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SUMMARY:The news from Glozel: media\, scandal and the making of French arc
 haeology\, ca. 1927 - Daniel J. Sherman (University of North Carolina\, Ch
 apel Hill)
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CONTACT:Richard Staley
DESCRIPTION:Within three years of a fortuitous discovery of what appeared 
 to be a Neolithic trove in the mountains of central France in 1924\, the s
 ite\, known as Glozel\, had sparked controversy and headlines around the w
 orld. Beyond questions of authenticity\, which mainstream archaeology has 
 largely dismissed\, Glozel offered archaeologists an opportunity to make a
  case for the scientificity of their work and to debate their methods and 
 findings on a very public stage. At the same time\, journalists reporting 
 on it experimented with a variety of approaches\, from investigative repor
 ting to learned commentary to full-scale satire. At the same time\, discus
 sions of Glozel also entertained questions about the course of civilizatio
 n\, the nature of scientific learning\, and the relationship between scien
 tific disciplines and public discourse. After situating Glozel within my l
 arger book project (working title _Sensations: French Archaeology Between 
 Science and Spectacle\, 1890–1940_)\, my talk will examine the controver
 sy with a special focus on questions of truth-telling and visuality in the
  archaeological archive.\n\n"Book to attend in person":https://www.eventbr
 ite.co.uk/e/hps-departmental-seminar-tickets-251103215477
LOCATION:Zoom
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