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Issues Emerging: Thoughts on the Reflective Articles on Coronavirus (COVID-19) and African Archaeology
African Archaeological Review ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 , DOI: 10.1007/s10437-020-09402-w
Shadreck Chirikure 1, 2
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With a ragtag methodology shrouded in Eurocentrism, archaeology emerged out of western antiquarianism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since then, the discipline evolved into a professional and high-resolution tool for exploring the deep and recent histories of Africa and other places in previously unimagined ways. The five contributions in this forum unanimously applaud the discipline’s utility in solving or, at the very least, highlighting the challenges facing contemporary African communities. The long-term perspective allows the discipline to infer climatic and pandemic conditions (Holl; Pfeiffer) prevailing thousands of years ago while its short-term outlook shows how people coped with and adjusted to shocks such as droughts and epidemics (Douglass; Ogundiran). COVID-19, the papers show, is not just an epidemic— it is an economic, social, and political malaise (Thiaw). There is a high expectation that archaeology offers many possibilities for grappling with present challenges, including public health. However, archaeology, especially that practiced in Africa, often lacks skills and high-resolution tools, thereby frustrating even the most optimistic among archaeologists. The coloniality that is front and center of archaeology (Thiaw) prevents the application of local solutions to local problems (see also Douglass). High expectations associated with archaeology, therefore, remain aspirational (Chirikure et al. 2010), with little to no impacts on the communities that the discipline ought to empower and impact.

中文翻译:

新出现的问题:关于冠状病毒 (COVID-19) 和非洲考古学的反思性文章的思考

在欧洲中心主义笼罩下的破烂方法论中,考古学在 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初脱离了西方的古物主义。从那时起,该学科发展成为一种专业的高分辨率工具,以以前无法想象的方式探索非洲和其他地方的深刻和近期历史。本论坛的五位贡献者一致称赞该学科在解决或至少强调当代非洲社区面临的挑战方面的效用。从长远角度来看,该学科可以推断数千年前盛行的气候和流行病状况(Holl;Pfeiffer),而其短期展望则显示人们如何应对和适应干旱和流行病等冲击(Douglass;Ogundiran)。论文显示,COVID-19,不仅仅是一种流行病——它是一种经济、社会和政治上的萎靡不振(Thiaw)。人们寄予厚望,考古学为应对包括公共卫生在内的当前挑战提供了许多可能性。然而,考古学,尤其是在非洲实践的考古学,往往缺乏技能和高分辨率工具,因此即使是最乐观的考古学家也会感到沮丧。处于考古学前沿和中心的殖民性(Thiaw)阻止了将当地解决方案应用于当地问题(另见道格拉斯)。因此,与考古学相关的高期望仍然是抱负的(Chirikure et al. 2010),对学科应该赋予权力和影响的社区几乎没有影响。人们寄予厚望,考古学为应对包括公共卫生在内的当前挑战提供了许多可能性。然而,考古学,尤其是在非洲实践的考古学,往往缺乏技能和高分辨率工具,因此即使是最乐观的考古学家也会感到沮丧。处于考古学前沿和中心的殖民性(Thiaw)阻止了将当地解决方案应用于当地问题(另见道格拉斯)。因此,与考古学相关的高期望仍然是抱负的(Chirikure et al. 2010),对学科应该赋予权力和影响的社区几乎没有影响。人们寄予厚望,考古学为应对包括公共卫生在内的当前挑战提供了许多可能性。然而,考古学,尤其是在非洲实践的考古学,往往缺乏技能和高分辨率工具,因此即使是最乐观的考古学家也会感到沮丧。处于考古学前沿和中心的殖民性(Thiaw)阻止了将当地解决方案应用于当地问题(另见道格拉斯)。因此,与考古学相关的高期望仍然是抱负的(Chirikure et al. 2010),对学科应该赋予权力和影响的社区几乎没有影响。从而使考古学家中最乐观的人感到沮丧。处于考古学前沿和中心的殖民性(Thiaw)阻止了将当地解决方案应用于当地问题(另见道格拉斯)。因此,与考古学相关的高期望仍然是抱负的(Chirikure et al. 2010),对学科应该赋予权力和影响的社区几乎没有影响。从而使考古学家中最乐观的人感到沮丧。处于考古学前沿和中心的殖民性(Thiaw)阻止了将当地解决方案应用于当地问题(另见道格拉斯)。因此,与考古学相关的高期望仍然是抱负的(Chirikure et al. 2010),对学科应该赋予权力和影响的社区几乎没有影响。
更新日期:2020-08-28
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