Decolonial Challenges and Post-Genocide Archaeological Politics in Rwanda
Decolonial Challenges and Post-Genocide Archaeological Politics in Rwanda
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卢旺达的非殖民挑战和种族灭绝后考古政治
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2012
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J. Giblin
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J. Giblin
摘要本文以自传式的方式叙述了关于殖民前卢旺达考古学及其当代社会政治意义的博士研究。本文回顾了激发这项研究的非殖民性挑战，以及这项研究未能实现其非殖民性目标的方式和原因。作为对这一复杂的个人、国家和纪律案例研究的回应，这篇论文对激进的考古学家提出了质疑，并表示，尽管政治参与仍然至关重要，但善意方法的结果实际上可能会使他们试图挑战的不良政治范式永久化。总而言之，这篇论文提出了一套混合的非殖民主义反应，可能会在非洲考古学和更广泛的考古学殖民学科中有用地使用。
Abstract This paper narrates in an autobiographical manner PhD research regarding pre-colonial Rwandan archaeology and its contemporary socio-political relevance. The paper reflects on the decolonial challenge that inspired the research and the ways in which, and reasons why, the research fell short of achieving its decolonial aims. In response to this complex personal, national, and disciplinary case study, the paper questions activist archaeologies and suggests that, whilst political engagement remains essential, the outcomes of well-intentioned approaches may actually perpetuate the undesirable political paradigms they seek to challenge. In conclusion, the paper proposes a hybrid set of decolonial responses that might be usefully employed in African Archaeology and the colonial discipline of archaeology more broadly.