Postcolonial archaeologies between discourse and practice

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ID3918649
AuthorsPeter Van Dommelen (0000-0003-0970-6651, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue1
Pages1-6
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2011.544883
OpenAlexW2063332167
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited26

As postcolonial theories have gradually but persistently gained more prominence in archaeology over the last decade or so, most attention has been directed towards critiques of contemporary academic and, to a lesser extent, popular representations of past colonial contexts. Much less effort has been spent on alternative and fresh interpretations of the colonial contexts in the past themselves. In this issue, however, the focus is firmly on 'doing archaeology' along postcolonial lines. That means either novel interpretations and perspectives on colonial situations in the past, whether distant or less so, or reflections on fieldwork and research in contemporary postcolonial contexts. In both cases, the underlying assumption is that postcolonial theories offer exciting perspectives for doing archaeology differently and it is the aim of this issue to explore these differences, both past and present

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Postcolonial literature · Postcolonialism (international relations · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy

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