Angela
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- ISBN 9783631611425
- Weight: 370g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 2011
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is about the archaeology of the present and the very recent past. Archaeology’s repertoire of questions, procedures, methodologies and terminologies, its material manifestations (protected sites, public museums, archives) and its popular appeals are rooted in modernity. Contemporary archaeologies marry archaeology in the modern world with the archaeology of the modern world. Their strengths lie in a stimulating mix of interdisciplinary practices across academic, public-sector and professional contexts. This book brings together a wide variety of original case-studies, from contemporary theme parks to the bases of Antarctica expeditions, from a rocket engine test site in Australia to Swedish automobile history, from tiger enclosures to the ‘privatisation of experience’, and from a Nevada peace camp to a stretch of gutter in Bristol.
Cornelius Holtorf is Associate Professor in Archaeology at Linnaeus University, Kalmar (Sweden). He recently published two books on archaeology and popular culture.
Angela Piccini is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at the School of Arts at the University of Bristol (UK). She recently co-edited books on contemporary archaeology and practice-as-research.
Angela Piccini is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at the School of Arts at the University of Bristol (UK). She recently co-edited books on contemporary archaeology and practice-as-research.
