Unruly Heritage - Archaeologies of the Anthropocene

Exploring the current clash between the prevailing conceptions of heritage as, on the one hand, something valued and thus worth saving and, on the other, a haunting and unwanted legacy, this book urges a radical reconsideration of our understanding of heritage in line with the notion of an unruly legacy . The fundamental argument is based on a less anthropocentric and more ecologically focussed perspective, where case studies are presented on the following countries: Canada, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United States.More specifically, the multidisciplinary approach of the contributions, ranging from archaeology and heritage studies to philosophy and environmental politics, explores a wide range of topics in the contemporary world such as industrialisation and technology; material profusion; modernist architectural material; coastal reclamations; and naval mines. The result is a volume that challenges our idea of the archaeology of the Anthropocene and offers a rethinking of the traditional understanding of heritage as an exclusive field devoid of negative issues.>

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• Authors: Stein Farstadvoll, Godi, Bj248 Olsen, rnar Julius
• Assisted by: Stein Farstadvoll (Editor), Geneviève Godin (Editor), Bjørnar Julius Olsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9781350426368
• ISBN: 978-1-350-42636-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Conservation of the environment, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Environmental archaeology, Industrial archaeology