I forgot to mention in my recent post three key thinkers who are working through the archaeological imagination. Christine Finn, now at at Bradford UK, has been working on literary connections with the archaeological imagination for well over a decade. She has a new book out on Yeats and Heaney “Past Poetic” But she also…
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loss and history’s physiognomy
An elegy for the UK countryside Item in the BBC Magazine. Half a century ago, probably even in the last two or three decades, the UK countryside had a definite purpose. It was essential to the entire country, because it was where much of our food was produced, which meant employment. Today we depend on…
cupboard under the stairs
more of the abandoned apartment in San Jose [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
the look of history – New York after 9/11
So just as I was finishing my short comment today about images and the physiognomy of history [Link] under the question – what does historical change look like? Al Bergesen (in Tucson) sent me this picture of the New York Skyline … my son is a photographer and took the attached image of the NY…
Cuba – on the verge – the physiognomy of historical change
Meg’s comments on the photos of the apartment in San Jose, and her story of small town America were about the way everyday things can be almost too painful, too intimate – because of their personal associations yes, but, also because of their attachment to temporal loss. It makes us think of how we look…
needing an archaeological view of innovation
BBC NEWS | Technology | Peering beyond the technology hype Interesting item in the BBC Magazine today on innovation and hype. It is extremely difficult to predict which technologies will become part of everyday life in the future. Some of the best known innovations, like the net, have swiftly become part of the furniture for…