Lively Heritage

IF 0.6 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Journal of Contemporary Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-20 DOI:10.1558/jca.21635

Monika Stobiecka

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Abstract

This paper is an attempt to discuss the concept of lively heritage, based on examples of accidental encounters with animals at archaeological sites. The starting point of this study is criticism of the “sterilisation” or “sanitisation” of archaeological sites. Its theoretical discourse on sterilisation of the past begins with a brief reference to contemporary photography (Alfred Seiland’s “Imperium Romanum” series), which is contrasted with the innovative conservation strategy employed at the archaeological site in Agrigento, Sicily, and vital encounters with animals at selected Mediterranean archaeological sites: the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, Cyprus, and the archaeological site of Soluntum, Sicily. By discussing my own ethnographic experiences of encountering animals that inhabit these two archaeological sites and how their presence helped me rethink the past and heritage, I challenge the concept of living heritage and propose in its place the term “lively heritage”, which extends beyond the confines of human-centred and institutionalised heritage, and argues that the prevailing meaning of heritage sites and their management remains limited to staged, constructed and sanitised notions of the past. Within this critical perspective, the actual embodied experience of visiting the sites while remaining attentive towards their hosts (various species of animals) opens up new possibilities for seeing lively heritage not only as biodiversity, but also as hospitality hubs.

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活泼的遗产

本文试图以在考古遗址偶然遇到动物的例子为基础，讨论活泼遗产的概念。这项研究的出发点是对考古遗址“消毒”或“消毒”的批评。它对过去灭菌的理论论述始于对当代摄影的简要参考(Alfred Seiland的“Imperium Romanum”系列)，这与西西里岛Agrigento考古遗址采用的创新保护策略以及在选定的地中海考古遗址与动物的重要接触形成对比:塞浦路斯帕福斯的国王陵墓和西西里岛Soluntum考古遗址。通过讨论我自己在这两个考古遗址中遇到动物的民族志经历，以及它们的存在如何帮助我重新思考过去和遗产，我挑战了“活遗产”的概念，并提出了“活遗产”一词，它超越了以人为中心和制度化遗产的范围，并认为遗产遗址及其管理的普遍意义仍然局限于阶段性的，对过去的建构和净化。在这种批判性的视角下，在对主人(各种动物)保持关注的同时，参观这些遗址的实际体现体验开辟了新的可能性，不仅可以将生动的遗产视为生物多样性，还可以作为接待中心。

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Journal of Contemporary Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Contemporary Archaeology is the first dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal to explore archaeology’s specific contribution to understanding the present and recent past. It is concerned both with archaeologies of the contemporary world, defined temporally as belonging to the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, as well as with reflections on the socio-political implications of doing archaeology in the contemporary world. In addition to its focus on archaeology, JCA encourages articles from a range of adjacent disciplines which consider recent and contemporary material-cultural entanglements, including anthropology, art history, cultural studies, design studies, heritage studies, history, human geography, media studies, museum studies, psychology, science and technology studies and sociology. Acknowledging the key place which photography and digital media have come to occupy within this emerging subfield, JCA includes a regular photo essay feature and provides space for the publication of interactive, web-only content on its website.