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In 1961, John F. Kennedy referred to the Papuans as "living, as it were, in the Stone Age." For the most part, politicians and scholars have since learned not to call people "primitive," but when it comes to the Papuans, the Stone-Age stain persists and for decades has been used to justify denying their basic rights. Why has this fantasy held such a tight grip on the imagination of journalists, policy-makers, and the public at large? Living in the Stone Age answers this question by following the adventures of officials sent to the New Guinea highlands in the 1930s to establish a foothold for Dutch colonialism. These officials became deeply dependent on the good graces of their would-be Papuan subjects, who were their hosts, guides, and, in some cases, friends. Danilyn Rutherford shows how, to preserve their sense of racial superiority, these officials imagined that they were traveling in the Stone Age-a parallel reality where their own impotence was a reasonable response to otherworldly conditions rather than a sign of ignorance or weakness. Thus, Rutherford shows, was born a colonialist ideology. Living in the Stone Age is a call to write the history of colonialism differently, as a tale of weakness not strength. It will change the way readers think about cultural contact, colonial fantasies of domination, and the role of anthropology in the postcolonial world.
Papuans --- Dutch --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) --- Anthropology --- Public opinion. --- Attitudes. --- Colonization --- Methodology. --- Papua Barat (Indonesia) --- Papua (Indonesia) --- Netherlands --- Ethnic relations. --- History --- Colonization. --- Colonies --- West Papua. --- Wissel Lakes. --- colonial ideology. --- colonial state building. --- cultural anthropology. --- epistemology. --- ethics. --- sympathy. --- technology. --- vulnerability.
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This book presents a theoretically informed, up-to-date study of interactions between indigenous peoples of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts, Michael Dietler explores these colonial encounters over six centuries, focusing on material culture, urban landscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. He shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Archaeologies of Colonialism also examines the role these ancient encounters played in the formation of modern European identity, colonial ideology, and practices, enumerating the problems for archaeologists attempting to re-examine these past societies.
Social archaeology --- Colonization --- Acculturation --- Consumption (Economics) --- Violence --- Social aspects --- History. --- Gaul --- France --- Mediterranean Region --- Colonization. --- Ethnic relations. --- Antiquities. --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- archaeology. --- bioarchaeology. --- colonial economics. --- colonial encounters. --- colonial ideology. --- colonialism. --- colonists. --- constructed spaces. --- consumption. --- economics. --- etruscan. --- european identity. --- food studies. --- gastronomy. --- government control. --- greece. --- greek history. --- history. --- imperialism. --- indigenous culture. --- indigenous peoples. --- iron age. --- material culture. --- mediterranean france. --- mediterranean trade. --- nonfiction. --- post colonialism. --- roman colonists. --- roman history. --- rome. --- space theory. --- urban landscapes. --- violence.
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