The Quotidian, Small and Incomplete: WWII and the Indifference of Things
Source at http://www.sarks.fi/fa/faxxxvi.html . This article examines how things contribute to an expanded and different understanding of contexts that are usually reserved for historical inquiry. To show this, the article illustrates how archaeological investigations of World War II prison camps co...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/17353 2023-05-15T17:43:27+02:00 The Quotidian, Small and Incomplete: WWII and the Indifference of Things Figenschau, Ingar 2019 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17353 eng eng Archaeological Society of Finland Figenschau, L. (2020). Fangeleirer, kulturminnevern og arkeologi. Materielle erindringer fra Lyngenlinjen. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17356 . Fennoscandia Archaeologica info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/ 240686/Norway/Object Matters: Archaeology and Heritage in the 21th Century// Figenschau I. The Quotidian, Small and Incomplete: WWII and the Indifference of Things. Fennoscandia Archaeologica. 2019;XXXVI:68-86 FRIDAID 1773269 0781-7126 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17353 openAccess Copyright 2019 Archaeological Society of Finland VDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090 VDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2019 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:57:08Z Source at http://www.sarks.fi/fa/faxxxvi.html . This article examines how things contribute to an expanded and different understanding of contexts that are usually reserved for historical inquiry. To show this, the article illustrates how archaeological investigations of World War II prison camps connected to the German defensive Lyngen Line in northern Norway have uncovered aspects that are absent or unavailable in historical sources. Accordingly, it is argued that archaeology of the recent past is not the ‘handmaiden to history’. How so? First, archaeological excavations and post-field work enable a unique material proximity and awareness. Secondly, fragmented artefacts offer new and different insights that do not rely on historical tropes. In conclusion, things are time witnesses that are not influenced by historical hindsight: they can present fragmented, unpleasant, personal and intimate aspects that are too trivial to be included in the grand narratives, but as archaeological investigations demonstrate, were fundamental to the everyday life of war. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Lyngen University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway |
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Source at http://www.sarks.fi/fa/faxxxvi.html . This article examines how things contribute to an expanded and different understanding of contexts that are usually reserved for historical inquiry. To show this, the article illustrates how archaeological investigations of World War II prison camps connected to the German defensive Lyngen Line in northern Norway have uncovered aspects that are absent or unavailable in historical sources. Accordingly, it is argued that archaeology of the recent past is not the ‘handmaiden to history’. How so? First, archaeological excavations and post-field work enable a unique material proximity and awareness. Secondly, fragmented artefacts offer new and different insights that do not rely on historical tropes. In conclusion, things are time witnesses that are not influenced by historical hindsight: they can present fragmented, unpleasant, personal and intimate aspects that are too trivial to be included in the grand narratives, but as archaeological investigations demonstrate, were fundamental to the everyday life of war. |
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The Quotidian, Small and Incomplete: WWII and the Indifference of Things |
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Figenschau, L. (2020). Fangeleirer, kulturminnevern og arkeologi. Materielle erindringer fra Lyngenlinjen. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17356 . Fennoscandia Archaeologica info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/ 240686/Norway/Object Matters: Archaeology and Heritage in the 21th Century// Figenschau I. The Quotidian, Small and Incomplete: WWII and the Indifference of Things. Fennoscandia Archaeologica. 2019;XXXVI:68-86 FRIDAID 1773269 0781-7126 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17353 |
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