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Visualizing Archaeologies: a Manifesto

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2007

Andrew Cochrane  and
Ian Russell
Andrew Cochrane
Affiliation:
School of History & Archaeology, Cardiff University, PO Box 909, Cardiff, CF10 3XU, Wales; [email protected].
Ian Russell
Affiliation:
School of Histories & Humanities, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland; [email protected].
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Is archaeology a science? Is archaeology a humanity? What are the politics of spectatorship and archaeological representation? These initial thoughts form the basis for our archaeological explorations. Within current archaeological discourse, there are a growing number of requests for expressions, which illuminate and expose the interpretive and artistic qualities of presentation and narration. Yet few scholars actively utilize expressive practice to explore these philosophical issues. As such, we feel that it is an opportune time to intervene in visual and textual discourse by issuing a manifesto for our project. We call for a development of a critically reflexive practice of visual archaeological expressionism, which seeks to contest traditional modes of thought and action.

Keywords

visual archaeologyarchaeological theoryart and archaeology
Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 3 - 19
Copyright
© 2007 The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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