Appropriating the Past: Philosophical Perspectives on the Practice of Archaeology
Geoffrey Scarre, Robin Coningham (eds.)
In this book an international team of archaeologists, philosophers, lawyers, and heritage professionals addresses significant ethical questions about the rights to access, manage, and interpret the material remains of the past. The chapters explore competing claims to interpret and appropriate the past and the major ethical issues associated with them, including handling the sacred; contested rights over sites, antiquities, and artifacts; the involvement of local communities in archaeological research; and the legal status of heritage sites. The book covers a range of hotly debated topics in contemporary archaeological practice, focusing particularly on the relationship between academic archaeologists and indigenous communities for whom the material remnants of the past that form the archaeological record may be part of a living tradition and anchors of social identity.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
2012
Εκδότης:
Cambridge University Press
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
364
ISBN 10:
052119606X
ISBN 13:
9780521196062
Αρχείο:
PDF, 2.22 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012