Landscapes, Houses, Bodies, Things: “Place” and the Archaeology of Inuit Imaginaries Export

@article{citeulike:1667623, abstract = {Although the dichotomization of space and place has spawned a lively archaeological discussion, it threatens to devolve into a troublesome binary like sex/gender. Local place-making and universalizing spatial science are not so neatly segregated. Rather than dividing and bounding the notion of an investment of locations with meaning, it can be extended to describe the intricate topologies of bodies and things, as well as landscapes. Places emerge as sites of the hybrid articulation of representations, practices, and things, as spatialized imaginaries. The notion of imaginaries and the rethinking of place are illustrated with Inuit archaeological and ethnographic examples.}, author = {Whitridge, Peter}, citeulike-article-id = {1667623}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JARM.0000038067.06670.34}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/B:JARM.0000038067.06670.34}, journal = {Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory}, keywords = {archaeology, landscape, methods, theory}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {213--250}, posted-at = {2007-09-18 01:01:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Landscapes, Houses, Bodies, Things: ” Place” and the Archaeology of Inuit Imaginaries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JARM.0000038067.06670.34}, volume = {11}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1667623 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1667623 N2 - Although the dichotomization of space and place has spawned a lively archaeological discussion, it threatens to devolve into a troublesome binary like sex/gender. Local place-making and universalizing spatial science are not so neatly segregated. Rather than dividing and bounding the notion of an investment of locations with meaning, it can be extended to describe the intricate topologies of bodies and things, as well as landscapes. Places emerge as sites of the hybrid articulation of representations, practices, and things, as spatialized imaginaries. The notion of imaginaries and the rethinking of place are illustrated with Inuit archaeological and ethnographic examples. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory EP - 250 TI - Landscapes, Houses, Bodies, Things: “Place” and the Archaeology of Inuit Imaginaries VL - 11 SP - 213 KW - archaeology KW - landscape KW - methods KW - theory AU - Whitridge, Peter PY - 2004/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JARM.0000038067.06670.34 ER -