LEADER 03225nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910458162103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-71342-6 010 $a9786612713422 010 $a0-7591-1932-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016012 035 $a(EBL)616256 035 $a(OCoLC)700699444 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000420380 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12189778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420380 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10393234 035 $a(PQKB)10079905 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001145994 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12519804 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145994 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11123755 035 $a(PQKB)10402309 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616256 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10404841 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271342 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016012 100 $a20100114d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn defense of things$b[electronic resource] $earchaeology and the ontology of objects /$fBjørnar Olsen 210 $aLanham $cAltamira Press$dc2010 215 $aIX, 203 s$cill 225 1 $aArchaeology in society series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7591-1931-7 311 $a0-7591-1930-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aIn much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to-or detached from-things, materiality, and landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are entirely 'constructed' by social or cultural perceptions and have no existence in and of themselves. Bjornar Olsen takes a different position. Drawing on a range of theories, especially phenomenology and actor-network-theory, Olsen claims that human life is fully mixed up with things and that humanity and human history emerge from such relationships. Things, moreover, possess unique qualities that are inhe 410 0$aArchaeology in society series. 606 $aArchaeology$xPhilosophy 606 $aMaterial culture 606 $aLandscapes 606 $aPhenomenology 606 $aActor-network theory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchaeology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMaterial culture. 615 0$aLandscapes. 615 0$aPhenomenology. 615 0$aActor-network theory. 676 $a930.101 700 $aOlsen$b Bjørnar$0916149 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458162103321 996 $aIn defense of things$92053973 997 $aUNINA