1st Edition

Global Social Archaeologies Making a Difference in a World of Strangers

By Koji Mizoguchi, Claire E Smith Copyright 2019
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Global Social Archaeologies contributes to the active engagement of contemporary social archaeology through addressing issues such as postcolonialism, community heritage, and Indigenous rights. It addresses the major challenge of breaking down global divides, especially in relation to fundamental human rights, inequality, and inequities of wealth, power, and access to knowledge. This... Read more

Introduction; Preface; CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY, AND WHY SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY?; CHAPTER 2. FROM ARCHAEOLOGY TO ARCHAEOLOGIES; CHAPTER 3. THE PANORAMA OF SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGIES; CHAPTER 4. MATERIALITY, MEMORY AND MONUMENTS; CHAPTER 5. THE ROLE OF KOFUN TUMULI IN JAPANESE NATION BUILDING; CHAPTER 6. ARCHAEOLOGY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; CHAPTER 7. ARCHAEOLOGIES OF CONTEMPORARY WORLDS; CHAPTER 8. THE EMERGENCE OF ENGAGED ARCHAEOLOGY; CHAPTER 9. ARCHAEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

 

 

 

Biography

Claire Smith is Professor of Archaeology at Flinders University, Australia, and the immediate past president of the World Archaeological Congress.

Koji Mizoguchi is Professor of Archaeology at Kyushu University, Japan, and the current president of the World Archaeological Congress.