After the first attacks, nadia abu elhaj decided to ignore the campaign. She analyzes particular instances of history, artifacts, and landscapes in the making to show how archaeology helped not only to legitimize cultural and political visions but, far more. Nadia abu elhaj is a leader within the boycott, divestment, sanctions bds. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago. Nadia abu elhaj is the author of facts on the ground 3. In this stirring book, nadia abu elhaj addresses these questions and specifies for the first ti. Archaeological practice and territorial self fashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago. In this incisive book, nadia abu elhaj demonstrates the role that archaeology has played in israeli society, examining how it emerged as a pervasive force that has shaped the regions social and political imaginations and has inspired violently contested territorial and nationalcultural struggles. While abu elhajs two books to date have focused on historical sciences archaeology, and genetic history, her third book, tentatively titled soldier trauma, the. Empire, this book examines the myriad forms and legacies of violence that the wars in iraq and afghanistan have unleashed, and how it is that so many of their attendant horrors remain hidden in plain sight. In this incisive book, nadia abu elhaj demonstrates the role that archaeology has played in israeli society, examining how it emerged as a pervasive force that. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, abu elhaj.
Nadia abu elhaj is professor of anthropology at barnard college and. In this book, nadia abu elhaj examines genetic history s working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Reviewing elhajs 2012 book, the genealogical science. N adia abu elhaj, professor of anthropology at barnard college, studies the relationship between scientific knowledge and the making of social imaginations and political orders. Nadia abu elhaj, professor of anthropology at barnard college, studies the relationship between scientific knowledge and the making of social. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago press. Concerned most generally with the relationships among scientific practices, social imaginaries and political regimes, i have examined the work of specific historical. In this stirring book, nadia abu elhaj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement, and the production of historical knowledge. The book looked at the role of archeology in what was essentially a. Nadia abu elhaj professor anthropology and center for the study of race and ethnicity barnard college and columbia university new york city.
Based on archival research and ethnographic work among archaeologists, tour guides, and. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. The search for jewish origins and the politics of epistemology both. The recipient of numerous awards, including from the social science research council, the wenner gren foundation, the macarthur foundation, the harvard academy for area and international studies, the institute for advanced. Nadia abu elhaj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement, and the production of historical knowledge. The professor, nadia abu elhaj, who is of palestinian descent, has been at barnard since 2002 and has won many awards and grants. She analyzes particular instances of history, artifacts, and landscapes in the making to show how archaeology helped not only to legitimize cultural and political visions but. My work straddles the disciplines of anthropology and history of science. The search for jewish origins and the politics of epistemology, geneticist richard. Nadia abu elhaj is professor in the departments of anthropology at barnard college and columbia university, and codirector of the center for palestine studies at columbia. She is a professor of anthropology at barnard college and columbia university. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society and the genealogical science.
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