Anna Källén has a PhD in archaeology and is based at Stockholm University in Sweden.
She publishes in the archaeology, heritage and history of archaeology in Southeast
Asia and Scandinavia, using critical and postcolonial theory. She has led two research
projects investigating the past and present of important archaeological sites in
Laos, and is currently a member of a biographical research project on the Swedish
cosmopolitan archaeologist Olov R.T. Janse. Her most recent book is Stones Standing
– Archaeology, Colonialism, and Ecotourism in Northern Laos (Left Coast Press,
2015).
She publishes in the archaeology, heritage and history of archaeology in Southeast
Asia and Scandinavia, using critical and postcolonial theory. She has led two research
projects investigating the past and present of important archaeological sites in
Laos, and is currently a member of a biographical research project on the Swedish
cosmopolitan archaeologist Olov R.T. Janse. Her most recent book is Stones Standing
– Archaeology, Colonialism, and Ecotourism in Northern Laos (Left Coast Press,
2015).
Sessions auxquelles Dr Anna Källén participe
Dimanche 5 Juin, 2016
Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
Mardi 7 Juin, 2016
Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00 -
15:00 |
6 heures
As the interface between past and present, heritage is deeply involved in articulations of personal and group identity, working to unite and harmonize group relations, and, simultaneously causing frictions, fractions, and violence. Critical heritage theory reveals that values and approaches to heritage are articulated both within and across regions (such as Asia, or Europe). A vital, and as yet unanswered, question centres on the degree to which heritage in Asia fundamentally differs from ...
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes