Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory explores the place of Africa in archaeological theory, and the place of theory in African archaeology. The centrality of African models in reconstructions is explored, focusing on materiality and agency in the past. The differences between how African models are used in western theoretical discourse and the use of that theory within Africa are also highlighted, as a means to explore the nature of theory itself. Thus, this dual purposed volume is a timely intervention into archaeological theory, deconstructing the taken-for-granted foundations of the ways we approach the past…mehr
Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory explores the place of Africa in archaeological theory, and the place of theory in African archaeology. The centrality of African models in reconstructions is explored, focusing on materiality and agency in the past. The differences between how African models are used in western theoretical discourse and the use of that theory within Africa are also highlighted, as a means to explore the nature of theory itself. Thus, this dual purposed volume is a timely intervention into archaeological theory, deconstructing the taken-for-granted foundations of the ways we approach the past
Stephanie Wynne-Jones is a Swahili archaeologist at the University of York, specializing in East African coastal urbanism, material culture and social practice. Jeffrey B. Fleisher is Associate Professor at Rice University and Director of the Rice University Archaeological Field School.
Inhaltsangabe
I. Disciplinary engagements with Africa1 Theory in Africa: Africa in theory Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher 2 African models in global histories Scott MacEachern 3 The Problem of equifinality in archaeology Felix Chami 4 The place of Africa in theory Henrietta Moore II. Theory in Africa5 Problems with practice: Dynamic interpretation in African archaeology Stephanie Wynne-Jones 6 Situating the Swahili house Jeffrey Fleisher 7 Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria Akin Ogundiran 8 Settlements and culture: Cognitive models in African prehistory Thomas Huffman 9 Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana Kodzo Gavua 10 What kind of science is archaeology? Iron Age studies in southern Africa Per Ditlef Fredriksen III. Africa in Archaeological Theory: Impacts beyond the Continent11 Iron Age imaginaries and barbarian encounters: European prehistory's African past Paul Lane 12 The African State in Theory: Thoughts on Political Landscapes and the Limits of Rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere) François G. Richard 13 Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape Timothy Insoll 14 Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff: Thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice Susan Kus IV. Commentary15 Joost Fontein 16 Wendy Ashmore
I. Disciplinary engagements with Africa1 Theory in Africa: Africa in theory Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher 2 African models in global histories Scott MacEachern 3 The Problem of equifinality in archaeology Felix Chami 4 The place of Africa in theory Henrietta Moore II. Theory in Africa5 Problems with practice: Dynamic interpretation in African archaeology Stephanie Wynne-Jones 6 Situating the Swahili house Jeffrey Fleisher 7 Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria Akin Ogundiran 8 Settlements and culture: Cognitive models in African prehistory Thomas Huffman 9 Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana Kodzo Gavua 10 What kind of science is archaeology? Iron Age studies in southern Africa Per Ditlef Fredriksen III. Africa in Archaeological Theory: Impacts beyond the Continent11 Iron Age imaginaries and barbarian encounters: European prehistory's African past Paul Lane 12 The African State in Theory: Thoughts on Political Landscapes and the Limits of Rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere) François G. Richard 13 Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape Timothy Insoll 14 Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff: Thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice Susan Kus IV. Commentary15 Joost Fontein 16 Wendy Ashmore
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