Public Dialogues in Archaeology

New Methodologies from Turkey

Isilay Gürsu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-54730-8 (ISBN)

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Offers a study of archaeological heritage in Turkey, and shows the alternative ways that the public relates to the past and its remains.

Offering a study of archaeological heritage in Turkey, this book shows the alternative ways that the public relates to the past and its remains. Within the theoretical framework of public archaeology, Isilay Gürsu brings together the results of decade-long projects – based on quantitative and qualitative research – to show how communities interact with the archaeological past. Generally speaking, the public is viewed as an obstacle to be overcome by the experts and authorities, but Gürsu shows how local communities can be potential allies in the safeguarding of heritage assets.

Furthermore, Public Dialogues in Archaeology challenges the notion that intellectual knowledge is a prerequisite for the appreciation of archaeological history, and presents an understanding of the past that works at a somatic, sensory and emotional level. The result is a study that gives voice to different social groups that have often been silent, silenced or misunderstood in official reports and authorised publications. In this novel approach, Gürsu concentrates on the ‘public’ within public archaeology.

Isilay Gürsu is Assistant Director at the British Institute at Ankara, Turley. She is the editor of Public Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches and Current Practices (2018).

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Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Part I: Setting the scene
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Publics, archaeologies and ways of asking

Part II: Archaeology, ruins and society in Turkey
Chapter 3: Understanding of archaeology and archaeological assets
Chapter 4: Engagement with archaeological landscapes
Chapter 5: Attitudes on the communality of ruins

Part III: Living by the ruins
Chapter 6: Everydayness of living by the ruins
Chapter 7: Perceptions of the contemporary dwellers in archaeological landscapes

Part IV: Outlying practices
Chapter 8: ‘No need to be a museum guard to protect the past’
Chapter 9: ‘Why I quit Digging’: repentant diggers and treasure-hunting culture

Part V: ‘Knowing in our bones’
Chapter 10: A gaze into public understanding of archaeology in Turkey

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.6.2026
Zusatzinfo	80 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
ISBN-10	1-350-54730-1 / 1350547301
ISBN-13	978-1-350-54730-8 / 9781350547308
Zustand	Neuware