Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism
While depiction of iconic archaeological finds or monuments of archaeological, historical, cultural or natural significance on postage stamps printed by many countries around the globe to promote nationalist sentiments as means of creating or promoting national cohesion, especially in ethnically div...
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Archaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
2022-06-01
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| description | While depiction of iconic archaeological finds or monuments of archaeological, historical, cultural or natural significance on postage stamps printed by many countries around the globe to promote nationalist sentiments as means of creating or promoting national cohesion, especially in ethnically diverse countries, is by no means unusual, the question posed in this paper, with specific focus on paleoanthropological finds, is that how far back in time this practice can be traced, and how images of hominid fossils from hundreds of thousands, sometime millionsof years ago, can be of contribution to promoting nationalism in various countries. Using semiotics of how stamps function to convey meaning, it has been explored how images of hominids on stamps contribute to a broad program of building a national identity and strengthening nationalism in different countries around the globe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b22c034eb4524091a9e366f98a8b82e62023-12-31T11:32:53ZengArchaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies2251-743X2676-29192022-06-01121536410.22111/ijas.2022.75177517Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to NationalismKamyar Abdi0Department of Archaeology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.While depiction of iconic archaeological finds or monuments of archaeological, historical, cultural or natural significance on postage stamps printed by many countries around the globe to promote nationalist sentiments as means of creating or promoting national cohesion, especially in ethnically diverse countries, is by no means unusual, the question posed in this paper, with specific focus on paleoanthropological finds, is that how far back in time this practice can be traced, and how images of hominid fossils from hundreds of thousands, sometime millionsof years ago, can be of contribution to promoting nationalism in various countries. Using semiotics of how stamps function to convey meaning, it has been explored how images of hominids on stamps contribute to a broad program of building a national identity and strengthening nationalism in different countries around the globe.https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_7517_72ce62879e4794488190044a104cf98f.pdfnationalismpaleo anthropologyhominidsphilately |
| spellingShingle | Kamyar Abdi Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies nationalism paleo anthropology hominids philately |
| title | Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism |
| title_full | Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism |
| title_fullStr | Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism |
| title_short | Hominid Stamps:The Philatelic Medium as a Tool Contributing to Nationalism |
| title_sort | hominid stamps the philatelic medium as a tool contributing to nationalism |
| topic | nationalism paleo anthropology hominids philately |
| url | https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_7517_72ce62879e4794488190044a104cf98f.pdf |
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