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It's not all about archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2018

Laurajane Smith  and
Gary Campbell
Laurajane Smith*
Affiliation:
Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Gary Campbell
Affiliation:
Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
*
*Author for correspondence (Email: laurajane.smith@anu.edu.au)
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As the authors of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies manifesto (Campbell & Smith 2011), there are aspects of the debate piece by González-Ruibal et al. (above) that we have no trouble agreeing with, but we take issue with other elements. This paper sets up far too many straw people, based on a limited engagement with the archaeological and heritage studies literature. At its heart, and despite the radical rhetoric, Gonzalez-Ruibal et al.’s paper is another defence of archaeological expertise by archaeologists, based on a dubious equation of reactionary politics with communities and the popular.

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Antiquity , Volume 92 , Issue 362 , April 2018 , pp. 521 - 522
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2018 

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