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The Dark Abyss of Time: Archaeology and Memory
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The field of archaeology continues to face a major crisis of interpretation. The traditional view is that the basic business of archaeology is to reconstruct the history of cultures and civilizations through their material productions. Olivier challenges this view with a new approach to archaeological remains based on the works of French theorists such as Foucault, de Certeaux, and Derrida, with insight from Darwin and Freud. His thesis is that archaeology does not study the past itself but rather what materially remains of the past in our present. Olivier also develops an interpretation of material culture based on Aby Warburg’s and Walter Benjamin’s work in the anthropology of art. With wider implications for history and all social sciences, The Dark Abyss of Time is a major contribution to the theory of time, memory, heritage, and archaeology. This flawless translation makes Olivier’s elegantly written work available in English for the first time.
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The research was determined by two overarching principles: to be conscious of the interplay between "material memory" and the "absent present" in the contemporary cityscape, and to focus on the social-justice imperatives of the research.
“this research was determined by two overarching principles: first, to be conscious of the interplay between “material memory” (Olivier 2011) and the “absent present” (Buchli and Lucas 2001:12) in the contemporary cityscape and, second, to focus on the social-justice imperatives of the research.”
From Material Dissonances in the Post-Conflict City: Re-Presencing Social Injustice in Belfast, Northern Ireland (2024) · cites this paper as Olivier 2011
The case study of McGurk's Bar reveals how material memory of the past has not only been retained, but-in order to 'live on'-has been re-presenced, added to, and meaningfully reworked by those demanding justice.
“The case study of McGurk’s Bar reveals how material memory of the past has not only been retained, but—in order to “live on” (Olivier 2011:9)—has been re-presenced, added to, and meaningfully reworked by those demanding justice.”
From Material Dissonances in the Post-Conflict City: Re-Presencing Social Injustice in Belfast, Northern Ireland (2024) · cites this paper as Olivier 2011:9
As a post-conflict city, Belfast's 'material memory' of community tragedies and erasures remains in overt and subtle forms, their very existence contradicting official claims of violence being relegated to the past.
“But, as a post-conflict city, the “material memory” (Olivier 2011:9) of community tragedies and erasures remain in overt and subtle forms, their very existence contradicting official claims of violence being relegated to the past.”
From Material Dissonances in the Post-Conflict City: Re-Presencing Social Injustice in Belfast, Northern Ireland (2024) · cites this paper as Olivier 2011:9
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