Writing Social Histories of Archaeology: Gender, Class and Labour in Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine (Carena Seminar)
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Writing social histories of archaeology: gender, class and labour in Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine
The history of archaeology has often been studied via the intellectual, institutional and professional trajectories of its western practitioners – as a variation on the ‘great man’ theory of history, with a growing introduction of lone women into the picture. But until the mid-twentieth century, archaeological excavations often employed large numbers – sometimes hundreds – of local women and men as diggers, sorters, guards, carriers of spoil and other gruelling and sometimes dangerous roles. This talk looks at how archaeological archives can be important sources for broader social histories of the societies in which excavations took place, and how understanding these broader contexts provides a richer and fuller image of archaeology’s past.
Contact name: Katy Pettit
Speakers-
Sarah Irving, Staffordshire University
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Dr Sarah Irving is Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Staffordshire. She has published widely on the social, cultural and, increasingly, environmental histories of Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine.
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