The Global, the Local, and the Personal: Searching for Meaning and Relevancy Through Baltimore’s Past
Author(s): Adam Fracchia
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "The Transformation of Historical Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Charles E Orser, Jr" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In his study of the modern world, Charles Orser has suggested that archaeologists should dig locally, but think globally. Relating different scales across space and time allows for an understanding of the linkages between the past and the present and the connectivity of the modern world. Through such a perspective, this paper examines interrelationships of the City of Baltimore with the rest of the world, and the potential role of the archaeologist in examining these webs. Ultimately, exploring the dependence of different elements of the modern capitalist process is essential for contextualizing the present and determining the relevance and use of the past and the responsibility of archaeology in this endeavor.
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The Global, the Local, and the Personal: Searching for Meaning and Relevancy Through Baltimore’s Past. Adam Fracchia. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Charles, MO. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449248)
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Keywords
General
Baltimore
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globalization
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Modern World Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 290