Morag Kersel schrieb:
> (with apologies for cross-posting)
>
> Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association,
>
> November 28-December 2, 2001 (Washington, DC)
>
> Call for papers for Fall, 2001
>
> Session: Marketing Heritage:  Global Goods and the
> Endangered Past
>
> The notion that the ‘past’ may be used for nationalistic,political or
> commercial purposes has become increasingly apparent in the literature of
> anthropological archaeologists, historians, and social scientists. At
> best,the expansion of programs such as UNESCO’s ‘world heritage
> sites’ herald a period in which we may expect to see the protection of
> sites, the strengthening or formation of community identities, and increased
> economic integration within an expansionary global market system.  Less
> optimistically, however, unbridled commercial development may undermine the
> very heritage sites that are being promoted, and corporate interests may
> subsume local interests, economically and culturally.  These processes may
> even create greater opportunities for domination and exclusion of
> alternative interpretations of the past, or cast aside local interests and
> cultural ties to heritage sites and landscapes.  This session is designed to
> explore new ideas and developments in our understanding of
> “heritage” sites, monuments and artifacts from the perspective of an
> archaeology informed by anthropological and historic preservation concepts.
> Through these case studies, we will attempt to comprehend how artifacts and
> heritage sites, as well as site interpretation, tourism,nationalism and the
> globalization of the past have come to
> be exploited as cultural capital and commodities.
>
> Our session is planned for 12-13 speakers.
> Papers will be limited to 15 minutes.
>
> Organizers: Yorke M. Rowan (Smithsonian Institution, Department of
> Anthropology)
> Jonathan Golden (Drew University, Department of Anthropology)
>
> Session Chair: Uzi Baram (Division of Social Sciences,
> New College of the University of South Florida.)
>
> Please submit to:
> Yorke Rowan
> Department of Anthropology
> National Museum of Natural History
> Smithsonian Institution
> MRC 112
> Washington DC 20560-0112
> Office tel: (202) 357-2683
> FAX: (202) 357-2208
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>
> Abstracts are limited to 250 words.
> Final deadline for abstracts is April 1st, 2001 but the
> session chair would welcome them sooner.
>
> Abstract, participation, AAA membership, and
> pre-registration forms are all available on-line at
> http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/mtgs.htm
>
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geoff carver
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