What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world

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Shepherd, Nick; Haber, Alejandro
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2011
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The year 2011 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC). WAC marked a bold intervention in the politics of knowledge in archaeology in the context of the mid-1980s. But how has it fared in contemporary worlds of practice? In this paper, two senior WAC members take a close and critical look at the changing fortunes, meanings, and contexts of the organization. At its centre, is an account of the controversial meeting between the WAC Executive and Rio Tinto Limited, the mining multinational, in Melbourne in 2007. Other parts of the paper engage with notions of the Indigenous, and discuss the assumptions informing the WAC programme Archaeologists Without Borders. Framed as a challenge, the paper invites response and commentary, as a way of opening debate which allows us to envisage alternative futures for the discipline, beyond the banal prospect of 'Archaeology Inc.'.
Fil: Shepherd, Nick. University of Cape Town; Sudáfrica
Fil: Haber, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca; Argentina
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ARCHAEOLOGY INC.
DECOLONIAL THINKING
INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE POLITICS
RIO TINTO LIMITED
WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
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title What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
spellingShingle What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
Shepherd, Nick
ARCHAEOLOGY INC.
DECOLONIAL THINKING
INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE POLITICS
RIO TINTO LIMITED
WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
title_short What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
title_full What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
title_fullStr What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
title_full_unstemmed What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
title_sort What's up with WAC? Archaeology and 'engagement' in a globalized world
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Shepherd, Nick
Haber, Alejandro
author Shepherd, Nick
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Haber, Alejandro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARCHAEOLOGY INC.
DECOLONIAL THINKING
INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE POLITICS
RIO TINTO LIMITED
WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
topic ARCHAEOLOGY INC.
DECOLONIAL THINKING
INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE POLITICS
RIO TINTO LIMITED
WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
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Fil: Shepherd, Nick. University of Cape Town; Sudáfrica
Fil: Haber, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca; Argentina
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