Forum: The Past Not as Prelude

IF 0.3 4区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.1007/s11759-023-09478-1

K. Anne Pyburn

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Abstract

Contemporary trends in mass media communication indicate serious confusion in the public consciousness about the nature of science and the status of evidential reasoning. Archaeologists, in an effort to make esoteric research programs interesting to the public, have contributed to this problem by providing over-simplified stories and “lessons from the past” based on sketchy evidence and mystified analysis. How archaeologists present the past has important implications for the future of archaeology as a discipline, but also for the future of the planet if we continue to patronize the public and oversimplify what archaeological data show about the ramifications of sociopolitical change.

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论坛：过去不是前奏

当代大众媒体传播的趋势表明，公众对科学的本质和证据推理的地位的意识严重混乱。为了让公众对深奥的研究项目感兴趣，考古学家们根据粗略的证据和神秘的分析，提供了过于简化的故事和“过去的教训”，从而解决了这个问题。考古学家如何呈现过去，对考古学作为一门学科的未来有着重要的影响，但如果我们继续光顾公众，并将考古数据显示的社会政治变革的后果过于简单化，也会对地球的未来产生重要影响。

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Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress offers a venue for debates and topical issues, through peer-reviewed articles, reports and reviews. It emphasizes contributions that seek to recenter (or decenter) archaeology, and that challenge local and global power geometries. Areas of interest include ethics and archaeology; public archaeology; legacies of colonialism and nationalism within the discipline; the interplay of local and global archaeological traditions; theory and archaeology; the discipline’s involvement in projects of memory, identity, and restitution; and rights and ethics relating to cultural property, issues of acquisition, custodianship, conservation, and display. Recognizing the importance of non-Western epistemologies and intellectual traditions, the journal publishes some material in nonstandard format, including dialogues; annotated photographic essays; transcripts of public events; and statements from elders, custodians, descent groups and individuals.