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Anthropological and Archaeological Perspectives on Fugitive Slaves ANTH 390A: Archaeology and the Politics of the Past Monday Wednesday 2:20-3:50 PM Asbury Hall 007 Dr. Lydia Wilson Marshall Office: Asbury Hall 223 Email: [email protected] Phone: 765-658-4508 Office Hours: 2:30-4 PM Tuesday and Friday or by appointment. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course explores how archaeology is used in the political production of narratives about the past. We will consider how "history" is constructed, analyze the close relationship between power and the production of "history," and review how archaeological research is appropriated for nationalist and religious projects. Students will analyze the relationship between archaeologists and the media, consider why Native Americans often reject archaeological knowledge as foreign logic, and explore the public popularity and power of alternative archaeologies such as psychic archaeology and astroarchaeology. A final section of the course-- focused on archaeological tourism, collecting, looting, and repatriation--challenges students to more broadly engage the question "who owns the past?" COURSE TEXTBOOKS Thomas, David Hurst 2000 Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity. New York: Basic Books. Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 1995 Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Boston: Beacon Press. All other assigned readings will be posted as pdfs in Moodle or placed on reserve in the library. 2 SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT AND EXAM DUE DATES 2/11: Analyzing Popular Histories Exercise due in hard copy in class 2/24: Take-Home Exam #1 due at 4 PM via Moodle (Note: not a class day.) 3/31: Take-Home Exam #2 due at 4 PM via Moodle (Note: not a class day.) 4/13: Analyzing Kennewick Man Exercise due in hard copy in class 5/11: Take-Home Essay Exam #3 due via Moodle by 4 PM CLASS SCHEDULE AND READINGS Monday, 1/26: The Present in the Past Wednesday, 1/28: NO CLASS (University-Wide Conversation on Inclusiveness) Monday, 2/2: The Past as a Political Resource Said, Edward W. 2000 Invention, Memory, and Place. Critical Inquiry 26(2):175-192. Monday, 2/2 – Deadline to drop (cancel) or add Spring Term 2015 classes THEME 1: POWER AND HISTORY Wednesday, 2/4: The Power of Silences Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 1995 The Power in the Story. In Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Pp. 1-30. Boston: Beacon Press. Analyzing Popular Histories Exercise handed out Monday, 2/9: Unthinkable History Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 1995 The Three Face of Sans Souci and An Unthinkable History. In Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Pp. 31-107. Boston: Beacon Press. Wednesday, 2/11: Power and Commemoration Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 1995 Good Day, Columbus, The Presence in the Past, and Epilogue. In Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Pp. 108-156. Boston: Beacon Press. Analyzing Popular Histories Exercise due Monday, 2/16: The Invention of Tradition Hobsbawm, Eric 1983 Introduction: Inventing Traditions. In The Invention of Tradition. Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, eds. Pp. 1-14. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3 Lowenthal, David 1985 Reliving the Past: Dreams and Nightmares (excerpt). In The Past is a Foreign County. Pp. 3-13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Upton, Dell 1996 Ethnicity, Authenticity and Invented Traditions. Historical Archaeology 30(2):1- 7. Take-Home Exam #1 handed out (covers material through 2/18) Wednesday, 2/18: The Production of History: The Underground Railroad as a Case Study Blight, David W. 2004 Why the Underground Railroad, and Why Now?: A Long View. In Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory. David W. Blight, ed. Pp. 233-247. New York: Smithsonian Books. Delle, James A. 2008 A Tale of Two Tunnels: Memory, Archaeology, and the Underground Railroad. Journal of Social Archaeology 8(1):63-93. THEME 2: ARCHAEOLOGY AND NATIONALISM Monday, 2/23: Nationalism and Archaeology in Nazi Germany Arnold, Bettina 2002 Justifying Genocide: Archaeology and the Construction of Difference. In Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide. Alexander L. Hinton, ed. Pp. 95-116. Berkeley: University of California Press. Schmidt, Martin 1999 Reconstruction as Ideology: The Open-Air Museum at Oerlinghausen, Germany. In The Constructed Past: Experimental Archaeology, Education and the Public. Philippe Planel and Peter G. Stone, eds. Pp. 146-156. London: Routledge. Tuesday, 2/24: Take-Home Exam #1 due at 4 PM via Moodle Wednesday, 2/25: Nationalism and Archaeology in Israel El-Haj, Nadia Abu 2003 Reflections on Archaeology and Israeli Settler-Nationhood. Radical History Review 86:149-163. Hallote, Rachel S. and Alexander H. Joffe 2002 The Politics of Israeli Archaeology: Between ‘Nationalism’ and ‘Science’ in the Age of the Second Republic. Israel Studies 7(3):84-116. Monday, 3/2: Nationalism and Archaeology in the United States Gable, Eric and Richard H. Handler 1996 After Authenticity at an American Heritage Site. American Anthropologist 98(3):568-578. 4 McManamon, Francis 2003 Archaeology, Nationalism, and Ancient America. In The Politics of Archaeology and Identity in a Global Context. Susan Kane, ed. Pp. 115-137. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America. Wednesday, 3/4: Nationalism and Archaeology in Greece Forbes, Hamish 2014 Archaeology and the Making of Improper Citizens in Modern Greece. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 27(1):79-100. Yalouri, Eleana 2001 The Acropolis Past and Present. In The Acropolis: Global Fame, Local Claim. Pp. 27-48. Oxford: Berg Publishers. THEME 3: ARCHAEOLOGY AND POPULAR CULTURE Monday, 3/9: The Archaeologist in Popular Culture Holtorf, Cornelius 2007 The Archaeologist in Popular Culture: Key Themes (excerpt). In Archaeology is a Brand!: The Meaning of Archaeology in Contemporary Popular Culture. Pp. 62-91. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. Holforf, Cornelius 2007 An Archaeological Fashion Show: How Archaeologists Dress and How They Are Portrayed in the Media. In Archaeology and the Media. T. Clack and M. Brittain, eds. Pp. 69-88. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. Wednesday, 3/11: Archaeology in Film McGeough, Kevin 2006 Heroes, Mummies, and Treasure: Near Eastern Archaeology in the Movies. Near Eastern Archaeology 69 (3/4):174-185. Schablitsky, Julie M. and Nigel J. Hetherington 2012 Archaeology on the Screen. In Archaeology in Society: Its Relevance in the Modern World. Marcy Rockman and Joe Flatman, eds. Pp. 139-152. New York: Springer. Monday, 3/16: Archaeology on Television Cline, Eric, Neil Asher Silberman, and Cornelius Holtorf 2008 Forum: Archaeologists and the Media. Near Eastern Archaeology 71(3):172-179. Piccini, Angela 2007 Faking it: Why the Truth is So Important for TV Archaeology. In Archaeology and the Media. T. Clack and M. Brittain, eds. Pp. 221-236. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. Take-Home Exam #2 handed out (covers material through 3/18) 5 Wednesday, 3/18: Archaeology in National Geographic Gero, Joan and Dolores Root 1996 Public Presentations and Private Concerns: Archaeology in the Pages of National Geographic. In The Politics of the Past. P.W. Gathercole and D. Lowenthal, eds. Pp. 19- 37. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. Solometo, Julie and Joshua Moss 2013 Picturing the Past: Gender in National Geographic Reconstructions of Prehistoric Life. American Antiquity 78(1): 123-146. Friday, 3/20: Last day to withdraw from a course with grade of W (strictly enforced), and change a course from grade to pass/fail or from pass/fail to grade Monday, 3/23-Friday 3/27: NO CLASS (Spring Break) THEME 4: ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES Monday, 3/30: Archaeology and Native Americans: The Backstory Thomas, David Hurst. 2000 Chapters 1-6. In Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for American Identity. Pp. 1-63. New York: Basic Books. Tuesday, 3/31: Take-Home Exam #2 due at 4 PM via Moodle Wednesday, 4/1: Archaeology and Native Americans: Science as a Weapon Thomas, David Hurst. 2000 Chapters 7-11. In Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for American Identity. Pp. 64-120. New York: Basic Books. Monday, 4/6: Archaeology and Native Americans: Deep American History Thomas, David Hurst. 2000 Chapters 12-17. In Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for American Identity. Pp. 123-174. New York: Basic Books. Analyzing Kennewick Man Exercise handed out. Wednesday, 4/8: Archaeology and Native Americans: “The Indians Refuse to Vanish” Thomas, David Hurst. 2000 Chapters 18-21. In Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for American Identity. Pp. 177-221. New York: Basic Books. Monday, 4/13: Archaeology and African Americans La Roche, Cheryl J. and Michael L. Blakey 1997 Seizing Intellectual Power: The Dialogue at the New York African Burial Ground Historical Archaeology 31(3):84-106. 6 Patten, M. Drake 1997 Cheers of Protest? The Public, the Post, and the Parable of Learning. Historical Archaeology 31(3):132-139. Singleton, Theresa A. 1997 Facing the Challenges of a Public African-American Archaeology. Historical Archaeology 31(3):146-152. Analyzing Kennewick Man Exercise due Wednesday, 4/15: NO CLASS Professor Marshall will be in San Francisco at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. THEME 5: WHO OWNS THE PAST? Monday, 4/20: Alternative Archaeology Anderson, Pia 2012 Alternative Archaeology: Many Pasts in Our Present. Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 59(2/3):125-137. Däniken, Erich von 1970 The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities. In Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. Pp. 119-130. New York: Putnam. Schwartz, Stephen A. 2005 Children of the Change: Garrad and Reid. In The Secret Vaults of Time: Psychic Archaeology and the Quest for Man’s Beginnings. Pp. 198-221. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company. Wednesday, 4/22: Alternative Archaeology vs. Mainstream Archaeology Fagan, Garret G. 2006 Diagnosing Pseudoarchaeology. In Archaeological Fantasies: How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public.
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