Over the past three decades, 'landscape' has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. Here, archaeologists attempt a comprehensive definition of the ideas & practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical & the practical, the resear…
Grounded theory is the most popular genre of qualitative research used in the health professions and is also used elsewhere in the research world. In this volume, six key grounded theory methodologists examine the history, principles, & practices of this method, highlighting are…
From the Publisher: This volume uncovers the roots of electroshock in America, an outgrowth of western patriarchal medicine with primarily female patients, with a new epilogue bringing the research up to the present.
The focus of this text is on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline's history of advancing imperialist, colonialist, and racist objectives, they show that archaeology must rethink its muted profes…
Part I: Setting the Scene; Introduction -- Dean Sully1. Colonising and Conservation -- Dean SullyPart II: A View from Aotearoa2. The Protection of Taonga and Mäori Heritage in Aotearoa (New Zealand) / Arapata Hakiwai3. Conserving Living Taonga : The Concept of Continuity / Gamin…
Struggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. In a series of cases from West Africa, anthropologists, archaeologists aand art historians show how memory and heritage play out in a variety of postcolonial contexts.
