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Author: Chris Urwin
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780824891886
ISBN 10: 0824891880
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 31 October 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"The book draws Orokolo understandings of the past into dialogue with archaeological research to produce its accounts of landscape history, but also to produce a kind of meta-analysis of how archaeologists and Indigenous people engage in forms of memory work. . . . Urwin's book reminds us that history may be shaped by the influence of external forces but can only be experienced and remembered in local contexts. It is an interesting example of what deeper engagement with Indigenous perspectives can bring to archaeological research.--Tim Thomas, University of Otago ""Australian Archaeology"""
"Building and Remembering is a monumental and fascinating achievement. It not only presents a wealth of ethnographic and archaeological information that is relevant for those interested in the distant and more recent past of the South Coast of Papua New Guinea, but it is also a case study in how societies remember, how societies achieve stability of social formations over time and how people's lives and memories are intertwined with their physical environments. . . . One of the most fascinating aspects of the book is the author's discussion and interpretation of local engagements with artefacts and sub-surface observations that are being uncovered during various agricultural activities. Urwin convincingly argues that these processes constantly shift and rework the past and create contexts in which memories are formed and reevaluated.--Martin Porr, University of Western Australia ""Archaeology in Oceania (2023)"" The book draws Orokolo understandings of the past into dialogue with archaeological research to produce its accounts of landscape history, but also to produce a kind of meta-analysis of how archaeologists and Indigenous people engage in forms of memory work. . . . Urwin's book reminds us that history may be shaped by the influence of external forces but can only be experienced and remembered in local contexts. It is an interesting example of what deeper engagement with Indigenous perspectives can bring to archaeological research.--Tim Thomas, University of Otago ""Australian Archaeology"""
Author Information
Chris Urwin is a research fellow at Monash University and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage.
