Maria Theresia Starzmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 629944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Theresia Starzmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Theresia |
| FAMILY NAME | Starzmann |
| SIGNATURE | STARZMANN M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Iraq
The Weight of History
In an attempt at situating the experiences of common people within larger historical structures, this paper takes inspiration from innovative historiographical approaches, in particular "history from below". After introductory thoughts on the practice of writing history, we trace several distinct yet interconnected moments in the political history of Iran that have unfolded over the course of three generations. Our textual narrative is accompanie…
Topographies of Removal
Archaeological studies tend to examine prisons as individual sites that order space and restrict mobility. Prisons are not isolated places, however. They are distributed across vast landscapes, forming carceral archipelagos that serve the purpose of removing undesirable populations from political life. Over time, this practice of social banishment has given shape to what I call “topographies of removal”—a geography capable of obscuring the politi…
Rethinking Euro-anthropology
The Materiality of Forced Labor
Global privatized power
The practice of archaeologists and other heritage specialists to embed with the US military in Iraq has received critical attention from anthropologists. Scholars have highlighted the dire consequences of such a partnership for cultural heritage protection by invoking the imperialist dimension of archaeological knowledge production. While critical of state power and increasingly of militarized para-state actors like the self-proclaimed Islamic St…
Leviathan. Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel. New York, NY. 2013, 87 min, DVD, color
Occupying the Past
Excavating Tempelhof airfield
Seeking to critically engage with German post-war politics of memory through a study of material culture, this paper examines the political implications of absence for archaeological work. More specifically, it confronts the problem of the lacuna of the archive of the Holocaust and explores how we can productively engage the archival absences that animate the present. Introducing first results from archaeological excavations at a former forced la…
Imperial Inspections
Cultural Imperialism and Heritage Politics in the Event of Armed Conflict
Cultural Imperialism and Heritage Politics in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Materiality of Forced Labor
Rethinking Euro-anthropology
Excavating Tempelhof airfield
Seeking to critically engage with German post-war politics of memory through a study of material culture, this paper examines the political implications of absence for archaeological work. More specifically, it confronts the problem of the lacuna of the archive of the Holocaust and explores how we can productively engage the archival absences that animate the present. Introducing first results from archaeological excavations at a former forced la…
Imperial Inspections
Occupying the Past
Imperial Inspections
Cultural Imperialism and Heritage Politics in the Event of Armed Conflict
Occupying the Past
Excavating Tempelhof airfield
Seeking to critically engage with German post-war politics of memory through a study of material culture, this paper examines the political implications of absence for archaeological work. More specifically, it confronts the problem of the lacuna of the archive of the Holocaust and explores how we can productively engage the archival absences that animate the present. Introducing first results from archaeological excavations at a former forced la…
Leviathan. Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel. New York, NY. 2013, 87 min, DVD, color
The Materiality of Forced Labor
Global privatized power
The practice of archaeologists and other heritage specialists to embed with the US military in Iraq has received critical attention from anthropologists. Scholars have highlighted the dire consequences of such a partnership for cultural heritage protection by invoking the imperialist dimension of archaeological knowledge production. While critical of state power and increasingly of militarized para-state actors like the self-proclaimed Islamic St…
Rethinking Euro-anthropology
Topographies of Removal
Archaeological studies tend to examine prisons as individual sites that order space and restrict mobility. Prisons are not isolated places, however. They are distributed across vast landscapes, forming carceral archipelagos that serve the purpose of removing undesirable populations from political life. Over time, this practice of social banishment has given shape to what I call “topographies of removal”—a geography capable of obscuring the politi…
Iraq
The Weight of History
In an attempt at situating the experiences of common people within larger historical structures, this paper takes inspiration from innovative historiographical approaches, in particular "history from below". After introductory thoughts on the practice of writing history, we trace several distinct yet interconnected moments in the political history of Iran that have unfolded over the course of three generations. Our textual narrative is accompanie…
Archaeology (8 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works)