Lande: The Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond

How can Archaeology help us understand our contemporary world? This ground-breaking book reflects on material, visual and digital culture from the Calais "Jungle". to reassess how we understand 'crisis', activism, and the infrastructure of national borders in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

Info autore

Dan Hicks is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. Dan's research combines Archaeology and Anthropology to study the modern and contemporary world through material and visual culture, from museum collections to landscapes and 'heritage'. Sarah Mallet is Postdoctoral Researcher and TORCH Research Fellow in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and co-curator for the Pitt Rivers Museum exhibition LANDE: the Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond.

Riassunto

How can Archaeology help us understand our contemporary world? This ground-breaking book reflects on material, visual and digital culture from the Calais “Jungle”. to reassess how we understand `crisis’, activism, and the infrastructure of national borders in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dan Hicks, Dan (University of Oxford) Hicks, Sarah (University of Oxford) Mallet, Sarah Mallet
• Editore: Bristol University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 22.05.2019
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9781529206180
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0618-0
• Numero di pagine: 154
• Illustrazioni: 41
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 20.5 x 13.5 x 1.7 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 278 g