The Materiality of Desire
Building Alternative Histories For A Hebridean Crofting Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11611819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shannon Fraser (0009-0007-1732-1117, corresponding author), Shannon Marguerite Fraser |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 157 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 375-398 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.2000.11078961 |
| OpenAlex | W1965319943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Focusing upon the restructuring over many years of a mid nineteenth-century ‘blackhouse’ in the crofting township of Callanish, on the Outer Hebridean Isle of Lewis in northwestern Scotland, this paper explores the manner in which a number of interests repeatedly rewove the fabric of the building over time as a means of expressing often competing views of society and community. In an attempt to make sense of and legitimize the present and project a desired future, various groups literally built strategic, contradictory and conditional pasts, infusing the material fabric of everyday life with a political dynamic. The paper concludes with observations on the implications for the practice of ‘cultural resource management’ as strategic negotiation of the politics of past and present
Aesthetics · Art · Everyday life · Materiality (auditing · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Restructuring · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Historical Studies of British Isles · Irish and British Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2011 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |