Translating Truths: Nationalism, the Practice of Archaeology, and the Remaking of Past and Present in contemporary Jerusalem

Focusing on the practices of Israeli archaeology in Jerusalem's Old City and the building of the new Jewish Quarter (post-1967), I situate the work of archaeology within a wider network of institutions and practices, arguing that once we recognize that archaeologists produce tangible things, it...

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Published in:	American ethnologist 1998-05, Vol.25 (2), p.166-188
Main Author:	Haj, Nadia Abu El
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Archaeological excavation Archaeological sites Archaeology Biblical archaeology Bulldozers Cities Collective Representation Colonialism Ethnology Excavations Historiography History history and study of folklore Iron age Israel Israeli nationalism Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel Jewish history Knowledge Utilization Material culture Museum exhibits National Identity Nationalism Political Culture Science Science Society Relationship Scientific Knowledge The Past in the Present: Performance and Representation
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Summary:	Focusing on the practices of Israeli archaeology in Jerusalem's Old City and the building of the new Jewish Quarter (post-1967), I situate the work of archaeology within a wider network of institutions and practices, arguing that once we recognize that archaeologists produce tangible things, its potential power as knowledge and as science may become more starkly apparent. By examining one particular instance of scientific practice and its role in processes of cultural production and spatial transformation, I hope to raise questions more broadly about the best way to account for how (scientific) knowledge actually helps to fabricate novel cultural and political realities and to produce specific regimes of rule. [archaeology, science, material culture, colonialism, nationalism, Israel]
ISSN:	0094-0496 1548-1425 1548-1425