Women, Emotions, Love and Fondness in Portuguese Industrial Sites

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Emotional engagement in archaeology poses significant challenges. The emotions of women working in industrial sites, often overlooked and disregarded, exemplify this complexity. This paper addresses this gap by exploring the emotional experiences of women within industrial settings. Employing a unique approach, it utilizes photographs as archaeological artefacts to gather insights into the emotions these women may have experienced. Furthermore, it engages in a critical discussion regarding the responsibility of archaeologists in shaping new narratives surrounding emotional actors. By exploring these emotional dimensions, this study seeks to contribute to a more sensitive understanding of past societies and the individuals who inhabited them, shedding light on often marginalized perspectives and experiences.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025   •
• Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology

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