Week 6: February 14, 2005

Topic: Concepts and Representations of Material Objects and Space: Archaeology, Art, and Design

Key Questions:
What role does the archaeological study of material objects play in the definition of humanness?
What the relationship between the representation of archaeological concepts and our understanding of material artifacts?

Readings:

Barnard, Alan.   2000. History and Theory in Anthropology. Cambridge University Press: New York, New York.
Chapters 4 and 6: pp. 47-60 and 80-98

Egenter, Nold.   1990. "Architectural Anthropology." on the Implosion Website

Moser, Stepanie. 2001. "Social Sciences and Design Innovation." in Archaeological Theory Today. Ian Hodder, Editor. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, MA.
Chapter 11: pp. 262-283

Wilson, Jim.       2002. "Communication Artifacts: the Design of Objects and the Object of Design." in Design and the Social Sciences. Jorge Frascara, Editor. Taylor and Francis: New York, NY.
Chapter 3: pp. 24-32

Assignments Due:

Concept Journal iteration #3 (2 pages)

How would your concept change if one if its assumptions centered on determining the origin of the concept from either 1) a evolutionary paradigm or 2) a diffusionist degenerative paradigm?