Year
2016
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 2-hour seminar weekly
Prerequisites
9 units of second level ARCH topics
Enrolment not permitted
ARCH3007 has been successfully completed
Topic description
This topic examines the politics of archaeological knowledge and practice. It considers what archaeologists know about power, ethnic and gender relations in past societies, how they know it and how this knowledge is used in the present. It also considers how these issues inform professional archaeological practice as well as some of the ways in which a politically and socially aware archaeology differs from, and links to, other forms of archaeology.
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- help students obtain a thorough understanding of the ways in which archaeological data is used to support various theories relating to power, ethnicity and gender
- help students learn to critically evaluate the manner in which notions of power, ethnicity and gender inform archaeological practice in the present
- make students aware of some of the ethical and social justice issues that underpin archaeological debates
- integrate students into wider, professional contact networks
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will have demonstrated:
- a familiarity with the ways in which archaeological data is used in the politics of archaeological practices, especially in terms of supporting various theories relating to power, ethnicity and gender
- an understanding of the various ways in which these kinds of issues are approached from a global perspective
- an understanding of the concerns that underpin the feminist archaeological movement, and the movement for a decolonised archaeology that incorporates social justice issues into archaeological practice
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
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