A three-takes tale: The meaning of WAC for a pluralistic archaeology

Resumen Este articulo propone que la reciente trayectoria de la arqueología puede entenderse como una grabación en tres tomas: la primera, el proyecto científico, delata el origen moderno de la disciplina; la segunda devalúa la historia y, por tanto, la disciplina responsable de su producción; y, la tercera, completamente reaccionaria, supone un regreso a los orígenes, la realización de una producción arqueológica plural, horizontal y significativa a nivel local. Se resalta el papel del WAC en este trayectoria.

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Résumé Cette communication démontre que la récente trajectoire de l'archéologie peut être expliquée en tant qu'une triple prise. La première, le projet scientifique qui trahit les origines modernes de cette discipline; la deuxième qui dévalorise l'histoire et ainsi le mécanisme disciplinaire responsable de sa production; et la troisième, entièrement réactionnaire est un retour aux sources ainsi que la réalisation de la production archéologique en tant que plurielle, horizontale et importante du point de vue locale. Le role du WAC est souligné dans ce compte-rendu.

     

WAC Matters: A Different View to that of Shepherd and Haber

This paper is a response to Shepherd and Haber??s (Public Archaeol 10(2):96?C115, 2011) critiques to World Archaeological Congress, from the viewpoint of the current Secretary of WAC. While most of the issues discussed have been already answered and corrected by Smith (Public Archaeol 10(4):223?C234, 2011), this paper adds my own views on two of these controversial issues: the meeting between WAC and Rio Tinto Limited in 2007 to explore options to work together on enhancing cultural heritage management and protection in mining activities (where I attended as the WAC Treasurer), and the Archaeologists Without Borders Program (as member of the committee for this program).     

CRM Publication: a Review Essay

Abstract

This review article is concerned specifically with the Archaeological Survey Reports of the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. It also takes up the general problems involved with the publication of results of cultural resource management or contract-archaeology projects.     

The Landscape Map of the USSR,its Scholarly and Practical Significance

The author, the foremost authority on landscape mapping in the USSR, reviews the present state and applications of landscape mapping, and describes the content of a yet unpublished landscape map of the USSR at 1:4,000,000. Previous papers on landscape mapping have appeared in Soviet Geography in February 1961 and June 1962.     

范文澜与毛泽东:学术的关联和风格的共鸣

范文澜与毛泽东有长达 3 0年的深厚的友谊 ,这对范文澜的学术道路的影响是巨大的。范文澜以研治中国历史作为毕生的学术取向 ,特别是把近代史研究作为治学之一个重点 ,确立了“实事求是”的治史指导思想 ,将马克思主义普遍原理与中国历史的具体实际相结合 ,在长期的学术研究中一贯自觉地防止和反对教条主义 ,积极地倡导和模范地实行百家争鸣等项治学旨趣和特色 ,都是由于受到毛泽东的巨大影响。毛泽东对范文澜的史学研究一贯予以关注 ,并多次给予充分的肯定。范文澜的史著在观点、认识上与毛泽东息息相通 ,他的历史主义的态度 ,成功地运用了“夹叙夹议”的方法 ,站在人民的立场上 ,指点江山评论千古 ,有许多深刻的思想和精辟的见解 ,受到毛泽东的赞赏 ,因而他们成为学术上的知音。范文澜与毛泽东各自在学术领域和政治领域 ,代表了 2 0世纪中国的时代精神 ,又同样具有浓厚的中国民族的特色 ,因而彼此在精神上保持着强烈的共鸣。     

The State We're in on the Eve of World Archaeological Congress (WAC) 6: Archaeology in Ireland vs Corporate Takeover and a Reply from University College Dublin

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There has been a change in how the state in Ireland uses archaeology since the 1990s, when it began collaboration with the private sector on large-scale development. Most archaeologists are now employed by private companies on temporary, short-term contracts. As in other countries, this has happened in tandem with increasing bureaucratic, corporate control of universities and pressure on academics to orient teaching to meet the needs of industry. This is an inevitable expression of expansion by multi-national corporations, often part of the ‘spreading democracy’ which, updating a famous phrase, can be characterised as a US-led ‘war by other means’. I present a case study of that process unfolding in one country, focusing on road development, the corruption upon which it is necessarily founded, and the role of archaeology. The M3 motorway which threatens the landscape of the Hill of Tara provides a good example. Crucial questions of professional ethics and standards, particularly professionals’ accountability to the community, have been sidelined. WAC 6 will be held in University College Dublin in June 2008; this congress will be pivotal because WAC will decide for or against archaeologists’ accountability to communities and their life-or-death struggle for survival, and for or against embedding the profession with cultural destruction in the private sector. A reply from University College Dublin follows this article.     

《大明集礼》的初修与刊布

《大明集礼》为明朝第一部礼制全书 ,由于内容未备 ,洪武初修而不刊。到嘉靖九年前后 ,明世宗为祭礼改制的需要 ,把《大明集礼》正式刊刻、传布 ,并对明代后期朝野产生影响。