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J Social Archaeol 7 (2)
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Title:
J Social Archaeol 7 (2)
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Series:
Journal of Social Archaeology
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Volume:
7 (2)
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Journal
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Editor:
Lynn Meskell
Joshua Pollard
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Publisher:
Sage Publications
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Year of Publication:
2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://jsa.sagepub.com/content/vol7/issue2/
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12 Jul 2007
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Representations of the nation and cultural diversity in discourses on World Heritage
Sophia Labadi
147 - 170
The article presents the main values for which 106 sites have been nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The article then analyses how these values have been used for the representation of the nation, the past and cultural diversity and the construction of national collective identities. The exclusions of specific themes and groups of the population as well as their histories and values from these representations are highlighted. Finally, international efforts that aim to relocate these themes and subjects from a marginal to a more central position within official discourses on World Heritage are detailed.
The art of archaeology: Mark Dion and his dig projects
Flora Vilches
199 - 223
The article discusses two `dig projects' of American artist Mark Dion, Tate Thames Dig (1999) and New England Digs (2001), in which he advances a critique of classificatory systems by borrowing the methodology of archaeology. While the artist explicitly displays the process of laboratory analysis as an `object' itself, his critique is not directed to nor informed by any particular theoretical school within the discipline. However, Dion's representation of the archaeological process resonates with some elements of postprocessualism. Knowing the genealogy of the artist is vital to understanding such an affinity. In addition, Dion's classifications have an impact on the audience in terms of the construction and reproduction of historical identity, something apparent in the different reception of his work in England and in the USA. This difference is also apparent in the construction and reproduction of archaeological practice in each country.
Landscape politics and colonial identities: Sir Richard Colt Hoare's tour of Ireland, 1806
Joanna Brück
224 - 247
In 1807, the well-known English antiquarian, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, published an account of his travels in Ireland the previous year. This included detailed descriptions of the Irish landscape and its antiquities, agricultural practices and the Irish peasantry. The article explores how Colt Hoare's evaluation of the Irish landscape and its constituent elements was informed by contemporary social and political concerns. Landscape acted as a metaphor through which colonial and national identities were constructed. It was constituted both as an economic resource and an object of aesthetic contemplation -- in either case, underpinning the political hierarchy of the day. It is argued that within this context, antiquarianism -- like travel writing -- emerges as one of a suite of related elite practices which facilitated the appropriation of landscape both in Britain and abroad.