Academic critique and the need for an open mind (a response to Kristiansen)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11507883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Holtorf (0000-0002-0557-9651, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 316 |
| Pages | 490-492 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x0009699x |
| OpenAlex | W2105015177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
In two recent books, From Stonehenge to Las Vegas – Archaeology as popular culture (AltaMira 2005) and Archaeology is a brand! The meaning of archaeology in popular culture (Archaeopress 2007), Cornelius Holtorf wants us to readdress the focus of archaeology from being predominantly a study of the past to becoming a study of its use in popular culture in the present. While I am in general sympathy with the attempt to analyse the role of archaeology in modern popular culture – and his 2007 book especially provides some good examples of that – I am deeply sceptical of Holtorf's theoretical and political programme for archaeology. It represents a dangerous attempt to deconstruct archaeology as a historical discipline in order to allow modern market forces to take over the archaeological heritage and the consumption of the past as popular culture
Aesthetics · Archaeological theory · Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Las vegas · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Skepticism · Sociology · Tourism · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |