Search for dissertations about: "Archaeology of the contemporary past"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words Archaeology of the contemporary past.
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1. An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain : Material and Metaphor
Abstract : The Iron Curtain was seen as the divider between East and West in Cold War Europe. The term is closely connected to the Cold War and expressions such as ‘behind the Iron Curtain’ or ‘after the fall of the Iron Curtain’ are common within historical discussions in the second half of the twentieth century. READ MORE
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2. Sámi Prehistories : The Politics of Archaeology and Identity in Northernmost Europe
Abstract : Throughout the history of archaeology, the Sámi (the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Federation) have been conceptualized as the “Others” in relation to the national identity and (pre)history of the modern states. It is only in the last decades that a field of Sámi archaeology that studies Sámi (pre)history in its own right has emerged, parallel with an ethnic and cultural revival among Sámi groups. READ MORE
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3. Animating soils : geoarchaeological approaches to past human-environment relationships in the Arctic
Abstract : In this thesis, soils and sediments have been used as sources of information on past human activity in Arctic environments. The study has combined geoarchaeological methods and techniques with information from historical documents, ethnographic accounts, and archaeological remains to create integrated narratives of human-landscape interactions in the past. READ MORE
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4. Borderline archaeology : a practice of contemporary archaeology - exploring aspects of creative narratives and performative cultural production
Abstract : This dissertation is a joint dissertation, written by two people about the connectivity of two practices; archaeology and performance. Its contents focus upon the creation of a hybrid field of study that has only just begun to exist. READ MORE
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5. Minnen från vår samtid. Arkeologi, materialitet och samtidshistoria
Abstract : During the last decade, the perspective of contemporary archaeology has been incorporated into the discipline of archaeology. The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to problematiz e contemporary archaeology as a field of research with emphasis on the development of methodology and the public potential that is inherent in this perspective . READ MORE
