The archive of place : environment and the contested past of a North American plateau
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society, 2004.
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| author | Turkel, William Joseph, 1967- |
| author2 | Harriet Ritvo. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/178442019-04-11T06:10:52Z The archive of place : environment and the contested past of a North American plateau Turkel, William Joseph, 1967- Harriet Ritvo. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society. Program in Science, Technology and Society. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-337). This is a study of the role that the interpretation of material evidence plays in historical consciousness and social memory. It consists of three case studies from the Chilcotin Plateau in the west-central part of present-day British Columbia. In each, a conflict in the mid-1990s over the nature of the past and its relevance for the present allowed underlying stories to emerge. As different groups struggled to control the fate of the region and its resources, they invoked very different understandings of its past, understandings based in part on the material traces that they found there. Taken together, the case studies illustrate the fact that there is an extensive division of interpretive labor when it comes to the material evidence of the past. Like other kinds of labor, this interpretation takes part in a political economy. Studies of material evidence are done to further the interests of individuals or groups, are valued and exchanged with one another, and are important in the delineation of property rights, the enforcement of laws and the justification of ideologies. What emerges is not an authoritative or univocal environmental history of a place, but rather a contest to find a past which will be usable in the present and future. The constant interpretation of material evidence allows people to situate themselves with respect to place, time and other people. by William J. Turkel. Ph.D. 2008-04-24T08:51:28Z 2008-04-24T08:51:28Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/17844 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17844 56571246 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/17844 http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 337 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Program in Science, Technology and Society. Turkel, William Joseph, 1967- The archive of place : environment and the contested past of a North American plateau |
| title | The archive of place : environment and the contested past of a North American plateau |
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| title_short | The archive of place : environment and the contested past of a North American plateau |
| title_sort | archive of place environment and the contested past of a north american plateau |
| topic | Program in Science, Technology and Society. |
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