Appropriate narratives : archaeologists, publics and stories / edited by Elisabeth Niklasson and Thomas Meier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niklasson, Elisabeth.

Meier, Thomas, 1966-

European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting 2010 : Hague, Netherlands)

European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting 2011 : Oslo, Norway)

European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting 2012 : Helsinki, Finland)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Archaeolingua. Series minor ; 1216-6847 33.

Archaeolingua. Series Minor, 1216-6847 ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--European Union countries--Congresses.

Group identity.

Archaeology--European Union countries--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Cultural property--Protection--European Union countries--Congresses.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection.

European Union countries.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Archaeolingua Alapítvány, 2013.

Summary:

How do different publics receive and transform archaeologists' stories? Archaeologists frequently - and often disappointingly - realise that their academic results are heavily "misunderstood" and transformed when their stories enter public discourse, even if they themselves have simplified their stories before handing them over to the visitor, listener or reader. The eleven authors of this book regard such public receptions of archaeological narratives as productive transformations in their own right and reject an old fashioned notion of academic knowledge versus the misunderstood and deteriorated narratives of "the villagers". The paternalistic guidance of the public towards the academically sanctioned truth, as endorsed by modernity, has meant that these appropriations have consistently been disregarded and deemed useless. However, if we view such public transformations of archaeological knowledge as attempts to make archaeologists' results meaningful outside the academic sphere, they become vital for archaeologists to understand their own place in wider society. More specifically, such analysis of what is received on different levels and how archaeological narratives are transformed, will enhance archaeologists' ability to meet requirements of different publics and relate to their preconceptions of both archaeologists and objects. Book jacket.

Contents:

The nature of narratives

A visit to the Motel of the Mysteries: Stories and storytelling in archaeology / Gerhard Ermischer Ermischer, Gerhard 29

Archaeology as European Added Value / Elisabeth Niklasson Niklasson, Elisabeth 49

Archaeological nature writing in the making of past landscapes - an ecocritical approach to prehistoric wilderness in Finnish archaeology / Tuija Kirkinen Kirkinen, Tuija 87

The stakeholders of narratives

A report from a person who appropriates archaeologists' narratives for the public / Michael A. Cremo Cremo, Michael A. 111

"Selecting what is important for the reader": About appropriations and transformations of archaeology in the mass media / Diane Scherzler Scherzler, Diane 133

Archaeology and identity in a Bavarian village - academic and local histories / Thomas Meier Meier, Thomas 145

Neopaganism, archaeological content and the belief in "Celts" / Jutta Leskovar Leskovar, Jutta 185

Greece-for example...

The Acropolis of Athens as imaginary neighbour in the local 'homeland' / Stella Katsarou-Tzeveleki Katsarou-Tzeveleki, Stella 201

Public versus professional perceptions of an invisible heritage: A Greek case study / John Bintliff Bintliff, John 237

It's the fort that counts, Cultural marginalisation and alternative monumentality in a Greek community / Hamish Forbes Forbes, Hamish 249

The dangers of narratives

Disarmed post-socialist archaeologies? Social attitudes to interpreting the past - an interim report from Hungary / Eszter Bánffy Bánffy, Eszter 271.

Notes:

Papers from two round table sessions held at the EAA Annual meetings at The Hague (2010), Oslo (2011), and Helsinki (2012).

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

963991147X

9789639911475

OCLC:

857880127

Publisher Number:

99957645940

Online:

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