What is it about?
This edited Forum with several contributions discusses to what extent archaeology needs specific expertise and to what extent we can all be said to be archaeologists.
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Why is it important?
The topic is important because it addresses questions of inclusivity and democratisation of archaeology that touch on the role of the field of archaeology in society. The discussion explores the issue of what expertise may be required to be an archaeologist and why.
Perspectives
Back in 2005, when I used the phrase that “we are all archaeologists now”, the context was a theoretical argument that archaeology can be understood as a phenomenon of popular culture, allowing us all to “sense the magic that can be derived from the experiences of both archaeological research and the past”. If, as I argued, archaeology is popular culture, then, consequently, we are all archaeologists to the extent that we are participating in popular culture (Holtorf 2005, 160). What do other academics make of this supposition today?
Cornelius Holtorf
Linneuniversitet
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This page is a summary of: Are We All Archaeologists Now?, Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, September 2015, Equinox Publishing,
DOI: 10.1558/jca.v2i2.28463.
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