Abstract
This paper offers a geographical perspective of the history of archeology, with regard to the narratives about the becoming of the discipline that have been produced from Colombia. Local texts are mapped in relation to Latin America and Western production on the topic, identifying relationships between geopolitics of knowledge and the histories of the discipline. Likewise, schemes of valuating the geographical difference between different paths of are inquired, which have had an effect on narratives that supported or criticized the existence of a Colombian archeology during the twentieth century. And from more recent works, a critical reflection is introduced on the national state as a spatial entity which has usually framed the local histories of archeology. Finally lines of work from a multiscale approach are proposed to contribute to an understanding of how were shaped and interlinked local practices that treat with past materialities.
Highlights
This paper offers a geographical perspective of the history of archeology, with regard to the narratives about the becoming of the discipline that have been produced from Colombia
Willey Simposium in the History of Archaeology, organizado por Daniel Schávelzon y Eleanor King
Summary
En este artículo se propone una perspectiva geográfica de la historia de la arqueología, a propósito de las narrativas acerca del devenir de la disciplina que han sido producidas en Colombia. Se mapean los textos locales en relación con la producción latinoamericana y occidental sobre el tema, y se identifican vínculos entre geopolíticas del conocimiento e historias de la disciplina. Se indaga por esquemas de valoración de la diferencia geográfica entre diferentes trayectorias de la arqueología que, durante el siglo XX, incidieron en la conformación de narrativas que han sostenido o criticado la existencia de una “arqueología colombiana”. Y, a partir de trabajos más recientes, se introduce una reflexión crítica acerca del Estado nacional como entidad espacial en la que se han enmarcado usualmente las historias locales de la arqueología. Palabras clave: historiografía, historia de la arqueología, geografías del conocimiento, estudios de la ciencia, Colombia
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