility and identity, but they are also localised narratives about ‘home’ in terms of access to resources and heritage places. We discuss how lineage histories and traditional authority are mobilised or questioned in the context of the ongoing displacement of local residents through resettlement programmes and make comparisons with the historical experiences of evictions in the neighbouring Kruger and Gonarezhou National Parks. We emphasise the need for residents to remain connected to and in control of heritage places; otherwise, the linkages between these places, ancestral authority, and present-day authority risk being severed.
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- Garazhian, Omran, 1970-, et al.
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Mortuary practices in Bam after earthquake : An ethnoarchaeological study
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : Sage Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 8:1, s. 94-112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- On 26 December 2003, an earthquake in Bam, south-eastern Iran, resulted in an estimated death toll of 40,000. This article suggests that post-disaster burial practices provide alternative avenues for research, notably the changes in burial styles, grave markers and other material culture associated with burials. This article is the result of ethnoarchaeological research conducted on eight cemeteries in Bam, at intervals of 2, 6 and 17 months after the earthquake. The cemeteries chosen span a time period of 200 years prior to the disaster to 17 months after it, in order to track a wide range of long-term patterns. The post-disaster burial patterns are compared with those patterns prior to the disaster. We hope to demonstrate that the patterns present can be used to interpret burial practices under conditions such as natural disasters in archaeological contexts.
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- Herva, Vesa-Pekka, et al.
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Unearthing Atlantis and performing the past : Ancient things, alternative histories and the present past in the Baroque world
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 15:1, s. 116-135
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses fabrications and alternative histories, and their relationship with antiquarian and early archaeological practice, in the Baroque world through the case of an alabaster urn reportedly found in the garden of a Swedish royal castle in 1685. The urn, decorated with a strange inscription, is used to address broader issues of how the past was conceived in the Baroque world, and how the relationship between the past and present was manipulated through antiquarian research. Certain characteristics of the urn and its cultural life have led modern scholarship to dismiss the artefact as unauthentic' and hence uninteresting, whereas this article seeks to reconsider the nature and meanings of fabricating the past in the 17th century. It will be argued that the past was not fixed in the Baroque world, but various material and magical practices enabled altering the past. It is against that background, and within the Baroque relational understanding of reality, that the 17th-century interest in and manipulations of the urn must be understood.
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- Källén, Anna, 1973-, et al.
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Introduction : Transcending the aDNA Revolution
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 21:2, s. 149-156
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the past decade, technological developments known as “next-generation sequencing” have enabled genome-wide analyses of ancient DNA (aDNA) to take place more quickly and cheaply than before. These developments have had important consequences for archaeological knowledge and practice, most notably in the rapidly growing field of archaeogenomics (also referred to as archaeogenetics or paleogenomics).
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- Källén, Anna
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The invisible archaeologist : Letters from the UNESCO Secretariat 1946-1947
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 14:3, s. 383-405
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Drawing on 81 original letters written by an executive member of staff at UNESCO's Secretariat 1946-1947, this article aims to deneutralize the work of individual scholars and intellectuals in the officially neutral and invisible Secretariat, and situate the foundational work of UNESCO in the reality of post-war Paris. Olov R. T. Janse, a Swedishborn archaeologist who had worked in Europe, French Indochina and for US intelligence services, worked six months at the UNESCO Secretariat, from November 1946 to May 1947. The letters he sent home to his wife Ronny abound with details and information about his work and life, in and around the UNESCO Secretariat. They outline connections with pre-Second World War cosmopolitan networks and colonial structures, against a background of harsh human reality in post-war Paris, and thus situate UNESCO's foundation at the point of intersection between pre-war nostalgia and post-war dreams of a peaceful future.
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- Merrill, Samuel, 1984-, et al.
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Exploring Hidden Narratives: Conscript Graffiti at the Former Military Base of Kummersdorf
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : Sage Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 13:1, s. 101-121
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the cultural significance and interpretative potential of graffiti left by Soviet conscripts at Kummersdorf, a former military base in the German federal state of Brandenburg. The graffiti is framed as war art and its typology, distribution and content is studied in detail. In this way opportunities for further research are highlighted, as well as the potential for the graffiti to contribute to interpretative and conservation strategies. We demonstrate how the graffiti embodies multi-level interpretative narratives which can help to reveal hidden aspects of Soviet conscript life and cultural practices whilst alluding to global events and Soviet and Russian military policy. More generally, the article aims to promote the potential of graffiti and other forms of what is traditionally considered vandalism to contribute to the cultural significance and interpretation of heritage sites.
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- Naum, Magdalena
(författare)
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Ambiguous pots:Everyday practice, migration and materiality.The case of medieval Baltic ware on the island of Bornholm (Denmark)
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Social Archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 12:1, s. 92-119
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Archaeologists routinely deal with the remains of everyday life. Yet the significance and dimensions of daily practices are rarely reflected upon. Merging Bourdieu’s theory of practice, recent theories of everyday life and the materiality approach in archaeology, this study addresses the potential importance of daily practices and mundane objects in dealing with a rupture caused by migration. As a case study I use an example of medieval (eleventh century) Western Slavic migration to the island of Bornholm (Denmark) and production and daily handling of ceramic pots, the so-called Baltic ware. I explore the possible background to the introduction of the new pottery style, its significance for the local population of the island and above all the meanings these types of ceramics could have had for the immigrant Slavs.
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- Humavindu, Michael Nokokure, et al.
(författare)
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Community based wildlife management failing to link conservation and financial viability
- 2015
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Ingår i: Animal Conservation. - : Wiley. - 1367-9430 .- 1469-1795. ; 18:1, s. 4-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Given the considerable popularity of community-based wildlife management as a conservation tool, it is of interest to assess the long-run sustainability of this policy not only in conservation terms, but also in financial terms. In this paper, we use cost–benefit analysis to study the social and financial sustainability of a large set of community conservancies in Namibia, one of the few countries where community-based wildlife management policies have been in place long enough to assess their long-term viability. We find that, although the social sustainability is generally good, the financial sustainability is problematic – especially for the younger conservancies: there is no real link between conservation achievements and financial success. This calls into question the long-term sustainability of many of these conservancies: if they are unable to generate enough revenue to pay for their running expenditure, they will eventually fail – even if they are successful from a conservation point of view. Similar problems, linked to the way in which external funders have pushed for additional conservancies to be established regardless of financial considerations, are likely to be present in other countries that have implemented such programmes.
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