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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Archaeological posthumanities

feminist re-invention of science and material pasts

Christina Fredengren

pp. 129-140

Abstract

This paper deals with how post-humanism may change how to approach archaeological bodies, through an engagement with biomolecular sciences. For example, isotope analysis can be used to trace the interchange between body and environment and hence provides an insight into what could be called the archaeological landscape within the body. This landscape is a situated gathering of different materialities, temporalities and relations. Also, archaeological bodies can be captured as enabling or restricting figurations, and there is a need to carry on critical discussions about essentialist understanding of scientific results. Furthermore, such discussions can also feed into how post humanism to engage in discussions of "deep time" entanglements in the bodies, that may project life/death nexuses in unexpected ways, stitching through past/present/futures.

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Published in:

Åsberg Cecilia, Braidotti Rosi (2018) A feminist companion to the posthumanities. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 129-140

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62140-1_11

Full citation:

Fredengren Christina (2018) „Archaeological posthumanities: feminist re-invention of science and material pasts“, In: C. Åsberg & R. Braidotti (eds.), A feminist companion to the posthumanities, Dordrecht, Springer, 129–140.