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Homeless heritage : collaborative social archaeology as therapeutic practice / Rachael Kiddey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiddey, Rachael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homelessness--Great Britain.
- Homelessness.
- Homelessness--Anthropological aspects--Great Britain.
- Social archaeology--Great Britain.
- Social archaeology.
- Homelessness--Anthropological aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Homeless Heritage describes the process of using archaeological methodologies to collaboratively document how contemporary homeless people use and experience the city. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken in Bristol and York, the book first describes the way in which archaeological methods and theory have come to be usefully applied to the contemporary world, before exploring the historical development of the concept of homelessness. Working with homeless people, the author undertook surveys and two excavations of contemporary homeless sites, and the team co-curated two public heritage exhibitions-with surprising results. Complementing a growing body of literature that details how collaborative and participatory heritage projects can give voice to marginalized groups, Homeless Heritage details what it means to be homeless in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Welcome to the croft!
- "A community of sciences"
- Homelessness in a global historical context
- An ethic of care
- Wandering abroad : ethnographic journeys in the city
- "Are you looking for a body?" : excavating contemporary homeless places
- "This whole project has given me focus, hope, and positivity" : the co-presentation of findings
- Applied heritage
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780191916915
- 0191916919
- Publisher Number:
- 99986541009
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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