Communities and knowledge production in archaeology Julia Roberts, Ulf R. Hansson, Kathleen L. Shepperd, Jonathan Ralph Trigg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Julia., Editor.

Contributor:

Roberts, Julia, editor.

Hansson, Ulf R., 1966- editor.

Shepperd, Kathleen L., editor.

Trigg, J. R. (Jonathan R.), editor.

Series:

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The dynamic processes of knowledge production in archaeology and elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly viewed as the collaborative effort of groups, clusters and communities of researchers rather than the isolated work of so-called 'instrumental' actors. Shifting focus from the individual scholar to the wider social contexts of her work and the dynamic creative processes she participates in, this volume critically examines the importance of informal networks and conversation in the creation of knowledge about the past. Engaging with theoretical approaches such as the sociology and geographies of knowledge and Actor-Network Theory (ANT), and using examples taken from different archaeologies in Europe and North America from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century, the book caters to a wide readership, ranging from students of archaeology, anthropology, classics and science studies to the general reader.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of figures

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 How archaeological communities think

2 Circular 316

3 'More for beauty than for rarity'

4 Digging dilettanti

5 A romance and a tragedy

6 Geographies of networks and knowledge production

7 'More feared than loved'

8 When the modern was too new

9 'Trying desperately to make myself an Egyptologist'

10 Frontier gentlemen's club

11 Re-examining the contribution of Dr Robert Toope to knowledge in later seventeenth-century Britain

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526134561

152613456X

OCLC:

1229183995

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access