Jim Dixon UWE, Faculty of Creative Arts I had a bad time in the first half of WAC in Dublin. A combination of bad organisation, questionable quality control in the presentation department and my own unrealistic expectations had led to a quasi-depression. Lacking the funds to abscond to Bruges, I had, by the Wednesday evening…
reviews and commentaries
A response to Philip Duke’s The Tourists Gaze, the Cretans Glance: Archaeology and Tourism on a Greek Island (2007).
Elissa Z. Faro (Dartmouth College) I was lucky enough to read this book for the first time sitting on the beach outside Rethymnon on Crete. At first, I felt as though I were cheating – “working” while enjoying myself at the seaside on a beautiful Greek summer day. On the contrary, only a few pages…
‘Popular culture’ and the archaeological imagination: A commentary on Cornelius Holtorf’s Archaeology is a Brand! (2007)
When presented with the question of “why I became an archaeologist” I tend to cycle between 3 different responses; responses all rooted in childhood experiences. Indeed, which of these I dispense varies with whom I am speaking. My answers are: 1) I enjoyed both digging up and collecting bits and pieces of glass and metal…
Landscape Complexity and New Media: a review of the Carrlands Project Website (Mike Pearson).
Bradley M. Sekedat Brown University A growing number of recent studies seek new ways to engage with landscapes (see references). The Carrlands Project (www.carrlands.org.uk) fits aptly into this category as it explores the complexity of the Carrs in southeastern England through the combination of music, dialogue, and composed sound recordings. The format of this presentation…
Reflections on the 2008 SHA Conference
Brent Fortenberry, Boston University Travis Parno, Boston University This year’s meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Albuquerque, New Mexico examined the interface between the archaeological community and the various publics with whom we interact. Papers explored the logistics, methodologies, and theories behind public archaeologies, a subject which has recently gained much attention. While…
Experience, modes of engagement, archaeology. (WAC-6 session: Participants Welcome!)
We welcome submissions for the WAC session “Experience, modes of engagement, archaeology”. This session is co-organized by Matt Ratto (Sweden/Canada), Krysta Ryzewski (US), and Michelle Charest (US/Ireland), and will be part of the Theme: Archaeological Theory? Legacies, Burdens, Futures, organized by Andrew Cochrane, Ian Russell, Timothy Webmoor, and Christopher Witmore. We invite presentations that critically…