¿QUÉ PASA CON EL WAC? ARQUEOLOGÍA Y “COMPROMISO” EN UN MUNDO GLOBALIZADO

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Published: Dec 15, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21676/16574923.65
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World archaeological congress, public archaeology, globalization

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Nick Shepherd
Alejandro Haber
Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina

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The year 2011 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Archaeological Congress. WAC marked a bold intervention in the politics of knowledge in archaeology in the context of the But how has it fared in contemporary worlds of practice? In this two senior WAC members take a close and critical look at the fortunes, meanings and contexts of the organisation. At its centre, is an account of the meeting between the WAC 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 program 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.”

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Shepherd, N., & Haber, A. (2011). ¿QUÉ PASA CON EL WAC? ARQUEOLOGÍA Y “COMPROMISO” EN UN MUNDO GLOBALIZADO. Jangwa Pana, 10(1), 66–95. https://doi.org/10.21676/16574923.65
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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2011): Journal Jangwa Pana (January-December)
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Article of scientific and technological research
Author Biography

Nick Shepherd

miembro  Consejo, y es editor de la revista Archaeologies: Journal of the World  Congreso. Alejandro Haber es editor de arqueología , revista afiliada al WAC, y es miembro de distintos  y grupos de trabajo del WAC

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