Social Lives of Places and Things
27 February 2006
Anth 3520
Major term assignment handed out a couple of weeks ago, with additional details last week. See here.
Reading for Today was: Archaeology of the Contemporary Past
Buchli and Lucas: The absent present pp 1-18
Buchli and Lucas: Models of production and consumption pp 21-25
Majewski and Schiffer: Beyond consumption: Toward an archaeology of consumerism. pp 26-50
Plan for Class
Discussion: What's that book all about?
Modern Landscapes
The National Mall in Washington DC
- linear procession from Capitol to Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial
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Capitol
Washington Memorial in the distance
Lincoln Memorial
n.b. echoes:
Washington Capitol and Utah Capitol
Texas Capitol
Lincoln Memorial and Parthenon
Green Bank Observatory