03225nam 2200745Ia 450 991045816210332120200520144314.01-282-71342-697866127134220-7591-1932-5(CKB)2560000000016012(EBL)616256(OCoLC)700699444(SSID)ssj0000420380(PQKBManifestationID)12189778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420380(PQKBWorkID)10393234(PQKB)10079905(SSID)ssj0001145994(PQKBManifestationID)12519804(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145994(PQKBWorkID)11123755(PQKB)10402309(MiAaPQ)EBC616256(Au-PeEL)EBL616256(CaPaEBR)ebr10404841(CaONFJC)MIL271342(EXLCZ)99256000000001601220100114d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of things[electronic resource] archaeology and the ontology of objects /Bjørnar OlsenLanham Altamira Pressc2010IX, 203 sillArchaeology in society seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7591-1931-7 0-7591-1930-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter 01. Introduction; Chapter 02. Brothers in Arms?: Archaeology and Material Culture Studies; Chapter 03. Material Culture as Text: Scenes from a Troubled Engagement; Chapter 04. The Phenomenology of Things; Chapter 05. Tacit Matter: The Silencing of Things; Chapter 06. Temporality and Memory: How Things Remember; Chapter 07. Living with Things: Matter in Place; Chapter 08. In Defense of Things; Notes; References; Index; About the AuthorIn much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to-or detached from-things, materiality, and landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are entirely 'constructed' by social or cultural perceptions and have no existence in and of themselves. Bjornar Olsen takes a different position. Drawing on a range of theories, especially phenomenology and actor-network-theory, Olsen claims that human life is fully mixed up with things and that humanity and human history emerge from such relationships. Things, moreover, possess unique qualities that are inheArchaeology in society series.ArchaeologyPhilosophyMaterial cultureLandscapesPhenomenologyActor-network theoryElectronic books.ArchaeologyPhilosophy.Material culture.Landscapes.Phenomenology.Actor-network theory.930.101Olsen Bjørnar916149MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458162103321In defense of things2053973UNINA