Archéologues de fiction
If the figure of the adventurous archaeologist, an ideal medium for entertainment, has taken a predominant place in the collective imagination, novels, comics and films in fact summon a variety of images, whose birth and evolution are analysed in this article. To do so, the authors rely to a large e...
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Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
2022-11-01
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| author | Rémi Ancel Cécile Sauvage |
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| description | If the figure of the adventurous archaeologist, an ideal medium for entertainment, has taken a predominant place in the collective imagination, novels, comics and films in fact summon a variety of images, whose birth and evolution are analysed in this article. To do so, the authors rely to a large extent on research carried out on the occasion of an exhibition organised in 2012, based on the analysis of approximately 150 works of fiction. While this corpus was expanded during the preparation of this article, the main conclusions of the exhibition remain relevant. The popular success of the image of the adventurer tends to obscure the fact that the archaeologist is regularly portrayed in fiction as a scientist, sometimes a scholar, sometimes an archaeological detective, or more recently an expert using advanced techniques. The adventurer is a tribute to the American culture of serials and comics, but is also inspired by the existence of extraordinary personalities in the early days of archaeology. Beyond these representations, the fiction allows us to question the place given to the archaeologist in society. If he sometimes appears as a positive hero, a romantic character or a heritage saviour, the proximity of certain specialists to death can be disturbing. It explains the idea, conveyed by some works, of a profaner or a threatening archaeologist who risks, through his discoveries, releasing harmful forces or even calling into question the social balance. In view of the worrying success of pseudo-archaeology, it would seem appropriate for archaeology professionals to make intelligent use of these clichés to better explain the reality of the discipline. |
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