Archaeology and the governance of material culture: A case study from south-eastern Australia
In: Norwegian archaeological review, Jg. 34 (2001), Heft 2, S. 97-105
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What are the consequences of using the discourse of archaeological knowledge in cultural heritage management (CHM)? In this article the inter-relationship of archaeological theory and practice, CHM and the politics of identity is analysed, using as a case study the history of archaeological and CHM practice in south-eastern Australia. A critical reading of Foucault's 'govemmentality' thesis illustrates how archaeological knowledge has come to play a role in the regulation and arbitration of Aboriginal cultural identity in south-eastern Australia. In effect, archaeological knowledge becomes mobilized by public policy-makers as a 'technology of government' and becomes implicated in the governance of cultural identity. Further consequences of this process are that material culture, as 'heritage', becomes a resource of power in the politics of identity and archaeological practice, and theory itself, becomes regulated, or 'governed', by its inclusion in CHM.
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Archaeology and the governance of material culture: A case study from south-eastern Australia
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | SMITH, Laurajane |
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Zeitschrift: | Norwegian archaeological review, Jg. 34 (2001), Heft 2, S. 97-105 |
Veröffentlichung: | Colchester: Taylor & Francis, 2001 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print; 1 p.1/2 |
ISSN: | 0029-3652 (print) |
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