Materiality and social practice: transformative capacities of intercultural encounters

Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessitates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology and, then a broader und...

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Weitere Verfasser: Maran, Joseph (HerausgeberIn) , Stockhammer, Philipp (HerausgeberIn)
Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift Sammelband
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Havertown Oxbow Books 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessitates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology and, then a broader understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and objects. Adopting a transcultural approach forces us to change archaeology's approach towards items coming from the outside. By using them mostly for reconstructing systems of exchange or for chronology, archaeology has for a long time reduced
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ISBN:9781842174586