Universität Wien

160008 VO VO Celtic cultural studies A (2013W)

Archaeology, Celtic Studies, and the Public

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 11.10. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 18.10. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 22.11. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 29.11. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 06.12. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 17.01. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 24.01. 11:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture is concerned with the relationships between the academic disciplines of Archaeology and Celtic Studies and those publics who hold stakes or have interests in the subjects studied by these disciplines. These publics include museum visitors, readers of popular academic books and viewers of popular television (and other media) documentaries; but also New Age esoteric, ‘alternative’ archaeologists, collectors and metal detectorists, local historians; and also land owners, (building) developers and politicians, to name but a few. In this lecture, we will look at and discuss practical, ethical and ideological aspects of the relationship between the academic disciplines on the one and these various diverse publics on the other hand. We will also discuss how these publics are catered for and treated by academia.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will become aware of the practical, ethical and ideological dimensions of the relationships between academic Archaeology and Celtic Studies on the one and ‘the public’ on the other hand, and will gain an understanding of the ways in which academia caters for and treats ‘the public’.

Examination topics

Lecture with powerpoint support; discussion in small and large groups.

Reading list

Ashworth, G. & Howard, P. 1999. European Heritage Planning and Management. Exeter: intellect.
Brunecker, F. (ed.) 2008. Raubgräber, Schatzgräber. Stuttgart: Theiss.
Cuno, J. (ed.) 2009. Whose Culture? The promise of museums and the debate over antiquities. Princeton: University Press.
Blain, J. & Wallis, R.J. 2009. Beyond Sacred: Recent Pagan Engagements with Archaeological Monuments Current Findings of the Sacred Sites Project. The Pomegranate 11/1: 97-123.
Habermas, J. 1990. Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Taschenbuchausgabe, Frankfurt a/M.: Suhrkamp.
Heilmeyer, W.-D. & Eule, J.C. (eds.) 2004. Illegale Archäologie? Berlin: Weißensee.
Holtorf, C. 2005. From Stonehenge to Las Vegas: Archaeology as Popular Culture. Lanham: AltaMira.
-- 2006. Archaeology is a Brand! The Meaning of Archaeology in Contemporary Popular Culture. Oxford: archaeopress.
Jung, M. 2010. "Heimathirsche". Hobbyarchäologie zwischen Hedonismus und Professionalisierung. Münster: Waxmann.
Lagerlöf, A. (ed.) 2013. Who cares? Perspectives on Public Awareness, Participation and Protection in Archaeological Heritage Management. EAC Occasional Paper No. 8, Jambes (Namur): Europae Archaeologiae Consilium.
Lewis, H. 2012. Historic Environment Strategy for Wales. Cardiff: CADW.
Martstine, J. (ed.) 2011. The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge.
Merriman, N. (ed.) 2004. Public Archaeology. London: Routledge.
Pizza, M. & Lewis, J.R. (eds.) 2009. Handbook of Contemporary Paganism. Leiden: Brill.
Pluciennik, M. (ed.) 2001. The Responsibilities of Archaeologists. Archaeology and Ethics. BAR I.S. 981, Oxford: Archaeopress.
Scarre, C. & Scarre, G. (eds.) 2006. The Ethics of Archaeology. Philosophical Perspectives on Archaeological Practice. Cambridge: University Press.
Schücker, N. (ed.) 2012. Integrating Archaeology. Science Wish Reality. Frankfurt a/M.: RGK.
Skeates, R. 2000. Debating the Archaeological Heritage. Duckworth Debates in Archaeology, London: Duckworth.
Wachtler, M. & Kandutsch, G. 2002. Schatzgrube Alpen. Sammler, Sucher, Schatzgräber. München: Herbig.
Wallis, R.J. 2003. Shamans/Neo-Shamans: Ecstasies, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans. London: Routledge.

Association in the course directory

Individuelle Studien: Keltologie

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