Unruly Heritage: Archaeologies of the Anthropocene

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Bjørnar Julius Olsen (Arctic University of Norway, Norway) Stein Farstadvoll (The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)

Unruly Heritage

Archaeologies of the Anthropocene

Bjørnar Julius Olsen (Arctic University of Norway, Norway), Stein Farstadvoll (The Arctic University of Norway, Norway), Geneviève Godin (The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)

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Bloomsbury Academic
14 November 2024

Museums & museology; Environmental archaeology; Industrial archaeology; Conservation of the environment; Global warming

Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations. Although traditionally associated with the unique and monumental, heritage has over the last decades been broadened in response to claims to incorporate more diverse and globally representative legacies. While such claims are of course welcome, they do not embrace the bulging unruly and obnoxious legacies that now haunt us; legacies that have become so conspicuously manifest that they are claimed as diagnostic of a new epoch, the Anthropocene.

This book targets this exclusion. It claims that the current ‘clash’ between prevailing conceptions of heritage as something confined, wished for and thus worth saving, and the unruly legacies ignoring such work of purification, urges a reconsideration of strategies and rationales for how to ‘deal with’ heritage. Through multidisciplinary approaches, ranging from archaeology and heritage studies to philosophy and environmental politics, the contributions bring heritage into dialogue with a wide range of topics including industrialisation, material profusion, modernist architectural material, coastal reclamations, barbed wire, and naval mines. The result is a volume that profoundly challenges traditional understandings of heritage as an exclusive reserve of things selected and managed by us.

Edited by: Bjørnar Julius Olsen (Arctic University of Norway Norway), Stein Farstadvoll (The Arctic University of Norway, Norway), Geneviève Godin (The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350426368
ISBN 10: 1350426369
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 14 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bjørnar Julius Olsen is Professor of Archaeology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Stein Farstadvoll is Associate Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Geneviève Godin is an independent scholar and former Doctoral Research Fellow at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Reviews for Unruly Heritage: Archaeologies of the Anthropocene

In the current context of environmental change and uncertainty, Unruly Heritage is a timely contribution that provides a compelling reflection on the more-than-human world we inhabit. The concept of the ‘unruly’ challenges the heritage paradigm by considering elements that cannot be easily tamed or neatly categorised. The breadth of this edited collection highlights the complex material entanglements that shape legacies. -- Nadia Bartolini, Associate Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Studies, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK