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- Siapkas, Johannes, 1969-
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An Ontology of the Other : Reflections on Michel de Certeau's Philosophy
- 2015
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In: La Torre del Virrey. - : AJUNTAMIENTO ELIANA. - 1885-7353 .- 2255-2022. ; :17, s. 48-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The author examines the relations between the notion of the Other, historiography and relational ontology and Certeau's particular vision about them. In his work, Certeau attempts to understand the Other and to incorporate it into historiographical discourses through the employment of different concepts - strategy, tactics, heterology- that are analyzed in this paper as fundamental elements in Certeau's thinking in this field.
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- Siapkas, Johannes, 1969-
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Skulls from the Past : Archaeological Negotiations of Scientific Racism
- 2016
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In: Bulletin of the History of Archaeology. - : UBIQUITY PRESS LTD. - 1062-4740 .- 2047-6930. ; 26:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper examines the permeation of scientific racism in classical archaeology during the 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it investigates the anthropological studies of graves from the Swedish excavations at Asine and the British excavations at Mycenae and the appropriation of these results in classical archaeology. Terms like archaeological culture, people, race, in general and in precise forms, were used metonymically to signify clear-cut bounded entities with diachronically immutable characteristic traits. I argue that there were epistemological similarities between scientific racism and culture-historical archaeology since both are founded on essentialism. This article has further epistemological implications since it illustrates that foundational analytical practices, like categorizations and constructions of archaeological cultures, have conceptual affinities with discourses that many of us today find troubling. This can serve to foster critical reflection and to illustrate that histories of archaeology can contribute to the advancement of the epistemology of archaeology.
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