Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter
What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/18121 2023-05-15T16:50:10+02:00 Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter Petursdottir, Thora 2019-06-06 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18121 https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2019.1620835 eng eng Taylor & Francis International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/250296/Norway/Unruly Heritage: An Archaeology of the Anthropocene// Petursdottir T. Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter. International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS). 2020;26(1):87-103 FRIDAID 1724406 doi:10.1080/13527258.2019.1620835 1352-7258 1470-3610 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18121 openAccess Copyright 2019 The Author(s) VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2019 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2019.1620835 2021-06-25T17:57:22Z What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of the Anthropocene and deep legacies of local engagement with this fluctuating resource. The tensions evoked along these coastlines therefore invite explorations of some of the challenges met in the current climate, problematizing conceptions of heritage and waste, wanteds and unwanteds, salvation and loss. Surely, drift matter is today largely perceived as not belonging in these natural environs. However, are there other thing lessons to be learned from taking seriously this heritage? Avoiding an interpretation of these things as out of context and a focus merely on what has been lost, this article asks whether it is possible that the sense of ambiguity, flux and drift emitted by this material may not only challenge but also enable alternative possibilities of knowing things – alternatives that may be of significance for a heritage in and of the Anthropocene. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway International Journal of Heritage Studies 26 1 87 103 |
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What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of the Anthropocene and deep legacies of local engagement with this fluctuating resource. The tensions evoked along these coastlines therefore invite explorations of some of the challenges met in the current climate, problematizing conceptions of heritage and waste, wanteds and unwanteds, salvation and loss. Surely, drift matter is today largely perceived as not belonging in these natural environs. However, are there other thing lessons to be learned from taking seriously this heritage? Avoiding an interpretation of these things as out of context and a focus merely on what has been lost, this article asks whether it is possible that the sense of ambiguity, flux and drift emitted by this material may not only challenge but also enable alternative possibilities of knowing things – alternatives that may be of significance for a heritage in and of the Anthropocene. |
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