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Title Archaeology and capitalism : from ethics to politics / edited by Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke
Published Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series One world archaeology series ; 54
One world archaeology ; 54.
Contents pt. 1. Introduction: From ethics to politics / Yannis Hamilakis -- pt. 2. Ethics in question -- When theory, practice, and policy collide, or Why do archaeologists support cultural property claims? / Alexander A. Bauer, Shanel Lindsay, and Stephen Urice -- Ethical challenges to a postcolonial archaeology : the legacy of scientific colonialism / George Nicholas and Julie Hollowell -- Cultural sensitivity, science, and ethical imperatives : contemporary archaeology in the Southwestern United States / Charles R. Riggs -- What does it mean "to give the past back to the people"? : archaeology and ethics in the postcolony / Nick Shepherd -- pt. 3. Archaeology in capitalism, archaeology as capitalism -- British commercial archaeology : antiquarians and labourers, developers and diggers / Paul Everill -- Ethics, capitalism, and public archaeology in Brazil / Pedro Paulo A. Funari and Erika M. Robrahn-González -- The historical process of the commoditization of the Near Eastern past by archaeologists : empire, war, civilization, and other assets / Tamima Orra Mourad -- Archaeology within marketing capitalism / Alice B. Kehoe -- Sustainable" heritage? : public archaeological interpretation and the marketed past / Neil Asher Silberman -- Contemporary museum practice in Cusco, Peru / Helaine Silverman -- pt. 4. Ethical futures, emancipatory archaeologies -- "Grabe, wo du stehst!" : an archaeology of perpetrators / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock -- The archaeology of the Spanish Civil War : recovering memory and historical justice / Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè [and others] -- The culture of caring and its destruction in the Middle East : women's work, water, war, and archaeology / Maggie Ronayne -- Ethics, objectivity, and emancipatory archaeology / Dean J. Saitta
Summary The contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its relationship to power, and explore how archaeologists can become more overtly agents of social change for individuals and communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
Archaeologists -- Professional ethics -- Congresses
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Philosophy -- Congresses
Postcolonialism -- Congresses
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Congresses
Capitalism -- Political aspects -- Congresses
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects
Archaeologists -- Professional ethics
Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
Archaeology -- Philosophy
Archaeology -- Political aspects
Archaeology -- Social aspects
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects
Capitalism -- Political aspects
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Postcolonialism
Archäologie
Kapitalismus
Ethik
Ethik -- Archäologie -- Kongressbericht.
Kapitalismus -- Archäologie -- Kongressbericht.
Archäologie -- Ethik -- Kongressbericht.
Archäologie -- Kapitalismus -- Kongressbericht.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Hamilakis, Yannis, 1966-
Duke, P. G.
World Archaeological Congress (5th : 2003 : Washington, D.C.)
LC no. 2007025526
ISBN 9781598747171
1598747177
1315434210
9781315434216
1315434202
9781315434209