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Between Memory And Materiality: An Archaeological Approach To Studying The Nazi Concentration Camps, Adrian Myers
Between Memory And Materiality: An Archaeological Approach To Studying The Nazi Concentration Camps, Adrian Myers
Adrian Myers
By its very nature, historical narrative that is rooted exclusively in textual sources is destined to be more linear, more univocal, and less equipped to deal with the problematic. On the other hand, due to its unique abilities and approaches, historical archaeology thrives on the tensions inherent to any attempt to understand past and present experience. In this article I negotiate between two approaches to studying the concentration camps of the Third Reich—one canonical the other experimental. It is suggested that when studying the camps, we are faced with a series of tensions: between past and present, between remembering and …
Archaeology Of The Recent Past: Excavating A 1991 Ford Van, Adrian Myers
Archaeology Of The Recent Past: Excavating A 1991 Ford Van, Adrian Myers
Adrian Myers
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