Article ID: CBB438135646

The Role of Oral History in Archiving Archaeology: A Case Study from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (2020)

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Warning Aboriginal and Torres Strait readers of this article are warned that it may contain images of ancestral remains. Compiling a history of archaeology is critical for evaluating, understanding and contextualising the current state of the discipline. While oral histories provide vivid accounts of people, events and decisions from sources with direct relationships to these moments in time, they have played a limited role in building historical narratives of archaeology as a discipline. A moderated conversation between Emeritus Professors David Frankel and Jim Allen and Professor Susan Lawrence on the early and more recent history of archaeology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, held during the university’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2017, provides a glimpse of the discipline’s past, present and future in Australia. This paper presents the key themes and topics from this conversation with accompanying excerpts, providing an important case study of how oral history can assist with archiving this discipline.

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Authors & Contributors
Miles Pierce
Wolff, Helen A.
Healy, Terence J.
Allen, Harry
Jesse Adams Stein
Kaplan, Robert M.
Concepts
Archaeology
Academic disciplines
Oral history
Anthropology
Universities and colleges
Things; objects in the world
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Australia
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Great Britain
South America
New Zealand
Africa
Institutions
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Oxford University
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
American Chemical Society
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