TY - BOOK ID - 61211093 TI - Communities and knowledge production in archaeology AU - Roberts, Julia AU - Hansson, Ulf R. AU - Shepperd, Kathleen L. AU - Trigg, Jonathan Ralph PY - 2019 SN - 152613456X PB - Manchester Manchester University Press DB - UniCat KW - Archaeology KW - archaeology KW - knowledge KW - archaeological knowledge KW - material culture KW - archeology networks KW - idea dissemination KW - ideas KW - knowledge exchange UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61211093 AB - The dynamic processes of knowledge production in archaeology and elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly viewed as the collaborative effort of groups, clusters and communities of researchers rather than the isolated work of so-called 'instrumental' actors. Shifting focus from the individual scholar to the wider social contexts of her work and the dynamic creative processes she participates in, this volume critically examines the importance of informal networks and conversation in the creation of knowledge about the past. Engaging with theoretical approaches such as the sociology and geographies of knowledge and Actor-Network Theory (ANT), and using examples taken from different archaeologies in Europe and North America from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century, the book caters to a wide readership, ranging from students of archaeology, anthropology, classics and science studies to the general reader. ER -