TY - CHAP
T1 - Prejudice, Military Intelligence and Neoliberalism
T2 - Examining the Local Within Archaeology and Heritage Practices in Jordan
AU - Abu-Khafajah, Shatha
AU - Miqdadi, Riham Hussien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - A particular theme dominates contemporary heritage projects in the neoliberal context of Jordan: sustainable development based on participatory approaches. Although these approaches are celebrated in academic and governmental circles, the history and the power dynamics within which they operate remain underexplored. We aim to establish a theoretical framework that examines why and how local communities in the Arab region shifted from the peripheral to the centre, and from background to foreground, of the field of archaeology and heritage. We situate archaeology and heritage within two seemingly different contexts, colonialism and neoliberalism, that have governed the relationship between the West and the Arab region. As we contrast colonialist exclusionary policies with the inclusivity promoted by neoliberal policies in archaeological and heritage projects in Jordan, we argue that despite the obvious differences between the two, they both managed to make substantial shifts in the perception of and attitudes toward archaeology and heritage. In spite of participatory paradigms, the shifts seem to have always come ‘from the outside’, operating on sites and peoples alike.
AB - A particular theme dominates contemporary heritage projects in the neoliberal context of Jordan: sustainable development based on participatory approaches. Although these approaches are celebrated in academic and governmental circles, the history and the power dynamics within which they operate remain underexplored. We aim to establish a theoretical framework that examines why and how local communities in the Arab region shifted from the peripheral to the centre, and from background to foreground, of the field of archaeology and heritage. We situate archaeology and heritage within two seemingly different contexts, colonialism and neoliberalism, that have governed the relationship between the West and the Arab region. As we contrast colonialist exclusionary policies with the inclusivity promoted by neoliberal policies in archaeological and heritage projects in Jordan, we argue that despite the obvious differences between the two, they both managed to make substantial shifts in the perception of and attitudes toward archaeology and heritage. In spite of participatory paradigms, the shifts seem to have always come ‘from the outside’, operating on sites and peoples alike.
KW - Archaeology-based and heritage development projects
KW - Colonialism
KW - Neoliberalism
KW - Participatory approach
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-07446-2_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-07446-2_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85142036843
T3 - One World Archaeology
SP - 3
EP - 23
BT - One World Archaeology
PB - Springer Nature
ER -