Contemporary archaeology and the city : creativity, ruination, and political action / edited by Laura McAtackney and Krysta Ryzewski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAtackney, Laura, 1977- editor.

Ryzewski, Krysta, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban archaeology.

Urban archaeology--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Contemporary Archaeology and the City' foregrounds the archaeological study of post-industrial and other urban transformations through a diverse, international collection of case studies. Over the past decade contemporary archaeology has emerged as a dynamic force for dissecting and contextualizing the material complexities of present-day societies. Contemporary archaeology challenges conventional anthropological and archaeological conceptions of the past by pushing temporal boundaries closer to, if not into, the present. The volume is organized around three themes that highlight the multifaceted character of urban transitions in present-day cities - creativity, ruination, and political action. The case studies offer comparative perspectives on transformative global urban processes in local contexts through research conducted in the struggling, post-industrial cities of Detroit, Belfast, Indianapolis, Berlin, Liverpool, Belem, and post-Apartheid Cape Town, as well as the thriving urban centres of Melbourne, New York City, London, Chicago, and Istanbul. Together, the volume contributions demonstrate how the contemporary city is an urban palimpsest comprised by archaeological assemblages - of the built environment, the surface, and buried sub-surface - that are traces of the various pasts entangled with one another in the present.

Contents:

Section I Creativity

1 Artist Spaces in Berlin: Defining and Redefining a City through Contemporary Archaeology / Carolyn L. White White, Carolyn L., Steven Seidenberg Seidenberg, Steven 31

2 Cultural Heritage and Political Ecology: A Modest Proposal from Istanbul via Detroit / Ian Alden Russell Russell, Ian Alden 51

3 Making Music in Detroit: Archaeology, Popular Music, and Post-industrial Heritage / Krysta Ryzewski Ryzewski, Krysta 69

Section II Ruination

4 Embers from the House of Blazes: Fragments, Relics, Ruins of Chicago / Rebecca S. Graff Graff, Rebecca S. 91

5 Commemorating Melbourne's Past: Constructing and Contesting Space, Time, and Public Memory in Contemporary Parkscapes / Madeline Shanahan Shanahan, Madeline, Brian Shanahan Shanahan, Brian 111

6 Ruined by the Thirst for Urban Prosperity: Contemporary Archaeology of City Water Systems / April M. Bisaw Bisaw, April M. 132

7 Ruins of the South / Alfredo González-Ruibal González-Ruibal, Alfredo 149

Section III Political Action

8 Creative Destruction and Neoliberal Landscapes: Post-industrial Archaeologies Beyond Ruins / Sefryn Penrose Penrose, Sefryn 171

9 Repercussions of Differential Deindustrialization in the City: Memory and Identity in Contemporary East Belfast / Laura McAtackney McAtackney, Laura 190

10 A Renaissance with Revenants: Images Gathered from the Ruins of Cape Town's Districts One and Six / Christian Ernsten Ernsten, Christian 211

11 Encountering Home: A Contemporary Archaeology of Homelessness / Courtney Singleton Singleton, Courtney 229

12 The Optimism of Absence: An Archaeology of Displacement, Effacement, and Modernity / Paul R. Mullins Mullins, Paul R. 244

13 Conclusion: A Future for Urban Contemporary Archaeology / Krysta Ryzewski Ryzewski, Krysta, Laura McAtackney McAtackney, Laura 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780198803607

0198803605

OCLC:

972771135

Publisher Number:

99973860882