To Gender or not To Gender? Exploring Gender Variations through Time and Space

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European Journal of Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI:10.1017/eaa.2022.51

B. Gaydarska, K. Rebay-Salisbury, Paz Ramírez Valiente, J. E. Fries, D. Hofmann, A. Augereau, J. Chapman, Maria Mina, E. Pape, N. Ialongo, Daniela Nordholz, P. Bickle, Mark Haughton, John Robb, O. Harris

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This article is based on an EAA session in Kiel in 2021, in which thirteen contributors provide their response to Robb and Harris's (2018) overview of studies of gender in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, with a reply by Robb and Harris. The central premise of their 2018 article was the opposition of ‘contextual Neolithic gender’ to ‘cross-contextual Bronze Age gender’, which created uneasiness among the four co-organizers of the Kiel meeting. Reading Robb and Harris's original article leaves the impression that there is an essentialist ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Bronze Age’ gender, the former being under-theorized, unclear, and unstable, the latter binary, unchangeable, and ideological. While Robb and Harris have clearly advanced the discussion on gender, the perspectives and case studies presented here, while critical of their views, take the debate further, painting a more complex and diverse picture that strives to avoid essentialism.

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要性别还是不要性别?通过时间和空间探索性别变化

本文基于2021年在基尔举行的EAA会议，其中13位撰稿人对Robb和Harris（2018）对欧洲新石器时代和青铜时代性别研究的概述做出了回应，Robb和哈里斯对此做出了回复。他们2018年文章的中心前提是反对“新石器时代背景性别”和“青铜时代跨背景性别”，这在基尔会议的四位联合组织者中造成了不安。阅读Robb和Harris的原创文章会给人留下这样的印象：存在一种本质主义的“新石器时代”和“青铜时代”性别，前者理论化不足、不明确、不稳定，后者是二元的、不可改变的、意识形态的。虽然Robb和Harris明确推进了关于性别的讨论，但这里提出的观点和案例研究在批评他们观点的同时，进一步推动了辩论，描绘了一幅更加复杂和多样化的画面，努力避免本质主义。

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European Journal of Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The publication organ of the European Association of Archaeologists, the European Journal of Archaeology seeks to promote open debate amongst archaeologists committed to a new idea of Europe in which there is more communication across national frontiers and more interest in interpretation. The journal accepts not only new empirical data and new interpretations of the past but also encourages debate about the role archaeology plays in society, how it should be organized in a changing Europe, and the ethics of archaeological practice. All periods are covered; papers, review articles, interviews and short "debate" pieces are all sought. Whilst English is the primary language of publication in the EJA, papers submitted in French or German will be given equal consideration.