The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality

Archaeology has travelled many roads; some of them do not diverge but converge (they are changes of notation, not of content). An exercise on extreme simplification would posit that two of those roads, may be the most visible ones in the last years, lead to distant loci: (a) to the reproduction of e...

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Main Author: Cristóbal Gnecco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2009-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv4n1_2009/caminos(gnecco).pdf
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spelling doaj-26a3af6baef846f28f2ea9a1045818d52020-11-24T23:31:23ZengMuseu Paraense Emílio GoeldiBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas1981-81222009-04-01411526The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationalityCristóbal GneccoArchaeology has travelled many roads; some of them do not diverge but converge (they are changes of notation, not of content). An exercise on extreme simplification would posit that two of those roads, may be the most visible ones in the last years, lead to distant loci: (a) to the reproduction of epistemic violence against other societies and their histories (a modern project, to be sure, but also multicultural); and (b) to interdiscursive understanding. This paper is a sketch of the findings that anyone venturing into those roads could eventually make.http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv4n1_2009/caminos(gnecco).pdfArchaeologyEpistemic violenceMulticulturalismRelationality
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The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
Archaeology
Epistemic violence
Multiculturalism
Relationality
author_facet Cristóbal Gnecco
author_sort Cristóbal Gnecco
title The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
title_short The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
title_full The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
title_fullStr The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
title_full_unstemmed The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
title_sort ways of archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality
publisher Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
series Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
issn 1981-8122
publishDate 2009-04-01
description Archaeology has travelled many roads; some of them do not diverge but converge (they are changes of notation, not of content). An exercise on extreme simplification would posit that two of those roads, may be the most visible ones in the last years, lead to distant loci: (a) to the reproduction of epistemic violence against other societies and their histories (a modern project, to be sure, but also multicultural); and (b) to interdiscursive understanding. This paper is a sketch of the findings that anyone venturing into those roads could eventually make.
topic Archaeology
Epistemic violence
Multiculturalism
Relationality
url http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv4n1_2009/caminos(gnecco).pdf
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