Posthuman Archaeologies, Archaeological Posthumanisms

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5796028
AutoresCraig N Cipolla (0000-0002-0668-4517, Royal Ontario Museum), Rachel J Crellin (0000-0002-8297-1083, University of Leicester), Oliver J T Harris (0000-0002-2053-9172, University of Leicester)
Año2021
Volumen1
Número1
Fecha de publicación2021-05-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Posthumanism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2634-3576 • E-ISSN: 2634-3584
EditorialNobel Press Resources (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33182/jp.v1i1.1357
OpenAlexW3157411159
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

This paper maps and builds relations between posthumanism and the field of archaeology, arguing for vital and promising connections between the two. Posthuman insights on post-anthropocentrism, non-human multiplicities, and the minoritarian in the now intersect powerfully with archaeology's multi-temporal and long-term interests in heterogenous and vibrant assemblages of people, places, and things, particularly the last few decades of 'decolonial' re-imaginings of the field. For these reasons, we frame archaeology as the historical science of posthumanism. We demonstrate the discipline's breadth through three vignettes concerning archaeology's unique engagements with multiplicities of objects, multiplicities of scales, and multiplicities of people. These examples, we argue, speak to the benefits of becoming posthuman archaeologists and archaeological posthumanists

Anthropocentrism · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies