Title & Author:

Postcolonialism, heritage, and the built environment : new approaches to architecture in archaeology / Jessica L. Nitschke, Marta Lorenzon, editors.

Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2020]

Description:

vii, 141 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in archaeology, 1861-6623

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Archaeology, Architecture, and the Postcolonial Critique (Jessica L. Nitschke) -- Architecture and Gender: The Lexicon in Building Archaeology (Marta Lorenzon) -- Boats, Burials, and Beehives: Seeking the Subaltern in the Fortifications at Isthmia, Greece (Jon M. Frey) -- Postcolonial Manifestations of African Spatiality in Europe: The Invisible 'Public' Spaces of Ghent (Luce Beeckmans) -- "No Houses and Skin Garments, Sheep, Poultry and Fruits of the Earth": Aboriginal Australia, Narratives of Human History, and the Built Environment (Martin Porr) -- Colonial Pasts and Neocolonial Presents: The Monumental Arch of Palmyra and so-called Roman Architecture in the Near East (Jessica L. Nitschke) -- The Archaeology of Remembering: Colonial Specters and the Processes of Repackaging the Materiality of Violence, Displacement, and Disenfranchisement (Vuyiswa Lupuwana) -- Multicultural Burial Spaces and Cities: Constructing Identity and Memory with Postcolonial Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemeteries (Yat-Ming Loo) -- Conserve the Sacred: The Profound Needs of the Indigenous Communities of Arica y Parinacota, Chile (Magdalena Pereira Campos).

Summary:

This book proposes new ways of looking at the built environment in archaeology, specifically through postcolonial perspectives. It brings together scholars and professionals from the fields of archaeology, urban studies, architectural history, and heritage in order to offer fresh perspectives on extracting and interpreting social and cultural information from architecture and monuments. The goal is to show how on-going critical engagement with the postcolonial critique can help archaeologists pursue more inclusive, sensitive, and nuanced interpretations of the built environment of the past and contribute to heritage discussions in the present. 0The chapters present case studies from Africa, Greece, Belgium, Australia, Syria, Kuala Lumpur, South Africa, and Chile, covering a wide range of chronological periods and settings. Through these diverse case studies, this volume encourages the reader to rethink the analytical frameworks and methods traditionally employed in the investigation of built spaces of the past. To the extent that these built spaces continue to shape identities and social relationships today, the book also encourages the reader to reflect critically on archaeologists? ability to impact stakeholder communities and shape public perceptions of the past.

ISBN:

9783030608576 paperback
3030608573

Subject:

Ethnoarchaeology.
Built environment.
Colonization Social aspects History.
Archaeology Social aspects.
Postcolonialism.
Archéologie Aspect social.
Postcolonialisme.
Ethnoarchéologie.
Colonisation Aspect social Histoire.
postcolonialism.
ethnoarchaeology.
Archaeology Philosophy

Added entries:

Nitschke, Jessica L., editor.
Lorenzon, Marta, editor.
SpringerBriefs in archaeology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309436
Call No.: BIB 254690
Status: Available