Living With Ghosts?

IF 0.6 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Journal of Contemporary Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-20 DOI:10.1558/jca.21646

Bjørnar J. Olsen

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Abstract

Heritage is commonly understood as denoting sites, objects and traditions that are selected and protected for their uniqueness, monumentality, beauty and/or historical and cultural significance. Heritage, thus, is almost by definition something unquestionably valuable and good, and of outmost importance for our wellbeing and identity. This paper takes a different position and asks what happens if we question heritage’s status as a selected reserve of desired things and traditions. Based on fieldwork conducted in contemporary settlements in the Russian North, it explores how the role and significance we ascribe heritage may come out radically altered upon facing the unruly legacies of the Soviet past.

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和鬼魂一起生活？

遗产通常被理解为指因其独特性、纪念碑性、美感和/或历史文化意义而被选择和保护的遗址、物品和传统。因此，从定义上讲，遗产几乎是一种毫无疑问有价值和良好的东西，对我们的福祉和身份至关重要。本文采取了不同的立场，并询问如果我们质疑遗产作为所需事物和传统的选定保护区的地位，会发生什么。基于在俄罗斯北部当代定居点进行的实地调查，它探讨了我们赋予遗产的角色和意义如何在面对苏联过去难以控制的遗产时发生根本性的改变。

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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.