Maya Cultural Heritage (eBook)

How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past

Patricia A. McAnany (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
270 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4128-2 (ISBN)

Infos

McAnany sheds light on the varied ways today’s Maya communities relate to—and are often distanced from—their deep past, historicizes the role of archaeologists and nations in pre-Columbian heritage, and highlights how grass-roots heritage programs can bridge scientific investigation and local community interests.

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Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America who became detached from "e;the ancient Maya"e; through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century anthropological and archaeological research. Through grass-roots heritage programs, local communities are reconnecting with a much valorized but distant past.Maya Cultural Heritage explores how community programs conceived and implemented in a collaborative style are changing the relationship among, archaeological practice, the objects of archaeological study, and contemporary ethnolinguistic Mayan communities. Rather than simply describing Maya sites, McAnany concentrates on the dialogue nurtured by these participatory heritage programs, the new "e;heritage-scapes"e; they foster, and how the diverse Maya communities of today relate to those of the past.

Autor

Patricia A. McAnany, Kenan Eminent Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a Maya archaeologist who has conducted field research and cultural heritage programs throughout the Maya region.

Inhalt

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsPart I: Background and the Big Ideas Chapter 1: Haunting Questions Chapter 2: Forging Nationalism and Indenturing Labor Chapter 3:Disciplining the Past Chapter 4:Rethinking Business as Usual Chapter 5:Engaging the Shadow of “The Ancient Maya”Part II: Connecting with Communities around Heritage Issues 163Chapter 6: Bridges to Community Partnerships Chapter 7:Maya Area Cultural Heritage Initiative (MACHI)Part III: In Their Own WordsChapter 8:Talking Cultural Heritage at SchoolChapter 9: Performing the Past, Creating a Future Chapter 10:Restoring Balance: Pathways to Heritage without IronyReferences CitedIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Archaeology in Society
• Co-Autor: Sarah M. Rowe
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: collaborative archaeology • cultural heritage • Indigenous peoples • Maya archaeology • Mayan archaeology • participatory research • Quiche Maya • Yucatec Maya
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4128-4 / 1442241284
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4128-2 / 9781442241282