Handbook of Postcolonial Archaeology

by Lydon,Jane; Lydon,Jane

• ISBN13: 9781598741827
• ISBN10: 1598741829
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This essential handbook explores the relationship between the postcolonial critique and the field of archaeology, a discipline that developed historically in conjunction with European colonialism and imperialism. In aiding the movement to decolonize the profession, the contributors to this volume-themselves from six continents and many representing indigenous and minority communities and disadvantaged countries-suggest strategies to strip archaeological theory and practice of its colonial heritage and create a discipline sensitive to its inherent inequalities. Summary articles review the emergence of the discipline of archaeology in conjunction with colonialism, critique the colonial legacy evident in continuing archaeological practice around the world, identify current trends, and chart future directions in postcolonial archaeological research. Contributors provide a synthesis of research, thought, and practice on their topic. The articles embrace multiple voices and case study approaches, and have consciously aimed to recognize the utility of comparative work and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the past. This is a benchmark volume for the study of the contemporary politics, practice, and ethics of archaeology. Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress

Author Biography

Jane Lydon is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University in Melbourne. She is the author of Many Inventions: The Chinese in the Rocks, 1890–1930 and of Fantastic Dreaming: Archaeology of an Aboriginal Mission and coeditor of Object Lessons: Archaeology and Heritage in Australia. She has previously worked for the Museum of Sydney, the Australian Heritage Commission, the Victoria Archaeological Survey, and as coordinator of a heritage program at La Trobe University.

Uzma Rizvi is Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She has a Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania and most recently served as a post-doc fellow at the Institute for Humanities of Stanford Univesrity. Rizvi is an anthropologist specializing in archaeology of complex societies, with a passion for cities and urbanism.  She recently co-edited the volume Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	p. 11
Series Editors' Foreword	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 15
Introduction: Postcolonialism and Archaeology	p. 17
The Archaeological Critique of Colonization: Global Trajectories	p. 35
Colonialism and European Archaeology	p. 39
Near Eastern Archaeology: Imperial Pasts, Postcolonial Presents, and the Possibilities of a Decolonized Future	p. 51
"Diba Jimooyung"-Telling Our Story: Colonization and Decolonization of Archaeological Practice from an Anishinabe Perspective	p. 61
The Colonial Legacy in the Archaeology of South Asia	p. 73
The Colonial Experience of the Uncolonized and Colonized: The Case of East Asia, Mainly as Seen from Japan	p. 81
Resurrecting the Ruins of Japan's Mythical Homelands: Colonial Archaeological Surveys in the Korean Peninsula and Heritage Tourism	p. 93
Archaeology in Colonial and Postcolonial USSR	p. 113
Commentaries
Subjectivity and Science in Postcolonial Archaeology	p. 125
Archaeology Enters the 21st Century	p. 133
Archaeological Narratives of Colonialism	p. 141
Writing New Archaeological Narratives: Indigenous North America	p. 145
The Archaeology of Historical Indigenous Australia	p. 165
Liberation, and Emancipation: Constructing a Postcolonial Archaeology of the African Diaspora	p. 185
Encounters with Postcolonialism in Irish Archaeology	p. 199
An Africa-Informed View of Postcolonial Archaeologies	p. 215
Commentaries
The Archaeological Survey of India and the Science of Postcolonial Archaeology	p. 227
Shades of the Colonial	p. 235
Addressing/Redressing the Past: Restitution, Repatriation, and Ethics	p. 241
Repatriation in the United States: The Current State of NAGPRA	p. 245
Repatriation: Australian Perspectives	p. 257
Australian and International Perspectives on Native Title, Archaeology, and the Law	p. 267
Cultural Property: Internationalism, Ethics, and Law	p. 285
New Museological Ways of Seeing the World: Decolonizing Archaeology in Lebanese Museums	p. 295
Commentaries
The Global Repatriation Debate and the New "Universal Museums"	p. 303
Efficacy of "Emic" and "Etic" in Archaeology and Heritage	p. 311
Colonial and Postcolonial Identities	p. 323
Gender and Sexuality	p. 327
Cultural Identity, and Colonial and Postcolonial Archaeologies	p. 351
Class Identity and Postcolonialism	p. 365
Race and Class	p. 375
Commentaries
An Archaeologist Finds Her Voice: A Commentary on Colonial and Postcolonial Identities	p. 387
Archaeology, Ancestral Bodies, and Native American Identity in the New Millennium: Commentary on Colonial and Postcolonial Identities	p. 393
Strategies of Practice: Implementing the Postcolonial Critique	p. 401
Community Heritage and Partnership in Xcalakdzonot, Yucatán	p. 405
Partnership Archaeology and Indigenous Ancestral Engagement in Torres Strait, Northeastern Australia	p. 413
Archaeological Practice at the Cultural Interface	p. 429
Ethnographic Interventions	p. 445
Colonialism, Conflict, and Connectivity: Public Archaeology's Message in a Bottle	p. 459
Commentaries
Public Interest Anthropology: A Model for Engaged Research Tied to Action	p. 471
Cultural Resources Management, Public Archaeology and Advocacy	p. 481
Epilogue: Postcolonialism and Archaeology	p. 495
Index	p. 505
About the Contributors	p. 513
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