Rui Gomes Coelho
Biographic Data
| ID | 136267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rui Gomes Coelho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rui Gomes |
| FAMILY NAME | Coelho |
| SIGNATURE | COELHO R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3936-1722 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Archaeology of Guerrillas in Europe: An Introduction
Cambedo, 1946: Letter on the Discovery of Portugal
Portugal ceased to have colonies in 1975, but continues to be constituted by colonial power relations. How can archaeology help deconstruct the idea of a nation-state as it appears in the hegemonic narrative that shapes today’s Portugal? We address this question with the genealogical method, which shall connect contemporary struggles over the decolonization of the public space with historical resistance to nation-state assimilation in Cambedo, a …
Materialising inequalities in past, present and future
The juniper tree. A conversation with Michael B. Schiffer and Randall H. McGuire
What are the circumstances through which we become archaeologists? In April 2018, Rui Gomes Coelho met with his former adviser, Randall H. McGuire, and his adviser’s adviser, Michael B. Schiffer, for a conversation about the reasons why they became interested in archaeology, about mentorship and about how they connect their experiences to broader social questions. This conversation is an affective reflection that crosses the emergence of behaviou…
An archaeologist of images: A conversation with Edouard Duval-Carrié and Anthony Bogues
In the autumn of 2019, Brown University hosted a major exhibition by the world renowned Haitian, Miami-based artist Edouard Duval-Carrié (b. 1954), curated by Brown's Professor of Humanities and Africana Studies, specialist on Haitian history and art, Anthony Bogues. The title was 'The Art of Embedded Histories'. As the title of the exhibition indicates, and as even a cursory look at this work could show, Duval-Carrié's practice and output speak …
The politics of interpretation in historical archaeology
This chapter examines the emergence of the political subject in historical archaeology. The postprocessualist turn opened up space for the role of politics in archaeological interpretation. This process was heavily influenced by the development of Marxist critiques, whereby archaeology became a tool to understand the modern world as much as a process through which archaeologists became aware of modern inequalities and injustices. Drawing from Ala…
Cambedo, 1946
Portugal deixou de ter colônias em 1975, mas, apesar disso, continua a ser constituído por relações de poder coloniais. De que modo pode a arqueologia contribuir para desconstruir a ideia de um estado-nação como o que encontramos na narrativa hegemônica que dá forma ao Portugal de hoje? Responderemos a esta questão com um método genealógico, conectando discussões contemporâneas sobre a descolonização do espaço público à forma como historicamente …
O jardim dos refugiados
O presente artigo busca discutir o jardim como um objeto que permite problematizar a questão dos refugiados, campos de concentração, plantations escravistas e outras circunstâncias extremas do mundo moderno e contemporâneo. O autor argumenta que o jardim pode ser caracterizado como um tropo da modernidade em sua evocação de agência e liberdade, mas também de aprisionamento e violência. A arqueologia é percebida como um poderoso instrumento para t…
An archaeology of decolonization: Imperial intimacies in contemporary Lisbon
The fall of the European empires over the course of the 20th century forced massive migratory flows from the former colonies to the old metropolis and between colonized regions. The experiences that came with the loss of colonies were traumatic for the erstwhile colonials, who carried their imperial nostalgia to the old metropolises. The social and political consequences of these longings are still unfolding in former colonizing societies. This a…
Topographies of Freedom
Vamos la saindopor esses campos foraque a manha vem vindodos lados da aurora.1As an archaeologist, I consider how the institution of slavery in the 19th century was constitutive of the modern liber
Garden of Refugees
Every garden needs to be tendered, and needs a caretaker who knows about the cycles and moods of nature. It is hard to conceive that refugees may have anything to do with gardens, as they are always on the move. In this essay I will examine gardens and refugees. Gardens are not only ecological phenomena but also the articulation of ideas, places and action. They can be places that express the power of humanity over natural circumstances, the proj…
An archaeology of decolonization: Imperial intimacies in contemporary Lisbon
The fall of the European empires over the course of the 20th century forced massive migratory flows from the former colonies to the old metropolis and between colonized regions. The experiences that came with the loss of colonies were traumatic for the erstwhile colonials, who carried their imperial nostalgia to the old metropolises. The social and political consequences of these longings are still unfolding in former colonizing societies. This a…
Materialising inequalities in past, present and future
Topographies of Freedom
Vamos la saindopor esses campos foraque a manha vem vindodos lados da aurora.1As an archaeologist, I consider how the institution of slavery in the 19th century was constitutive of the modern liber
Garden of Refugees
Every garden needs to be tendered, and needs a caretaker who knows about the cycles and moods of nature. It is hard to conceive that refugees may have anything to do with gardens, as they are always on the move. In this essay I will examine gardens and refugees. Gardens are not only ecological phenomena but also the articulation of ideas, places and action. They can be places that express the power of humanity over natural circumstances, the proj…
Garden of Refugees
Every garden needs to be tendered, and needs a caretaker who knows about the cycles and moods of nature. It is hard to conceive that refugees may have anything to do with gardens, as they are always on the move. In this essay I will examine gardens and refugees. Gardens are not only ecological phenomena but also the articulation of ideas, places and action. They can be places that express the power of humanity over natural circumstances, the proj…
Topographies of Freedom
Vamos la saindopor esses campos foraque a manha vem vindodos lados da aurora.1As an archaeologist, I consider how the institution of slavery in the 19th century was constitutive of the modern liber
O jardim dos refugiados
O presente artigo busca discutir o jardim como um objeto que permite problematizar a questão dos refugiados, campos de concentração, plantations escravistas e outras circunstâncias extremas do mundo moderno e contemporâneo. O autor argumenta que o jardim pode ser caracterizado como um tropo da modernidade em sua evocação de agência e liberdade, mas também de aprisionamento e violência. A arqueologia é percebida como um poderoso instrumento para t…
An archaeology of decolonization: Imperial intimacies in contemporary Lisbon
The fall of the European empires over the course of the 20th century forced massive migratory flows from the former colonies to the old metropolis and between colonized regions. The experiences that came with the loss of colonies were traumatic for the erstwhile colonials, who carried their imperial nostalgia to the old metropolises. The social and political consequences of these longings are still unfolding in former colonizing societies. This a…
The politics of interpretation in historical archaeology
This chapter examines the emergence of the political subject in historical archaeology. The postprocessualist turn opened up space for the role of politics in archaeological interpretation. This process was heavily influenced by the development of Marxist critiques, whereby archaeology became a tool to understand the modern world as much as a process through which archaeologists became aware of modern inequalities and injustices. Drawing from Ala…
Cambedo, 1946
Portugal deixou de ter colônias em 1975, mas, apesar disso, continua a ser constituído por relações de poder coloniais. De que modo pode a arqueologia contribuir para desconstruir a ideia de um estado-nação como o que encontramos na narrativa hegemônica que dá forma ao Portugal de hoje? Responderemos a esta questão com um método genealógico, conectando discussões contemporâneas sobre a descolonização do espaço público à forma como historicamente …
The juniper tree. A conversation with Michael B. Schiffer and Randall H. McGuire
What are the circumstances through which we become archaeologists? In April 2018, Rui Gomes Coelho met with his former adviser, Randall H. McGuire, and his adviser’s adviser, Michael B. Schiffer, for a conversation about the reasons why they became interested in archaeology, about mentorship and about how they connect their experiences to broader social questions. This conversation is an affective reflection that crosses the emergence of behaviou…
An archaeologist of images: A conversation with Edouard Duval-Carrié and Anthony Bogues
In the autumn of 2019, Brown University hosted a major exhibition by the world renowned Haitian, Miami-based artist Edouard Duval-Carrié (b. 1954), curated by Brown's Professor of Humanities and Africana Studies, specialist on Haitian history and art, Anthony Bogues. The title was 'The Art of Embedded Histories'. As the title of the exhibition indicates, and as even a cursory look at this work could show, Duval-Carrié's practice and output speak …
Materialising inequalities in past, present and future
The Archaeology of Guerrillas in Europe: An Introduction
Cambedo, 1946: Letter on the Discovery of Portugal
Portugal ceased to have colonies in 1975, but continues to be constituted by colonial power relations. How can archaeology help deconstruct the idea of a nation-state as it appears in the hegemonic narrative that shapes today’s Portugal? We address this question with the genealogical method, which shall connect contemporary struggles over the decolonization of the public space with historical resistance to nation-state assimilation in Cambedo, a …
Art (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · History (3 works)