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SUMMARY:Looking into 'Indian' pasts: archaeology\, histories and ways of s
 eeing - Dr Sudeshna Guha\, Shiv Nadar University \, India
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CONTACT:Barbara Roe
DESCRIPTION:Histories of heritage\, legacies and traditions provide many e
 xamples of the manner in which ideational phenomena are often transformed 
 into tangible\, visible\, evidence through archaeological practices. Addit
 ionally\, the archaeological scholarship builds upon transcriptions of vis
 ion for fashioning the materiality of an absent past. Histories of archaeo
 logy and visualising\, therefore\, prompt us to take note of our construct
 s of valid evidence\, and the manner in which we historicise and recall th
 e past. The lecture shall draw upon early histories of the antiquarian sch
 olarship\, curation of collections\, and archaeological surveys of India f
 or demonstrating their epistemic values in exploring traditions of histori
 ography\, critiquing the ‘archaeology of origins’\, which is on the ri
 se within South Asia\, and considering the practices and visual documents 
 of archaeology as artefacts of history. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambri
 dge CB3 9DT
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