RT Book
T1 Flooded pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the recolonization of archaeology
A1 Carruthers, William 1982-
LA English
PP Ithaca, New York London
PB Cornell University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1800420366
AB Introduction: Flooding Nubia -- The view from the boat -- Documenting Nubia -- Valuing Egyptian Nubia -- Making Sudan archaeological -- Peopling Nubia -- Nubia in the (non-aligned) world -- Traces of Nubia -- Conclusion: Repeopling Nubia.
AB Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event-UNESCO's International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960-80)-to show how the project, its genealogy, and its aftermath not only propelled archaeology into the postwar world but also helped to "recolonize" it. In this book, William Carruthers asks how postwar decolonization took shape and what role a colonial discipline like archaeology-forged in the crucible of imperialism-played as the "new nations" asserted themselves in the face of the global Cold War.As the Aswan High Dam became the centerpiece of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egyptian revolution, the Nubian campaign sought to salvage and preserve ancient temples and archaeological sites from the new barrage's floodwaters. Conducted in the neighboring regions of Egyptian and Sudanese Nubia, the project built on years of Nubian archaeological work conducted under British occupation and influence. During that process, the campaign drew on the scientific racism that guided those earlier surveys, helping to consign Nubians themselves to state-led resettlement and modernization programs, even as UNESCO created a picturesque archaeological landscape fit for global media and tourist consumption. Flooded Pasts describes how colonial archaeological and anthropological practices-and particularly their archival and documentary manifestations-created an ancient Nubia severed from the region's population. As a result, the Nubian campaign not only became fundamental to the creation of UNESCO's 1972 World Heritage Convention but also exposed questions about the goals of archaeology and heritage and whether the colonial origins of these fields will ever be overcome
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
NO Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01)
CN DT159.6.N83
SN 978-1-5017-6644-2
K1 International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia : Influence
K1 Archaeology : Social aspects : Nubia
K1 Archaeology by period / region
K1 Archäologie
K1 Colonialism & imperialism
K1 General & world history
K1 Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
K1 HISTORY / World
K1 Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
K1 POL045000
K1 Politics & government
K1 Politik und Staat
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
K1 Nubia : Colonial influence
K1 Egypt
K1 Ägypten